ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,678, issued on March 24, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).
"Apparatus and method for replacing power supply device in a UAV" was invented by William J. Fosnight (Windham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An order fulfillment facility with a delivery system is disclosed having plurality of mobile robots with containers to bring customer orders and/or power supply device/s to UAV/s for final delivery. UAV leaves the discharged power supply devices that are received in empty container and transported to storage area for replenishment and diagnostic checks. Order fulfillment operations along with power supply device c...