Abstract: Provided are a parcel sorting system and method. The parcel sorting system is arranged in layers and includes: a parcel sorting layer located on an upper layer of the parcel sorting system, a moveable container carrying layer located on a lower layer of the parcel sorting system, a parcel delivery robot and a control device. The parcel sorting layer includes a modular entity platform that is a physical platform formed by splicing multiple splicable units and used for sorting parcels. The modular entity platform includes multiple delivery lattices arranged in an array and a traveling area constituted by gaps between the lattices and used for the parcel delivery robot traveling. One delivery lattices corresponds to one or more delivery path directions. The moveable container carrying layer includes multiple moveable containers, and a part of the containers are located below the lattices and receive the parcel from the parcel sorting layer.

Abstract: Provided is a package sorting method, a sorting area layout, a sorting system, and a path optimization method. The package sorting method includes: dividing a sorting area into at least a first logical partition close to a first item collecting area and a second logical partition close to a second item collecting area, where the first logical partition includes a first item dropping area, and the second logical partition includes a second item dropping area. By this method, a total path of package delivery is reduced.

Abstract: Provided are a container storage system, a warehousing system, a robot control method, and a robot; the container storage system comprises an inventory area, a control server, a robot, and a plurality of workstations; the control server communicates with the robot wirelessly; an inventory rack is placed in the inventory area; the inventory rack comprises at least one layer of layered panels; the at least one layer of layered panels divides the inventory rack into at least two layers; at least two storage containers are placed on the inventory rack in the direction of the depth of the layered panels, and the direction of width of the storage container on the inventory rack is consistent with the direction of the depth of the layered panels. The system increases the storage density of storage containers in the inventory area, and reduces the energy consumption of the robot picking the storage containers.

Abstract: A sorting system includes a control server, multiple sorting robots, and a sorting region. The sorting region is divided into multiple sub-regions. At least one supply station and multiple delivery openings are deployed in each sub-region. Delivery openings respectively correspond to paths. The control server determines, according to path information of an item to be sorted, a target delivery opening corresponding to a path of the item, determines, from the multiple sub-regions of the sorting region, a target sub-region in which the target delivery opening is located, and allocates a delivery task to a target sorting robot among the multiple sorting robots. In response to the delivery task, the target sorting robot acquires the item from the supply station where the item is located, carries the item to the target delivery opening in the target sub-region, and delivers the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is an item transport system. The item transport system includes: a control server, at least one carrying robot, at least one storage container and at least one picking container. The control server obtains order information and container information of items to be transported and integrates the order information with the container information to provide transport information for the at least one carrying robot. The storage container and the picking container are both configured to accommodate items to be stored and items to be picked interchangeably. The carrying robot carries the storage container or the picking container based on the transport information received from the control server. Further disclosed is an item transport method.

Abstract: Provided herein is a mobile robot including: a first carrying device configured to carry a first item; a second carrying device configured to carry a second item; a control device connected to the first driving device and the second driving device and configured to control operation of the first driving device and the second driving device; the first driving device configured to drive, under control of the control device, the mobile robot to travel along a delivery path matching routings of the first item and the second item; and the second driving device, connected to the first carrying device and the second carrying device and configured to drive, under the control of the control device, the first carrying device to deliver the first item and the second carrying device to deliver the second item.

Abstract: Provided are a warehousing access system and method. The system includes a control server, an access device, a carrying device, a storage container and a dock location; in response to an item operation request, the control server controls a first target access device to take a target storage container out from a current storage location and carry to a first target dock location, and controls a first target carrying device to carry a first target storage container from the first target dock location to a workstation for operation; in response to an operation complete instruction, the control server controls a second target carrying device to carry the target storage container from the workstation to a second target dock location and controls a second target access device to carry the target storage container from the second target dock location to a storage area and store at the target storage location.

Abstract: Disclosed are a robot control system and method. The robot control system includes a storage region, a lifting machine, a control device, and at least one self-driven robot. The storage region includes a loft having at least two storeys and is configured to store a container, and there is provided a passage on the floor of each of the at least two storeys of the loft for the self-driven robot to move through. The lifting machine is configured to transport the self-driven robot or the container to a target storey corresponding to a transportation task. The control device is configured to assign the transportation task to the self-driven robot and plan a travel route on the target storey for the self-driven robot according to the transportation task, and dispatch the self-driven robot to travel according to the travel route to perform the transportation task.

Abstract: A motion control method and apparatus, an automatic conveyor unit, and an automatic sorting system are provided. The method includes: determining that the automatic conveying unit is to make a turn; configuring a second basic unit in front of a first basic unit where the automatic conveying unit is located to be a basic unit for making the turn; and controlling the automatic conveying unit to move in an arc centered on a predetermined point.

Abstract: Provided are a marker-combined simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation method, device and system. The method includes: providing an initialization area for a located object, where at least one of the initialization area for a located object, a travelling path of a located object, and a docking device of the located object is provided with an marker including at least one of pose information, identification information and non-identification graphic information; controlling the located object to perform at least one of following operations: starting from the initialization area for a located object, and based on the marker, determining an initial pose of the located object; when the marker is passed on the travelling path, updating a current pose of the located object based on the marker; and when docking with the docking device, adjusting a relative pose between the located object and the docking device based on the marker.

Abstract: Provided are a goods picking system and a goods picking system method, the system includes: a plurality of carrying robots; a plurality of racks used for storing goods and being carried by the plurality of carrying robots, where in a rack area, the plurality of racks are arranged in a rack array with a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and empty rows or columns constitute channels for the plurality of carrying robots to pass; and at least some of the plurality of racks are blocked racks which are not adjacent to any channel instead of being surrounded by other racks and racks except the blocked racks are referred to as unblocked racks; rack-moving robots, which are operable based on instructions of a control system to move racks in the rack area so as to change a certain blocked rack into an unblocked rack; operating positions.

Abstract: A product pick-up system and a product pick-up method. The pick-up system comprises: a transport device (2) comprising a first conveying line (21) and a second conveying line (22); a handling system used to move a target container (4) from a container storage zone to the first conveying line (21), and to move the target container from the second conveying line (22) to the container storage zone; and a pick-up device (5) used to pick up a product specified in an order. The product pick-up system and the product pick-up method can enhance management efficiency of product pick-up systems and warehouse logistics systems.

Abstract: Provided is a cargo container butting method executed by a robot. The method includes: in a case of traveling to a butting region of a target cargo container, determining a reference position according to a position of a target marker on the target cargo container and adjusting a travel direction of the robot according to the reference position, traveling into a bottom of the target cargo container according to the adjusted travel direction, traveling to a butting position of the target cargo container, and butting the target cargo container on the bottom of the target cargo container. Provided further are a robot and a storage medium.

Abstract: Disclosed are a handling method, a handling device, and a handling system. The handling method includes: advancing toward a position of the target object at a first speed according to a navigation route; advancing toward the position of the target object at a second speed in response to the distance between a current position of the handling device and the position of the target object becoming less than or equal to a first distance, the second speed being less than the first speed; identifying a mark point on the target object when advancing at the second speed, and aligning with the target object according to the mark point of the target object in response to having identified the mark point on the target object; stopping advancing and lifting up the target object after aligning with the target object; and advancing toward a preset position after lifting up the target object.

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.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic transfer system and method for items. The automatic transfer system for items includes: an item container, which is configured to receive to-be-conveyed items with a preset direction; a detection device, which is configured to detect whether items falling into the item container meet a transfer condition; and a carrying device, which is configured to automatically transfer the item container to a preset destination when the items falling into the item container meet the transfer condition.

Abstract: An article conveying equipment includes: a carrying apparatus (1), configured to carry one or more articles to be transported; a communication apparatus (3), configured to learn a height of a receiving end of a transferring apparatus matched with the article conveying equipment; and a height adjusting apparatus (2), when the article conveying equipment approaches the transferring apparatus, the height adjusting apparatus is configured to adjust the height of the carrying apparatus to the height matched with receiving end of the transferring apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is an item sorting system and method. The system includes: a supply end configured to provide a to-be-sorted item in the first area; a moving transport apparatus configured to transport the to-be-sorted item in a second area; and an item receiving apparatus configured to receive the to-be-sorted item in a third area. The second area and the third are arranged in order without overlapping with each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an order processing method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a logical partition to which a target order belongs from a plurality of logical partitions as a target logical partition, wherein one logical partition is associated with at least one station and a plurality of inventory containers, and at least one inventory container of a plurality of inventory containers associated with the target logical partition accommodates inventory items required by the target order; allocating the target order to a station associated with the target logical partition, and taking the station as a target station and controlling a robot to carry a target inventory container, accommodating the inventory items required by the target order, of the plurality of inventory containers associated with the target logical partition to the target station.

Abstract: An article package filling method, comprising: selecting a packaging container for an order article in an order container; picking out the order article from the order container and putting same into the packaging container; and injecting a filling medium into a filling space of the packaging container by using a filling equipment, wherein the filling medium has a specific shape before being injected into the filling space, and can form a spatial shape consistent with that of the filling space after being injected into the filling space. According to the filling method, various specifications or types of packaging containers storing the order articles can be filled, so that the supporting and protecting effects on the order articles are implemented, and the package filling efficiency and applicability are improved.