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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.
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公开(公告)号：US11858740B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-02
申请号：US17652041
申请日：2022-02-22
Applicant: SYMBOTIC LLC
Inventor： Robert Sullivan , John Lert , Stephen C. Toebes
CPC classification number: B65G1/0492 , B65G1/065 , B65G1/1373 , B65G1/1378 , B65G1/045 , B65G1/10 , B65G1/127 , B65G1/137 , B65G1/1371 , B65G47/57 , G06Q10/087 , Y10S901/01
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11254501B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US16783483
申请日：2020-02-06
Applicant: SYMBOTIC, LLC
Inventor： Robert Sullivan , John Lert , Stephen C. Toebes
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20200307909A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-01
申请号：US16903165
申请日：2020-06-16
Applicant: Symbotic, LLC
Inventor： Robert Sullivan , Stephen C. Toebes
IPC: B65G1/04
Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle including a transfer arm including at least one finger and a movable finger support member, at least one sensor configured to detect movement of the at least one finger, the at least one sensor having a registration member and a detection member where one of the registration member and detection member is mounted to each of the at least one finger so as to be movable with a respective one of the at least one finger and the other one of the registration member and detection member is stationary relative to the at least one finger, and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller being configured to determine a position of the at least one finger along the second direction based on a proximity of the registration member relative to the detection member.
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公开(公告)号：US10759600B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-01
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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10683170B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-16
申请号：US16667656
申请日：2019-10-29
Applicant: Symbotic, LLC
Inventor： Forrest Buzan , Michael Cyrulik , Aria Reynolds , Jason S. Sirois , Larry Sweet , Edward A. MacDonald , Taylor A. Apgar , Timothy Perrault , Stephen C. Toebes
Abstract: An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to the common active registration surface, the drive section being configured to variably position the common active registration surface relative to at least one storage shelf of an automated storage and retrieval system to effect placement of the pickface on the storage shelf so that pickfaces are substantially continuously arranged along the at least one storage shelf with a predetermined storage spacing between the pickfaces.
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公开(公告)号：US20200062504A1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-27
申请号：US16667656
申请日：2019-10-29
Applicant: Symbotic, LLC
Inventor： Forrest Buzan , Michael Cyrulik , Aria Reynolds , Jason S. Sirois , Larry Sweet , Edward A. MacDonald , Taylor A. Apgar , Timothy Perrault , Stephen C. Toebes
Abstract: An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to the common active registration surface, the drive section being configured to variably position the common active registration surface relative to at least one storage shelf of an automated storage and retrieval system to effect placement of the pickface on the storage shelf so that pickfaces are substantially continuously arranged along the at least one storage shelf with a predetermined storage spacing between the pickfaces.
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公开(公告)号：US10556743B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-11
申请号：US15671591
申请日：2017-08-08
Applicant: SYMBOTIC, LLC
Inventor： Robert Sullivan , John Lert , Stephen C. Toebes
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10457484B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-29
申请号：US16000749
申请日：2018-06-05
Applicant: Symbotic, LLC
Inventor： Forrest Buzan , Michael Cyrulik , Aria Reynolds , Jason S. Sirois , Larry Sweet , Edward A. MacDonald , Taylor A. Apgar , Timothy Perrault , Stephen C. Toebes
Abstract: An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to the common active registration surface, the drive section being configured to variably position the common active registration surface relative to at least one storage shelf of an automated storage and retrieval system to effect placement of the pickface on the storage shelf so that pickfaces are substantially continuously arranged along the at least one storage shelf with a predetermined storage spacing between the pickfaces.
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公开(公告)号：US10239691B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
申请号：US14816804
申请日：2015-08-03
Applicant: Symbotic, LLC
Inventor： John Lert , Stephen C. Toebes , Robert Sullivan , Foster Hinshaw , Nathan Ulrich
Abstract: A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having, picking aisles, storage locations, disposed within the picking aisles, and at least one transfer deck providing access to the picking aisles, 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 located on each storage level for transporting the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to create a primary access path through the transfer decks and picking aisles to a predetermined one of the storage locations and at least one secondary access path to the predetermined one of the storage locations when the primary path is impassable.
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