Abstract: Disclosed is a sorting machine, comprising a rack, two rail units which are both mounted on the rack and are symmetrical to each other, and a sorting cart. The rail units comprise: a transverse rail assembly, wherein the transverse rail assembly comprises a plurality of transverse rails and a plurality of reversing mechanisms, and the transverse rails and the reversing mechanisms are alternately arranged along a straight line; and a plurality of vertical rails which are parallel to each other, wherein the vertical rails and the reversing mechanisms are arranged in one-to-one correspondence. The sorting cart is switched to a rail by means of the reversing mechanisms, and a conveying direction of a conveying assembly is different from a traveling direction of the sorting cart.

Abstract: A buffer assembly is provided that includes a first mounting seat, a second mounting seat, a hinge assembly, and an elastic member. One of the first mounting seat or the second mounting seat is configured to be connected to a mechanical arm and the other one is configured to be connected to an end picker. The hinge assembly is connected between the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat and includes a first ball joint mounted in the first mounting seat and a guide rod, one of the second mounting seat or the first ball joint is connected to the guide rod, and the other one is slidably sleeved outside the guide rod. The elastic member is configured to apply a force to enable the second mounting seat to approach the first mounting seat. Further provided is a manipulator.

Abstract: A transport vehicle includes: a vehicle body (31) and a first traveling mechanism (32) mounted on the vehicle body (31). The first traveling mechanism (32) includes a plurality of crawling assemblies (320) respectively provided on two opposite sides of the vehicle body (31). Each crawling assembly (320) includes: a wheel carrier (321) extending outwardly from a lateral side of the vehicle body (31); and a driving wheel (322) mounted on the wheel carrier (321), the driving wheel has an axis perpendicular to an extending direction of the wheel carrier (321). The wheel carrier (321) is rotatable about the central axis of the wheel carrier (321) in the extension direction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an articles picking method, a control system and an articles picking system, and relates to the technical field of intelligent warehousing. The articles picking method of the present disclosure includes: receiving an order of a single articles picking point of an AGV arriving at an articles picking point, the order of the single articles picking point comprising information of articles belonging to a same articles picking point in one or more orders associated with the AGV; recommending the order of the single articles picking point to articles pickers of no less than a predetermined number; setting the order of the single articles picking point to be an assigned state to avoid the order of the single articles picking point being picked repeatedly in the event that there is an articles picker taking the order of the single articles picking point.

Abstract: A sorter comprising: a rack; a track assembly comprising two ring-shaped tracks both installed on the rack, the tracks being respectively arranged in two mutually parallel vertical planes and being aligned with each other; a drive assembly comprising at least one sprocket sets that comprise a driving sprocket and a plurality of driven sprockets installed on the rack; at least one chain hooping on the driving sprocket and the driven sprockets and having the same shape as the tracks; an electric machine configured to drive the driving sprocket to rotate; a sorting cart comprising a carriage that is arranged between and slidably connected to the two ring-shaped tracks and is further hinged with the chain; a conveying assembly disposed above the carriage and carry and convey items, wherein a conveying direction of the conveying assembly is different from a moving direction of the sorting cart.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article conveying system and an article conveying method. The article conveying system comprises: at least two first conveying channels configured to be arranged horizontally on a building; at least one second conveying channel configured to be arranged vertically on the building; a conveyer configured to move on the first conveying channels and the second conveying channel to convey an article to different positions of the building; and transfer device arranged between the first conveying channels and the second conveying channel, to transfer the article and/or the conveyer from the first conveying channels to the second conveying channel or from the second conveying channel to the first conveying channels. The present disclosure can save physical strength and time of delivery persons and consignees, effectively achieve transfer of the article and/or the conveyer between the first conveying channels and the second conveying channel, and improve the conveying efficiency.

Abstract: Provided are a carrying device, a warehousing logistics system, and a pallet carrying method. The carrying device is configured to carry the pallet, and includes: a vehicle body configured to autonomously move; a mounting bracket horizontally and slidably disposed on the vehicle body; and a fork arm, where a first end of the fork arm is connected to the mounting bracket, the fork arm is configured to protrude horizontally along with movement of the mounting bracket to be inserted into a fork hole of the pallet, and raise and lower relative to the vehicle body to lift the pallet, and the vehicle body and the mounting bracket are configured to, when the fork arm lifts the pallet, enable the pallet to be located above the vehicle body by relative movement between the vehicle body and the mounting bracket.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic driving control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium. The method includes: when a current braking trigger event is acquired, determining whether a target controlled vehicle is currently located in a braking monitoring period; and when the target controlled vehicle is currently located in any braking monitoring period, sending a braking control instruction corresponding to a next braking monitoring period to the target controlled vehicle according to ranking of the braking monitoring period in which the target controlled vehicle is currently located, and entering the next braking monitoring period, where vehicle control duration of the braking control instruction corresponding to the next braking monitoring period is longer.

Abstract: A sorting apparatus, comprising: transportation vehicles for moving, on the basis of a control instruction, along a direction of a transportation row to a target position indicated by the control instruction, such that an object to be sorted is transferred from the current transportation vehicle on which the object is currently placed to a next-row transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation row where the next-row transportation vehicle is located is adjacent to the transportation row where the current transportation vehicle is located in a direction away from a feed inlet. The sorting apparatus occupies a small space, has low requirements on sites, and can be widely applied. Also comprised are a sorting method for a control module of the sorting apparatus, and ac electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the sorting method.

Abstract: A blockchain-based data processing method and apparatus. An implementation solution is: in response to receiving a contract deployment request sent from a requesting node in a blockchain network, acquiring a contract file corresponding to the contract deployment request, wherein the contract file is generated by performing content extension on a smart contract corresponding to the contract deployment request; performing validation on the contract file based on an analysis result of the contract file and a blockchain account book, wherein the validation is used to characterize performing validation on a secret key of the contract file, a content of the contract file, and a signature of a contract participant, wherein the blockchain account book is generated by pre-executing a contract deployment transaction; and in response to the contract file passing the validation, determining a smart contract corresponding to the contract deployment request according to the contract file.

Abstract: Provided are a model generation method and apparatus, an image perspective determining method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The model generation method includes that: point cloud data and multiple image perspectives are collected to obtain coordinate data of the point cloud data and multiple image collection time points; a pose matrix corresponding to each image collection time point is determined, and a point cloud perspective at each image collection time point is generated according to the pose matrix and the coordinate data; and the point cloud perspective at each image collection time point and the respective one image perspective at the each image collection time point are used as a group of training samples, an original neural network model is trained based on multiple groups of training samples, and an image conversion model for converting a point cloud perspective into an image perspective is generated.

Abstract: An apparatus for sorting and conveying, including: a cargo carrying assembly; a conveying assembly, configured to drive the cargo carrying assembly to move; where, the conveying assembly comprises a sprocket set and a chain drivingly connected to the sprocket set, the chain is pivotally connected with a roller, and the sprocket set is configured to be engaged with the roller to drive the cargo carrying assembly to move circularly; and a bearing assembly, disposed adjacent to the sprocket set and configured to bear the roller in response to the roller to be engaged with or disengaged from the sprocket set.

Abstract: A sorting system, comprising: a conveying mechanism (1) and a control system (2). The conveying mechanism comprises: a rack (11); two rollers (15, 16) arranged on the rack at intervals along a first horizontal direction; a chain (12) wound around the two rollers; and a plurality of trolleys (13) respectively connected to the chain and sequentially arranged along the first horizontal direction. Each trolley comprises a trolley body (131) and a sorting and conveying mechanism (132) arranged on the trolley body, and the bottom of the trolley body is connected to the chain.

Abstract: A shuttle vehicle, comprising a vehicle body (100), a travelling apparatus (200) and a box conveying and pickup apparatus (300); two horizontal support plates (110) provided in parallel and spaced apart are fixed on the vehicle body, the two horizontal support plates are located on the same horizontal plane and form a gap therebetween; the box conveying and pickup device comprises a chain assembly (310) and a fork (20), the chain assembly comprises a chain (311), a sprocket group (312) and a chain driving device (350); a first end (321) of the fork is fixedly connected to the chain, and a second end of the fork extends outwards in the normal direction of the chain; and a bent portion (322) bending upwards is formed at the second end, and is used for contacting with the inner wall of a groove (31) at the bottom of a material box (30).

Abstract: A method for vehicle control, including: obtaining a slip ratio in a current control cycle of a vehicle; calculating a road friction coefficient in the current control cycle of the vehicle by invoking a corresponding calculation strategy according to the slip ratio; and controlling the vehicle in real time by inputting the road friction coefficient into a vehicle control optimization model to obtain a control instruction for the current control cycle of the vehicle.

Abstract: A box modeling method and apparatus, a robot picking system, an electronic device and a medium, the method comprising: acquiring first 3D point cloud information of a box (S302); determining a first point of the box according to box parameters and the first 3D point cloud information (S304); performing a calculation to the first point and the first 3D point cloud information by using a ray method so as to generate a first minimum bounding rectangle (S306); and modeling the box according to the first minimum bounding rectangle and the box parameters (S308).

Abstract: A system and method for autonomous navigation. The system includes a computing device having a processor and a storage device storing computer executable code. The computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to: provide a planned path having intersections in an environment, where the intersections and roads therebetween are represented by sequential place identifications (IDs); receive images of the environment; perform convolutional neural network on the images to obtain predicted place IDs; when a predicted place ID of a current image is next to a place ID of a previous image, and is the same as predicted place IDs of a predetermined number of following images, define the predicted place ID as place IDs of the current and the following images; and perform autonomous navigation based on the planned path and the image place IDs.