Fortna Systems Sues Competitor Over Robotic Conveyor Patents

Fortna Systems Inc. sued material handling industry competitor Plus One Robotics Inc., accusing it of patent infringement seven months after it launched a dual-arm automated parcel induction system.

Plus One’s InductOne product uses protected methods for conveyor systems with robot singulators, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Fortna said the product infringes US Patent Nos. 11,753,256 and 12,059,803.

• The InductOne product incorporates a conveyor system with an area where parcels can be picked up and transferred by one robot singulator to another, according to Fortna.
• The US Patent ...