US Patent Issued to Symbotic on July 7 for "Systems and methods for automated forklift operation in the presence of hanging objects" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,115, issued on July 7, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for automated forklift operation in the presence of hanging objects" was invented by Peter Anderson-Sprecher (Austin, Texas), Aaron Dennis (Austin, Texas) and Arun Joseph (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates, in general, to systems and methods for controlling autonomous forklifts, and specifically, for maneuvering autonomous forklifts in environments with hanging objects such as plastic sheets, curtains, and other suspended objects. The invention determines whether or not a detected object is located on ...