US Patent Issued to TOMPKINS ROBOTICS on July 21 for "Logical relocation of sort destinations" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,032, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOMPKINS ROBOTICS INC. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Logical relocation of sort destinations" was invented by James M. Serstad (Orlando, Fla.) and Michael C. Futch (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for use in directing a sorting operation comprises a server, a receptacle logical destination identification (ID) assignment engine, a plurality of receptacles, and an automated transport device for transporting and depositing articles into the receptacles. The system is configured to: assign a first logical destination ID to a first receptacle; and direct an automated transport device to tran...