Abstract: The robot cargo sorting system capable of identifying shelf transfer, and a sorting method thereof are provided. The sorting system includes: movable shelves, each provided with cargo boxes configured for allowing cargoes to be unloaded thereinto, fixed with identification devices and capable of moving to any vacant unloading region; sorting robots, capable of travelling on a sorting platform and transporting received cargoes to a designated unloading region for unloading; a sorting robot locating device; an importing device; unloading robots, capable of receiving cargoes unloaded from the sorting robots and unloading the cargoes into predetermined vacant cargo boxes of the movable shelves; detection devices, which can acquire information of the identification devices; and a server, in wireless connection with controllers of the sorting robots and in wired or wireless connection with controllers of the unloading robot, the detection devices and the importing device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for robotic re-stowing of relocated inventory are described. In some examples, a determination may be made that a first tote located in a first zone of a processing facility includes a first item bound for a second zone of the processing facility. The first tote may be scanned by a first scanner of a first conveyance system to determine that the first tote is bound for the second zone. The first conveyance system may transport the first tote from the first zone to the second zone. The first tote may be robotically stowed on a first storage pod in the second zone. A first laden robotic drive unit may transport the first storage pod to a first pick station in the second zone.

Abstract: Workpiece storage device having at least one sensor; a control device; and pick-up device with receptacles individually adapted to shapes of workpieces to be received in the receptacles. The at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data to determine the presence and/or location of workpieces in the receptacles, and to transmit the sensor data to the control device. The control device is configured to receive the sensor data of the sensor and to feed the received sensor data as input values to at least one machine learning model, and the machine learning model is trained to calculate at least one binary output value from the input values. The at least one binary output value is indicative of whether a statement about a loading state of the pick-up device is applicable, and the control device is configured to generate a signal including the at least one binary output value.

Abstract: The technology disclosed is directed to hyper-local provisioning and delivery of goods including a depot and a transporter. Hyper-local depots are mounted above transit paths (e.g., sidewalk, parking lot, road) or on the side of or inside a building. The depots store and charge transporters, which provide robotic delivery. The depots can load transporters with goods, deploy them out of the depot for delivery and retract them upon completion of the delivery task. Modules within the depot can store inventories for delivery and beverage/food preparation devices. An example transporter includes a collapsible column and a collapsible neck attached thereto. The neck supports a handle for carrying a package and a head with a radar and a camera positioned thereon. The transporter is transformable among a compact mode, a first extended position and a cruise mode.

Abstract: In order to enable easy setting of a configuration of a specimen inspection automation system, the present disclosure proposes a technique for automatically allocating an IP address (unique position information) to each unit constituting the specimen inspection automation system. For example, the present disclosure proposes a specimen inspection automation system comprising: a plurality of slave station devices each of which corresponds to at least one of a transport device for transporting a specimen and an analyzer for analyzing the specimen; and a master station device that communicates with the slave station devices through a communication line and controls the slave station devices. The master station device performs a process for allocating unique position information to each of the slave station devices by using information acquired through communication with the slave station devices.

Abstract: A control system controls a transport device (5) so as to preferentially store a high frequency article (WH) at a first storage position (P1) and preferentially store a normal article (WN) at a normal storage position (PN). The high frequency article (WH) is an article of an article type for which the retrieval frequency is a predetermined high frequency threshold value or more, and the normal article (WN) which is an article of an article type for which the retrieval frequency is less than the high frequency threshold value. Each storage section has a plurality of storage positions at which articles can be stored, including at least one first storage position (P1), which is a storage position closest to a rack front surface side (Y1), and at least one normal storage position (PN), which is a storage position on a rack back surface side (Y2) of the first storage position (P1).

Abstract: A storage system (20; 300) for storing loads (32) has: a plurality of carriers (30; 330), for holding respective loads; a plurality of uprights (46; 346); a plurality of flooring levels, one above another, supported by the uprights; a plurality of carrier supports (66; 366); at least one wheeled automated vehicle (50; 350), for carrying said carriers along the flooring levels and including a lifting surface (200; 400) for supporting a supported one of the carriers and shiftable between a lowered condition and a raised condition; and means (52A, 52B) for moving the at least one wheeled automated vehicle between the flooring levels.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for goods comprises at least one goods source which provides the goods by means of conveyor containers, a plurality of goods sinks to which the goods are conveyed, and an endless conveyor which connects the at least one goods source and the goods sinks in terms of conveying technology and has a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand which follows the first conveyor strand along a goods conveying direction in the endless conveyor, wherein only the first conveyor strand has a fixed conveyor container entrainment.

Abstract: A device assembly system includes a control apparatus, a mobile apparatus, a lifting apparatus, and a plug in/out apparatus. The control apparatus is configured to control, based on an operation and maintenance instruction, the mobile apparatus, the lifting apparatus, and the plug in/out apparatus to complete an operation of the operation and maintenance instruction. The mobile apparatus is configured to move the device assembly system to a first location, and the first location identifies a rack in which a device is assembled. The lifting apparatus is configured to move the plug in/out apparatus to a target location in a first direction. The plug in/out apparatus is configured to place the device to be assembled at the target location, or obtain the device from the target location.

Abstract: The present invention provides automated systems and methods of loading finished mail within the trays for subsequent processing. The systems and methods of the present invention result in economic and operational efficiency to increase the process of loading the mail in the trays.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sorting scheduling method, apparatus and matrix sorting system in the field of warehousing and logistics technology, wherein the matrix sorting system includes multiple branch lines and multiple ring sorters, each branch line spans multiple ring sorters, each ring sorter is spanned by multiple branch lines, each branch line is provided with multiple sorting stations at each ring sorter, each said branch line is used to convey a stock box to the corresponding sorting station, and the sorted goods to be packaged at said sorting station flow on the corresponding ring sorter. The present disclosure adopts the matrix sorting form, and the order quantity completed by a sorting station can be increased dozens of times compared to the existing sorting station layout, which alleviates the problem of conveyor line blockage and realizes large-scale sorting operations.

Abstract: A robot for transporting cargo boxes includes a drive unit, a cargo box storing unit and a cargo box delivery unit. The drive unit carries the cargo box storing unit and the cargo box delivery unit and moves them jointly therewith. The cargo box storing unit includes a plurality of cargo box storing spaces. The cargo box delivery unit is coupled to the cargo box storing unit and configured to move along the cargo box storing unit in a vertical direction and transfer the cargo boxes between the cargo box storing spaces and a shelf.

Abstract: There is provided an automated storage and retrieval system including: a rack storing a plurality of bins for containing items; a picking station for picking the item from the bin; and a transportation robot for transporting the bin between the rack and the picking station. The picking station defines a plurality of picking positions at which a plurality of the transportation robots transporting the bins are simultaneously aligned to enable picking work of the item from the bin.

Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system stores multi-stock bins each holding different stock-keeping units (SKUs). Records dynamically track which SKUs are in each bin. A controller tracks a stock waitlist indicating quantities of SKUs still required to be delivered to a workstation in order to fulfil current orders assigned to the workstation. When a robot is available, the controller selects a multi-stock bin that has a highest number of unique ones of the required SKUs indicated on the stock waitlist and commands the robot to fetch and deliver the selected bin to the workstation. For new orders, the controller may determine if direct assignment can be done to a workstation without additional bins being scheduled. For other pending orders, the controller may assume each pending order is assigned to the workstation and then pick the order that would require a lowest number of bins to be delivered to the workstation.

Abstract: Various embodiments of loader assemblies are disclosed for controlling the translational and rotational movement of a workpiece. One or more pairs of offset compound wheels are configured to support and control a workpiece. In one configuration, a left-handed mecanum wheel is paired with an offset right-handed mecanum wheel. By rotating offset compound wheels independently of each other, the workpiece can be made to move forward or backward, and at the same time have an independently controlled clockwise or counterclockwise rotational motion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a material conveying method and apparatus, a device, a system, and a storage medium, applicable to an intelligent warehousing system. The method includes: determining a first order, where the first order includes a target container and a first workstation; determining a second order, where the second order includes the target container and a second workstation; determining to convey the target container to the second workstation according to a relationship of transferability between the second workstation and the first workstation along a conveying line, where the conveying line is connected to the first workstation and the second workstation; and transmitting first indication information to a warehousing robot, transmitting second indication information to the first workstation, and transmitting third indication information to the second workstation.

Abstract: A storage system includes an entrance port, a storage rack, an exit port, transporters, and a determining controller. The entrance port is a place at which an item is carried in from the outside. The storage rack is structured to store the item. The exit port is a place at which the item is carried out to the outside. The transporter, by moving along a track, accesses the entrance port, the storage rack, or the exit port. The determining controller is configured or programmed to determine that the storage system is available, when first and second conditions are satisfied, the first condition being that a path extending from the entrance port to the exit port includes an available track, the second condition being that there is any transporter capable of transporting the item along the track that satisfies the first condition.

Abstract: An automated system for transferring articles from a container. An item transfer system includes a source tray assembly, a translatable and rotatable intermediate rotary assembly, and a translatable and rotatable output rotary assembly. The system is configured to transfer articles from the tray to processing equipment by an automated process including rotationally transferring the articles from the tray to the intermediate rotary assembly and rotationally transferring the articles from the intermediate rotary assembly to the output rotary assembly. The output rotary assembly can move to align with a shelf or other input of the processing equipment and a paddle assembly can slide the items from the output rotary assembly onto the shelf or other input of the processing equipment.

Abstract: System for packing and sorting comprises: a server comprising a memory, a processor, and a sortation engine, an automated packaging device, and a packaging sorting system. The automated packaging device is configured to: receive one or more sorted articles through an opening of a repository of the automated packaging device, and seal the repository to form a package. The package sorting system configured to: direct a package computer controlled vehicle to move to a receiving position about the automated packaging device for receiving the package from the automated packaging device, and direct the package computer controlled vehicle to transport and deposit the received package into a package receptacle.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional unloading system capable of unloading goods into a container and a control method of the three-dimensional unloading system. The system comprises: soring platforms; self-navigation carts; parcel identification devices; and positioning devices. The three-dimensional unloading system further comprises more than one shelf, the shelf consisting of a plurality of containers, each container being capable of storing good, and the shelf being mounted at a position close to an unloading outlet; a conveying device, on which a conveying frame is fixed; an unloading device, fixed on the conveying frame, the unloading device being capable of moving to the unloading outlet under the driving of the conveying device so as to receive the goods unloaded from the self-navigation cart, then moving to close to a predetermined container, and unloading the goods in the container; and a server, being wirelessly connected to a controller of the self-navigation cart.