公开(公告)号：US20230303329A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18325308

申请日：2023-05-30

Applicant: SYMBOTIC LLC

Inventor： Robert SULLIVAN ,  John LERT ,  Stephen C. TOEBES ,  Foster HINSHAW ,  Nathan ULRICH

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06

CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G1/065

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.

公开(公告)号：US20230219755A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18187427

申请日：2023-03-21

Applicant: Symbotic LLC

Inventor： John LERT ,  Stephen Toebes ,  Robert Sullivan ,  Foster D. Hinshaw ,  Nathan Ulrich ,  Eric Peters

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  G06Q10/087

Abstract: A warehouse storage and retrieval system including an array of multilevel storage racks having at least one transfer deck, picking isles and storage areas disposed along picking isles, the storage areas being configured to hold differing loads, and a controller including a management module configured to variably size the storage areas of the array of multilevel storage rack modules and assign each of the variably sized storage areas to a corresponding one of the differing loads, wherein the storage and retrieval system is arranged to transport the differing loads for placement in the variably sized storage areas assigned by the controller.

公开(公告)号：US20220177226A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17652041

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: SYMBOTIC LLC

Inventor： Robert SULLIVAN ,  John LERT ,  Stephen C. TOEBES

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having storage locations, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport confined to each storage level, the at least one autonomous transport being configured to transport the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to effect operation of the multilevel vertical conveyor system and at least one autonomous transport for assembling orders of uncontained case units of different types without moving bundles of the same uncontained case unit type throughout the storage and retrieval system.

公开(公告)号：US20190177088A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16275973

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: SYMBOTIC LLC

Inventor： Robert SULLIVAN ,  John LERT ,  Stephen C. TOEBES ,  Foster HINSHAW ,  Nathan ULRICH

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06

CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G1/065

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.

公开(公告)号：US20160236866A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-18

申请号：US15137889

申请日：2016-04-25

Applicant: SYMBOTIC LLC

Inventor： Robert SULLIVAN ,  John LERT ,  Stephen C. TOEBES ,  Foster HINSHAW ,  Nathan ULRICH

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/04

CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G1/065

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.