公开(公告)号：EP4095856A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-30

申请号：EP21175799.2

申请日：2021-05-25

申请人： Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

发明人： SWEENEY, David ,  CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, Andromachi ,  ROWSTRON, Antony Ian Taylor ,  WILLIAMS, Hugh ,  BLACK, Richard John ,  JOYCE, Russell

IPC分类号： G11B15/68 ,  G11B17/22 ,  B65G1/04

摘要： A storage library system comprises a plurality of slots for storing items, a plurality of rails, and a robot for interacting with said items. The robot has at least two foot arrangements each having a respective gripping mechanism for releasably engaging that foot arrangement with the rails. The robot also has a transfer mechanism for moving the robot, while a first one or more of the foot arrangements remains engaged with a first of the rails, from a first position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a second of the rails to a second position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a third of the rails. The robot also has an end-effector for interacting with the items in the slots.