公开(公告)号：US20210130089A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17145629

申请日：2021-01-11

申请人： OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED

发明人： Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO ,  Matthew WHELAN ,  Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD ,  Gion-Otto PRESSER-VELDER

IPC分类号： B65G1/04

摘要： A system and method for robotic container storage, handling, and transfer system and method includes a grid structure formed of two substantially perpendicular sets of rails above a portion of at least one transport network, a robotic load handling device operating on the grid structure, a vehicle means located on the at least one transport network below the grid structure configured to receive a container, the robotic load handling device being provided with an engaging means for engaging the container and a lifting means configured for lifting the container from the vehicle means for movement to an alternative location, wherein one or more portions of the rails above the vehicle means of the transport network are missing in a direction transverse to a direction of the transport network forming one or more open grid spaces enabling alignment of the robotic load handling device above the vehicle means.