INVENTORY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230206174A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17914570

    申请日:2021-05-12

    CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 B65G1/0492 B65G1/1371 B65G1/1375

    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, control system, storage and retrieval equipments, and handling equipments. The control system is configured to: determine a target inventory receptacle from inventory receptacles in a storage area of an inventory system; and determine a target storage and retrieval equipment and a target handling equipment, and send a dispatching instruction to the target storage and retrieval equipment and the target handling equipment. The target storage and retrieval equipment is configured to: drive, in response to the dispatching instruction, to a position specified in the dispatching instruction, take out the target inventory receptacle, and directly or indirectly undertake the target inventory receptacle to the target handling equipment. The target handling equipment is configured to: drive, in response to the dispatching instruction, to a position specified in the dispatching instruction, undertake the target inventory receptacle, and transport the target inventory receptacle from the storage area to a workstation.

    INVENTORY REGION INTEGRATING GOODS PREPARATION AND PICKING, AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210395012A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17288820

    申请日:2019-08-23

    Abstract: An inventory region integrating goods preparation and picking, and inventory management system and method. The inventory region comprises: a plurality of high-level shelves and a plurality of picking shelves, wherein any high-level shelf of the plurality of high-level shelves comprises a shelf board, and the shelf board partitions the high-level shelf into at least two levels; and a picking shelf is placed at a bottom level of at least one high-level shelf of the plurality of high-level shelves, and at least one storage container is placed on each of the other floors except for the bottom level where the picking shelf is placed. Inventory articles, which can be picked, are accommodated on each of the picking shelves, and inventory articles for replenishing the picking shelves are accommodated in the storage container.

    PARCEL DROPPING METHOD, SORTING ROBOT AND SORTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210114062A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:US16606416

    申请日:2017-12-12

    Inventor: Kai LIU Hao HAN

    Abstract: Provided are a parcel dropping method for a parcel picking system, a picking robot, and a picking system. The method includes providing a conveying device; operating the conveying device to receive a parcel and move towards a delivery target; and operating the conveying device to deliver the parcel to the delivery target after the conveying device moves to a delivery region. The motion speed of the conveying device is not equal to zero when the conveying device delivers the parcel.

    METHOD, SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ROBOT ROUTING

    公开(公告)号:US20210078175A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US16848574

    申请日:2020-04-14

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    Abstract: Method, server and storage medium for robot routing are provided. An operation area of the robot is gridded into a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns. The method includes: planning, for the robot, a traveling path from a starting point to a destination point, where the traveling path is divided into a plurality of path segments; and reserving, one or more cells corresponding to a first path segment for the robot, where the first path segment is anyone of at least one among the plurality of path segments, in case that there is the deadlock phenomenon, refraining from reserving the cell for the robot, and re-checking whether the deadlock phenomenon is still present in the cell after a preset interval; and in case that there is no deadlock phenomenon, reserving the cell for the robot.

    RELAY-TYPE GOODS PICKING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200095063A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16495076

    申请日:2017-07-03

    Inventor: Kai LIU Hongbo LI

    Abstract: Provided is a relay goods picking system, the system includes: a plurality of carrying robots, a manual picking rack area, auxiliary pickup tools for manual goods picking which store goods for manual picking, a robot picking rack area provided with a plurality of racks used for storing goods and being carried by the plurality of carrying robots, operating positions and a control system capable of communicating with the plurality of carrying robots and manual picking persons. For a mixed order which involves both goods in the manual picking rack area and goods in the robot picking rack area, under control of the control system, a person-to-goods picking mode and a goods-to-person picking mode are used in series to complete the goods picking in a relay manner.

    GOODS SORTING SYSTEM, GOODS SORTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240198389A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18555944

    申请日:2022-04-12

    Inventor: Kai LIU Qiufeng LAN

    CPC classification number: B07C5/361 B65G1/1378 B07C2501/0063

    Abstract: A goods sorting system includes at least one layer of operation platform, a control server, and at least one first robot operating on the operation platform. Each first robot includes at least two delivery mechanisms. Each operation platform includes at least two delivery container layers corresponding to the delivery mechanisms. Each delivery container layer includes at least one delivery container. The control server determines a target delivery container, a target delivery container layer, and a target operation platform, based on information of goods to be sorted; dispatches one first robot as a target first robot and determines one delivery mechanism as a target delivery mechanism, based on the target delivery container layer and the target operation platform; and controls the target delivery mechanism to obtain the goods to be sorted. The first robot delivers the goods to be sorted in the target delivery mechanism into the target delivery container.

    PICKING AND DISPATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230139043A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18146623

    申请日:2022-12-27

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    Abstract: A picking and dispatching system includes: a control center, terminals carried by users, and handling devices. The control center is configured to: determine an item storage space of a to-be-picked item included in each of to-be-picked orders, and plan paths for each user and each handling device to reach the item storage space; match, according to each planned path and assigned to-be-picked order, a user and a handling device for picking, to determine to-be-selected tasks, and determine a moment at which a user and a handling device cooperate to pick from the item storage space; determine a target task from the to-be-selected tasks, and send the target task to a terminal and a handling device; assign, according to the target task sent to the handling device, a to-be-picked order to the handling device, and update the stored assignment result of the to-be-picked orders.

    SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220366359A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17636660

    申请日:2020-03-26

    Inventor: Kai LIU

    Abstract: A sorting system includes a first frequency tag reader, a control server, at least one sorting robot, at least one feeding table and at least one collection container. The feeding table is configured to place at least one item to be sorted each provided with a radio frequency tag. Tag information of each radio frequency tag includes sorting destination information. The first radio frequency tag reader is configured to read tag information, and send the tag information to the control server. The control server is configured to determine sorting destination information of the item to be sorted according to the tag information, determine a target collection container according to the sorting destination information, and send a delivery instruction to the sorting robot. The sorting robot is configured to, in response to the delivery instruction, deliver the item to be sorted to the target collection container.

    ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20210354919A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17271590

    申请日:2019-09-11

    Abstract: Disclosed are a robot control system and method, a computing device, and a storage medium. The robot control system includes a storage region, a lifting machine (104), a control device (105), and at least one self-driven robot (103). The storage region includes a loft having at least two storeys and is configured to store a container (101), and there is provided a passage (102) on the floor of each of the at least two storeys of the loft for the at least one self-driven robot (103) to move through. The lifting machine (104) is configured to transport the at least one self-driven robot (103) or the container (101) to a target storey corresponding to a transportation task. The control device (105) is configured to assign the transportation task to the at least one self-driven robot (103) and plan a travel route on the target storey for the self-driven robot (103) according to the transportation task, and dispatch the at least one self-driven robot to travel according to the travel route to perform the transportation task. The at least one self-driven robot (103) is configured to reach a location of a target container (101) on the target storey corresponding to the transportation task according to the travel route corresponding to the transportation task to pick up the target container (101), and transport the target container (101) to a destination of the transportation task according to the travel route. The control device (105) is communicatively connected to the lifting machine (104) and the at least one self-driven robot (103).

    SHELF MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, SORTING ZONE AND STOCK SORTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250051149A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18925586

    申请日:2024-10-24

    Inventor: Kai LIU Mengdi WANG

    Abstract: The present application provides a shelf management method and system, a sorting zone, and a stock sorting system. A shelf management system may include: a mobile robot, configured to transport a shelf; the shelf, configured to be provided with locations for placing commodities and be transportable by the mobile robot; a shelf zone, configured to store the shelf; a station and a station queuing zone, wherein the station is a worker operation position; and the station queuing zone is an area set near the worker operation position, where the mobile robot transporting the shelf queues and waits for a worker's operation; and a server, communicatively connected with the mobile robot and configured to execute a corresponding shelf management method.

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