公开(公告)号：US12214959B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US17393221

申请日：2021-08-03

Applicant: Symbotic LLC

Inventor： Stephen C. Toebes ,  Robert T. Sullivan

IPC: B65G1/04

Abstract: A method for transporting a payload pickface, the method comprising an autonomous transport vehicle payload bed of an autonomous guided transport vehicle and providing a transfer arm disposed in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed and defining at least a portion of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed so that a payload pickface is seated on and stably held in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed by at least a portion of the transfer arm for autonomous guided transport vehicle travel, the transfer arm being configured to extend along a first axis to transfer the payload pickface to and from the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed, and effecting picking and placing of the payload pickface with the transfer arm including fingers that define a payload bed support surface of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed.