Stow: Robotic Packing of Items into Fabric Pods

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Main Authors: Hudson, Nicolas, Hooks, Josh, Warrier, Rahul, Salisbury, Curt, Hartley, Ross, Kumar, Kislay, Chandrashekhar, Bhavana, Birkmeyer, Paul, Tang, Bosch, Frost, Matt, Thakar, Shantanu, Piaskowy, Tony, Nilsson, Petter, Petersen, Josh, Doshi, Neel, Slatter, Alan, Bhatia, Ankit, Meeker, Cassie, Xue, Yuechuan, Cox, Dylan, Kyriazis, Alex, Lou, Bai, Hasan, Nadeem, Rana, Asif, Chacko, Nikhil, Xu, Ruinian, Faal, Siamak, Seraj, Esi, Agrawal, Mudit, Jamieson, Kevin, Bisagni, Alessio, Samzun, Valerie, Fuller, Christine, Keklak, Alex, Frenkel, Alex, Ratliff, Lillian, Parness, Aaron
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Published: 2025
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author Hudson, Nicolas
Hooks, Josh
Warrier, Rahul
Salisbury, Curt
Hartley, Ross
Kumar, Kislay
Chandrashekhar, Bhavana
Birkmeyer, Paul
Tang, Bosch
Frost, Matt
Thakar, Shantanu
Piaskowy, Tony
Nilsson, Petter
Petersen, Josh
Doshi, Neel
Slatter, Alan
Bhatia, Ankit
Meeker, Cassie
Xue, Yuechuan
Cox, Dylan
Kyriazis, Alex
Lou, Bai
Hasan, Nadeem
Rana, Asif
Chacko, Nikhil
Xu, Ruinian
Faal, Siamak
Seraj, Esi
Agrawal, Mudit
Jamieson, Kevin
Bisagni, Alessio
Samzun, Valerie
Fuller, Christine
Keklak, Alex
Frenkel, Alex
Ratliff, Lillian
Parness, Aaron
author_facet Hudson, Nicolas
Hooks, Josh
Warrier, Rahul
Salisbury, Curt
Hartley, Ross
Kumar, Kislay
Chandrashekhar, Bhavana
Birkmeyer, Paul
Tang, Bosch
Frost, Matt
Thakar, Shantanu
Piaskowy, Tony
Nilsson, Petter
Petersen, Josh
Doshi, Neel
Slatter, Alan
Bhatia, Ankit
Meeker, Cassie
Xue, Yuechuan
Cox, Dylan
Kyriazis, Alex
Lou, Bai
Hasan, Nadeem
Rana, Asif
Chacko, Nikhil
Xu, Ruinian
Faal, Siamak
Seraj, Esi
Agrawal, Mudit
Jamieson, Kevin
Bisagni, Alessio
Samzun, Valerie
Fuller, Christine
Keklak, Alex
Frenkel, Alex
Ratliff, Lillian
Parness, Aaron
contents This paper presents a compliant manipulation system capable of placing items onto densely packed shelves. The wide diversity of items and strict business requirements for high producing rates and low defect generation have prohibited warehouse robotics from performing this task. Our innovations in hardware, perception, decision-making, motion planning, and control have enabled this system to perform over 500,000 stows in a large e-commerce fulfillment center. The system achieves human levels of packing density and speed while prioritizing work on overhead shelves to enhance the safety of humans working alongside the robots.
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spellingShingle Stow: Robotic Packing of Items into Fabric Pods
Hudson, Nicolas
Hooks, Josh
Warrier, Rahul
Salisbury, Curt
Hartley, Ross
Kumar, Kislay
Chandrashekhar, Bhavana
Birkmeyer, Paul
Tang, Bosch
Frost, Matt
Thakar, Shantanu
Piaskowy, Tony
Nilsson, Petter
Petersen, Josh
Doshi, Neel
Slatter, Alan
Bhatia, Ankit
Meeker, Cassie
Xue, Yuechuan
Cox, Dylan
Kyriazis, Alex
Lou, Bai
Hasan, Nadeem
Rana, Asif
Chacko, Nikhil
Xu, Ruinian
Faal, Siamak
Seraj, Esi
Agrawal, Mudit
Jamieson, Kevin
Bisagni, Alessio
Samzun, Valerie
Fuller, Christine
Keklak, Alex
Frenkel, Alex
Ratliff, Lillian
Parness, Aaron
Robotics
This paper presents a compliant manipulation system capable of placing items onto densely packed shelves. The wide diversity of items and strict business requirements for high producing rates and low defect generation have prohibited warehouse robotics from performing this task. Our innovations in hardware, perception, decision-making, motion planning, and control have enabled this system to perform over 500,000 stows in a large e-commerce fulfillment center. The system achieves human levels of packing density and speed while prioritizing work on overhead shelves to enhance the safety of humans working alongside the robots.
title Stow: Robotic Packing of Items into Fabric Pods
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04572