CONTAINER STORAGE SYSTEM, WAREHOUSING SYSTEM AND ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:US20220332506A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17641099

    申请日:2020-08-18

    Inventor: Kai LIU Mengdi WANG

    Abstract: Provided are a container storage system, a warehousing system, a robot control method, and a robot; the container storage system comprises an inventory area, a control server, a robot, and a plurality of workstations; the control server communicates with the robot wirelessly; an inventory rack is placed in the inventory area; the inventory rack comprises at least one layer of layered panels; the at least one layer of layered panels divides the inventory rack into at least two layers; at least two storage containers are placed on the inventory rack in the direction of the depth of the layered panels, and the direction of width of the storage container on the inventory rack is consistent with the direction of the depth of the layered panels. The system increases the storage density of storage containers in the inventory area, and reduces the energy consumption of the robot picking the storage containers.

    CONTAINER HANDLING METHOD EMPLOYING DENSE STORAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20220332502A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17639788

    申请日:2020-12-21

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    Abstract: A container handling method employing dense storage comprises: when at least one blocking container blocking removal of a target container is stored on storage shelf, container fetching mechanism of a robot fetching at least one blocking container from storage shelf, and temporarily storing same on buffer mechanism of robot; and container fetching mechanism of robot fetching target container from storage shelf, storing same on buffer mechanism of robot, fetching at least one blocking container from buffer mechanism of robot, and placing same at an original storage position thereof, an original storage position of target container, or other vacant storage positions on storage shelf; when buffer mechanism of robot is full due to at least one blocking container, container fetching mechanism of robot fetching target container from storage shelf, and keeping same on container fetching mechanism of robot.

    SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220280978A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17636029

    申请日:2020-03-16

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    Abstract: A sorting system includes a control server, multiple sorting robots, and a sorting region. The sorting region is divided into multiple sub-regions. At least one supply station and multiple delivery openings are deployed in each sub-region. Delivery openings respectively correspond to paths. The control server determines, according to path information of an item to be sorted, a target delivery opening corresponding to a path of the item, determines, from the multiple sub-regions of the sorting region, a target sub-region in which the target delivery opening is located, and allocates a delivery task to a target sorting robot among the multiple sorting robots. In response to the delivery task, the target sorting robot acquires the item from the supply station where the item is located, carries the item to the target delivery opening in the target sub-region, and delivers the same.

    PARCEL SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210387812A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US16973860

    申请日:2019-06-11

    Abstract: Provided are a parcel sorting system and method. The parcel sorting system is arranged in layers and includes: a parcel sorting layer (10) located on an upper layer of the parcel sorting system, a moveable container carrying layer (11) located on a lower layer of the parcel sorting system, a parcel delivery robot (12) and a control device (13). The parcel sorting layer (10) includes a modular entity platform (101) is a physical platform formed by splicing multiple splicable units and used for sorting parcels. The modular entity platform (101) includes multiple delivery lattices (1011) arranged in an array and a traveling area constituted by gaps between the multiple delivery lattices (1011) and used for the parcel delivery robot (12) traveling. One delivery lattices (1011) corresponds to one or more delivery path directions. The moveable container carrying layer (11) includes multiple moveable containers (110), and a part of the movable containers are located below the multiple delivery lattices (1011) and receive the parcel from the parcel sorting layer (10).

    TRANSFER ROBOT, WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS SYSTEM AND ARTICLE TRANSFERRING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210323767A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17357434

    申请日:2021-06-24

    Abstract: A transferring robot is disclosed in the disclosure. The transferring robot includes a movable chassis configured to move along a path among adjacent warehouse storage containers; a temporary storage shelf provided on the movable chassis, the temporary storage shelf being configured to store a target case; a fetching assembly provided on the movable chassis, the fetching assembly being configured to extend or retract horizontally relative to the movable chassis, so as to realize fetching and placing of the target case between the storage containers and the temporary storage shelf, where a direction along which the fetching assembly extends or retracts horizontally is perpendicular to a moving direction. A warehousing and logistics system includes the foregoing transferring robot. The disclosure further discloses a warehousing system and an item transferring method.

    CONTAINER CONVEYING SYSTEM AND ROBOT
    17.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240092579A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18273521

    申请日:2022-01-21

    CPC classification number: B65G1/1375 B65G1/0492

    Abstract: A container conveying system including a controller, a first robot, and/or a second robot. A first container pickup mechanism is provided on the first robot. A second container pickup mechanism is provided on the second robot. The controller is configured to, in response to a container conveying request, send a first conveying instruction to the first robot if it is determined a target container to be conveyed based on the container conveying request has a size within a first size range; or send a second conveying instruction to the second robot if it is determined the target has a size within a second size range. In warehousing operation scenarios, by jointly using the two robots for operation, containers with various container sizes can be picked up and placed, thus improving utilization rate of a container storage space.

    INVENTORY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
    18.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230202755A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17998265

    申请日:2021-05-18

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    CPC classification number: B65G1/0492 B66F9/063

    Abstract: An inventory management method includes: scheduling, according to task information, a first autonomous mobile robot and a second autonomous mobile robot to travel to a same target workstation to perform tasks; controlling the first autonomous mobile robot to take one or more inventory containers from an inventory area and transport same to a first work point in the target workstation according to an instruction; and controlling the second autonomous mobile robot to take one or more inventory containers from the inventory area and transport same to a second work point in the target workstation according to an instruction.

    MARKER-COMBINED SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING NAVIGATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210333797A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US16315574

    申请日:2018-08-16

    Abstract: Provided are a marker-combined simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation method, device and system. The method includes: providing an initialization area for a located object, where at least one of the initialization area for a located object, a travelling path of a located object, and a docking device of the located object is provided with an marker including at least one of pose information, identification information and non-identification graphic information; controlling the located object to perform at least one of following operations: starting from the initialization area for a located object, and based on the marker, determining an initial pose of the located object; when the marker is passed on the travelling path, updating a current pose of the located object based on the marker; and when docking with the docking device, adjusting a relative pose between the located object and the docking device based on the marker.

    SHELF MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, PICKUP AREA AND STOCK PICKUP SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210323800A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US16972003

    申请日:2019-06-06

    Inventor: Kai LIU Mengdi WANG

    Abstract: A shelf management method includes predicting whether there is space in the station queue area of a station; if yes, selecting a shelf from among the shelves allocated to the station and have not yet been transported, and controlling a moving robot to transport the selected shelf; after the moving robot is engaged with the selected shelf, re-predicting whether there is space in the station queue areas of all the stations that need the selected shelf; if yes, controlling the moving robot to transport the selected shelf to the station queue area that has been predicted to have space, and when the moving robot has transported the selected shelf to the pre-set area around the station queue area that has been predicted to have space, determining whether there is newly available space in the station queue area; if yes, controlling the moving robot to enter the station queue area.

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