Automated inventory management system

摘要

Some examples include an inventory system having both mobile drive units remotely controllable to transport inventory items and holders within a warehouse and automated aerial vehicles remotely controllable to identify and remove amnesty items from the storage region. In some implementations, the automated aerial vehicles are equipped with imaging components to monitor the floor of the warehouse to identify and engagement mechanisms to secure and remove the amnesty items that may otherwise impede the movement of the mobile drive units.

主权项

1. An inventory system comprising:
a plurality of mobile drive units (MDU) remotely controllable to transport inventory holders within a storage region; a search automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and a retrieval AAV to identify and remove amnesty items from the storage region; at least one management module in wireless communication with the plurality of MDUs, the search AAV, and the retrieval AAV, the at least one management module configured to:
receive image data from the search AAV;process the image data to identify a location and type of an amnesty item within the storage region; andprovide instructions to the retrieval AAV to remove the amnesty item from the storage region.