公开(公告)号：US20180265297A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15762953

申请日：2017-01-27

申请人： Hitachi, Ltd.

发明人： Koichi NAKANO ,  Yoriko KAZAMA ,  Junichi KIMURA ,  Hiroshi YOSHITAKE

IPC分类号： B65G1/137

摘要： An article conveyance system includes a controller and a conveyance device. The controller includes: a storage section storing information concerning a position of a housing section stored in a shelf; a housing-section retrieving section retrieving, based on the information concerning the position of the housing section, housing positions of a plurality of the housing sections, which are picking targets, in the shelf; a route generating section generating a route that makes rounds of positions of the housing sections retrieved by the housing-section retrieving section; and a transmitting section transmitting information concerning the generated route and the housing positions of the housing sections to the conveyance device. The conveyance device includes: an acquiring section acquiring the plurality of housing sections based on the housing positions of the housing sections while autonomously moving according to the information concerning the route; and a loading section loading the acquired plurality of housing sections.