Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle (1) for transferring a unit load to a unit load receiving device (100), comprising: a running gear (5), a drive device (30), which drives the running gear on the basis of control commands for adjusting a velocity vector of the vehicle (1) and a vehicle frame (10) with a receiving component (7) for receiving the unit load (L), wherein: the vehicle (1) comprises a vehicle system (S) with a vehicle control function (50), wherein the vehicle control function (50) uses or determines target trajectory follow-up commands as control target specifications, by means of which the vehicle (1) is moved on a vehicle movement path (210, 310) along a target trajectory (ST), wherein the drive device (30) realizes, on the basis of the control commands, a transfer acceleration of the vehicle (1) at least in a portion comprising the target transfer point (211, 311), at which transfer acceleration the unit load (L) on the receiving component of the vehicle is moved onto the unit load receiving d

Abstract: According to a method for transferring a cargo from a cargo receiving portion of a vehicle onto a cargo take-up station, the vehicle is controlled by a vehicle control unit such that the vector of the velocity of the vehicle is modified immediately before, or upon its arrival at the cargo take-up station and the vehicle is oriented by the vehicle control unit and/or by at least one guide system positioned in the region of the cargo take-up station before the arrival of the vehicle at the cargo take-up station, such that the trajectory of the cargo that is moving away from the cargo receiving portion as a result of the modification in the velocity vector, ends at a receiving region of the cargo take-up station.

Abstract: In a method for changing the position of cargo located on a cargo receptacle of a driverless transport vehicle, the drive of the transport vehicle is controlled by a vehicle controller. The actual position of the cargo is detected by a detection device connected to the controller, and a cargo position correction vector to a cargo target position on the cargo receptacle is determined by the vehicle controller from the actual position of the cargo, and the vehicle controller controls the drive such that the transport vehicle is substantially accelerated in the opposite direction to the cargo position correction vector so that the cargo reaches the cargo target position on the cargo receptacle.

Abstract: A vehicle having a chassis (5), having a drive device (30) and having a vehicle frame (10) which is arranged on the chassis (5) and which has a receiving component (7) for the placement of at least one payload unit (L) that is situated in an operating area, wherein the vehicle (1) has a vehicle system (S) having: •a control function (50) which, on the basis of control setpoint specifications, determines control commands and transmits these to the drive device (30), •a docking specification function (60), which generates a setpoint docking trajectory for the vehicle (1) to attain a setpoint docking state, wherein, in the setpoint docking state, the vehicle (1) is docked by way of a contact device of the vehicle frame (10) on a docking device (101) of a tool device (100), wherein the docking specification function (60) transmits the setpoint docking trajectory to the control function (50) as a control setpoint specification for the movement of the vehicle (1) along said setpoint docking trajectory, •a manoeuver

Abstract: A sorting system includes a first number of entry points configured to provide sorting goods. The sorting system further has a second number of terminal points configured to receive the sorting goods, and a third number of driverless sorting vehicles configured to transport the sorting goods between the first number of insertion points and the second number of terminal points. Further, a control device is provided, configured to control the driverless sorting vehicles between the first number of insertion points and the second number of terminal points.

Abstract: In a vehicle with a cargo receiving portion for transportation of cargo and for transfer of the cargo onto a cargo take-up station, the cargo receiving portion is disposed on a chassis with running gear coupled with a drive unit and a vehicle control unit is provided. The cargo receiving portion is linked tiltably around a tilting axle on the chassis and is open or openable at one delivery rim at least. The tilting axle and the delivery rim are disposed relative to one another so that, in tilted position, the cargo can be transferred via the delivery rim onto the cargo take-up station, wherein, for transfer of the cargo onto the cargo take-up station, the cargo receiving portion is tilted around the tilting axle by a change of the vector of velocity of the vehicle and/or by a torque generated by a spring loading of the cargo receiving portion.

Abstract: An apparatus with a processing unit configured to obtain scanning information of a two-dimensional scan of a surface is described herein. The processing unit is further configured to obtain positional information indicating an inclination of a capturing unit with respect to the surface, said capturing unit providing the two-dimensional scan and to evaluate the scanning information using the positional information with respect to a localization of the capturing unit relative to the surface.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication interface for providing wireless decentralized communication in a wireless communication environment, a driver for moving the vehicle in a spatial area. The vehicle is configured to emit a position signal comprising information associated with a vehicle position of the vehicle in the spatial area by means of the wireless decentralized communication to inform the wireless communication environment about the vehicle position.

Abstract: An apparatus having a processing unit configured to obtain scanning information, provided by a detection unit, from a scan of a surface, wherein the scanning information have information on an inherent feature of the surface. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to extract extraction information for the inherent feature from the scanning information and to perform matching with a database based on the extraction information, wherein extraction information for a plurality of inherent features of the surface are stored in the database. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to determine the position of the detection unit based on the matching.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an omnidirectional drive system configured to provide a movement of the vehicle, wherein the omnidirectional drive system includes a multitude of omnidirectional drive means, wherein each of the multitude of omnidirectional drive means includes a decentralized computing means and an associated actuator set up for providing a movement contribution for the movement. The vehicle includes a controlling means for providing a controlling command to the omnidirectional drive system containing an instruction for performing a movement. Each of the decentralized computing means is configured to determine a target movement for the vehicle, and to determine, from the target movement, a control of the associated actuator for a target movement contribution, and to determine an offset and to correct the same.

Abstract: Method for producing and maintaining an assignment of object data of an object to a changing physical position of the object in a sorting device, with the steps: feeding in an object at an entry point to the sorting device, capturing and storing identity data as part of the object data of the object; on the basis of sorting data, determining a transfer point assigned to the object; transporting the item as far as the specified transfer point; discharging the object at the specified transfer point; capturing optical object data of each object ejected at the transfer point once the object has reached a predetermined position on the sorting device, at the transfer point or along a delivery path extending from the transfer point to a removal point, and storing the optical object data as a further part of the object data of the object; transporting the object along the delivery path; and during that transportation, tracking the discharged object on the basis of the optical object data by means of tracking, and sto

Abstract: According to a method for transferring a cargo from a cargo receiving portion of a vehicle onto a cargo take-up station, the vehicle is controlled by a vehicle control unit such that the vector of the velocity of the vehicle is modified immediately before, or upon its arrival at the cargo take-up station and the vehicle is oriented by the vehicle control unit and/or by at least one guide system positioned in the region of the cargo take-up station before the arrival of the vehicle at the cargo take-up station, such that the trajectory of the cargo that is moving away from the cargo receiving portion as a result of the modification in the velocity vector, ends at a receiving region of the cargo take-up station.

Abstract: A vehicle for transporting cargo includes a cargo receiving portion which is located on a chassis, the cargo receiving portion having a retaining element that secures the cargo at the edge of the cargo receiving portion and a vehicle control unit being provided. The retaining element extends only over part of the perimeter of the cargo receiving portion and is designed to rotate about a vertical axis, the vehicle control unit being configured such that, as a result of each current or anticipated acceleration or deceleration of the chassis, it orients the retaining element about the vertical axis, relative to the current direction of travel, so that the retaining element is at least on the side of the cargo receiving portion towards which the cargo moves after overcoming the static friction between the surface of the load receiving portion and the contact surface of the load.

Abstract: A device includes an optical sensing unit configured to sense an object so as to obtain a picture of the object. The device includes a drive unit configured to drive and to move the device. The device includes an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the picture in terms of an at least two-dimensional pattern and to evaluate the pattern in terms of at least a first marking area and a second marking area. The evaluation unit is configured to obtain a marking result by comparing the first marking area and the second marking area, and to determine, on the basis of the marking result, relative localization of the device with regard to the object. The device includes a control unit configured to control the drive unit on the basis of the relative localization.

Abstract: A vehicle has at least two axles, each having at least one wheel for lifting, transporting, and lowering load carriers. A first axle is mounted in a chassis. Lifting elements are provided for lifting and lowering the load carriers. The distance of the second axle relative to the first axle can be changed in the horizontal longitudinal vehicle direction, and the lifting elements are lifted or lowered by a change in the distance of the second axle from the first axle. The at least one wheel of the first axle can be driven by a drive motor that is arranged on the chassis, and at least one lifting element is displaced horizontally inward or outward by the change in the distance of the second axle from the first axle in the transverse vehicle direction.

Abstract: Method for producing and maintaining an assignment of object data of an object to a changing physical position of the object in a sorting device, with the steps: feeding in an object at an entry point to the sorting device, capturing and storing identity data as part of the object data of the object; on the basis of sorting data, determining a transfer point assigned to the object; transporting the item as far as the specified transfer point; discharging the object at the specified transfer point; capturing optical object data of each object ejected at the transfer point once the object has reached a predetermined position on the sorting device, at the transfer point or along a delivery path extending from the transfer point to a removal point, and storing the optical object data as a further part of the object data of the object; transporting the object along the delivery path; and during that transportation, tracking the discharged object on the basis of the optical object data by means of tracking, and sto

Abstract: A vehicle has at least two axles, each having at least one wheel for lifting, transporting, and lowering load carriers. A first axle is mounted in a chassis. Lifting elements are provided for lifting and lowering the load carriers. The distance of the second axle relative to the first axle can be changed in the horizontal longitudinal vehicle direction, and the lifting elements are lifted or lowered by a change in the distance of the second axle from the first axle. The at least one wheel of the first axle can be driven by a drive motor that is arranged on the chassis, and at least one lifting element is displaced horizontally inward or outward by the change in the distance of the second axle from the first axle in the transverse vehicle direction.

Abstract: A stack operating vehicle for storage and retrieval storage units. One embodiment of the stack operating vehicle comprises a first bearing device with a first bearing base and a first holding device for handling at least one storage unit; a second bearing device with a second bearing base and a second holding device for handling at least one storage unit. The second holding device is movably supported by a guiding device along a horizontal direction; a vertical guide arrangement at which the first bearing base and the second bearing base are respectively guided on an adjustment path along the vertical direction which are formed such that the first bearing base and the second bearing base overlap one another over their entire adjustment paths in the vertical direction. The disclosure also relates to a method for execution of storage orders with storage units with such a stack operating vehicle.

Abstract: A stack operating vehicle for storage and retrieval storage units. One embodiment of the stack operating vehicle comprises a first bearing device with a first bearing base and a first holding device for handling at least one storage unit; a second bearing device with a second bearing base and a second holding device for handling at least one storage unit. The second holding device is movably supported by a guiding device along a horizontal direction; a vertical guide arrangement at which the first bearing base and the second bearing base are respectively guided on an adjustment path along the vertical direction which are formed such that the first bearing base and the second bearing base overlap one another over their entire adjustment paths in the vertical direction. The disclosure also relates to a method for execution of storage orders with storage units with such a stack operating vehicle.