Amazon Patents

Robotics

Amazon filed these patents around Robotics in the last 5 years

# Patent No. Short Description
1. US10889441B1 Mobile drive unit for moving payloads in a warehouse or distribution center
2. US10894664B1 Distributing items from one location to another by one or more autonomous mobile robots
3. US11464348B2 A smart cart that uses cameras and sensors to identify items placed in or removed from the cart, determine the outcome of events involving the items, and update a virtual cart accordingly
4. US10691943B1 Annotating images using data from multiple sensors
5. US10357883B1 End effector for suctioning irregularly shaped items that have a pliable bladder with a sealing surface to conform to the item shape and a rigid manifold
6. US10893107B1 Utilizing idle autonomous vehicles like drones to perform computing tasks like model training and retraining
7. US11654582B2 Optimizing robotic picking of items by selecting the best contact point for the suction device
8. US11707838B1 Training robotic control policies using machine learning techniques that leverage targeted updates to improve efficiency and accuracy
9. US10902377B2 An inventory system that uses robotic handlers with variable area manipulators to pick and place items in tight spaces
10. US10577180B1 Using mobile modules to deliver items from a source like a fulfillment center to a destination
11. US11249477B2 Aerial vehicles like drones that can operate in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or in a horizontal flight orientation
12. US11455234B2 A system for developing, simulating, and deploying robotic applications that allows customers to create custom robotic applications, simulate them in virtual environments, and deploy them to fleets of robots
13. US11208272B2 Automated sortation and consolidation of single or multi-item orders in fulfillment centers to improve efficiency and throughput
14. US10926403B1 A modular, collapsible end-of-arm tool for gripping objects using multiple suction cups that can expand and contract to adapt to object sizes
15. US20210405638A1 Robotic system for autonomous navigation through complex environments

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