A shuttle vehicle, comprising a vehicle body (100), a travelling apparatus (200) and a box conveying and pickup apparatus (300); two horizontal support plates (110) provided in parallel and spaced apart are fixed on the vehicle body, the two horizontal support plates are located on the same horizontal plane, and the gap formed between the two horizontal support plates is perpendicular to a traveling direction of the vehicle body; the traveling device is fixedly connected to the vehicle body and is used for driving the vehicle body to move along a rail (10); the box conveying and pickup device comprises a chain assembly (310) and a fork (20), the chain assembly is provided below the horizontal support plates, and the chain assembly comprises a chain (311), a sprocket group (312) and a chain driving device (350); the chain is wound around the sprocket group, and the chain driving device is connected to the sprocket group and is used for driving the chain to move in a vertical plane perpendicular to the traveling direction; a first end (321) of the fork is fixedly connected to the chain, and a second end of the fork extends outwards in the normal direction of the chain; and a bent portion (322) bending upwards is formed at the second end, and is used for contacting with the inner wall of a groove (31) at the bottom of a material box (30), so as to push the material box to move along with the fork.