Abstract: A transport system includes a transport robot configured to transport an item picked up from a shelving unit or to be stored into the shelving unit, wherein: the transport robot includes a placing table on which the item is to be placed, and a lifting mechanism configured to lift and lower the placing table; and the placing table includes an engaging portion configured to engage with the shelving unit.

Abstract: A rack includes: a casing; M pairs of supports that are provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in a predetermined direction; and a lock mechanism that locks returnable containers housed while being supported so as to be slidable along the respective M pairs of supports. The lock mechanism has M rotary lock main bodies that are respectively provided at the M pairs of supports and each unlock at a predetermined rotation angle, and a coupling member that couples the M rotary lock main bodies to one another and allows them to rotate in conjunction with one another. The predetermined rotation angle for unlocking is different for each of the M rotary lock main bodies, and the M rotary lock main bodies are driven to rotate by a single driving source.

Abstract: A management apparatus capable of improving the collection and delivery efficiency of packages by a robot is achieved. A management apparatus includes a first identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information associated with information indicating height positions of a plurality of a plurality of support parts capable of supporting a package within a collection and delivery shelf, a second identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire the identification information of a first support part that supports a collection package to be collected by the robot, a calculation unit configured to calculate a spacing between the first support part and a second support part disposed directly above the first support part, and a planning unit configured to create a collection plan for the collection package so that the robot can collect the collection package based on the information indicating the spacing.

Abstract: A delivery system includes a storage box, receiver terminals, a deliverer terminal, and a server. The deliverer terminal transmits, to the server, identification information of the storage box storing a delivery item and identification information of a destination receiver of the delivery item. The server transmits delivery information to the receiver terminal of the destination receiver based on the identification information of the destination receiver of the delivery item. The receiver terminal of the destination receiver transmits, to the server, information of an alternate receiver set based on relevant information about a person in the same building as the destination receiver. The server transmits, to the receiver terminal of the alternate receiver, the identification information of the storage box and unlocking key information for unlocking the storage box, based on the information of the alternate receiver transmitted from the receiver terminal of the destination receiver.

Abstract: Drainage from a robot can be appropriately treated. A package-carrying robot includes: a water storage part in which water generated in a storage room in which a package is housed is accumulated; a drain part configured to drain the water accumulated in the water storage part; a traveling path state detection unit configured to detect a state of a traveling path of the package-carrying robot; and an open/close control unit configured to control opening/closing of the drain part according to the state of the traveling path of the package-carrying robot detected by the traveling path state detection unit.

Abstract: A control device for a conveyance robot including a telescopic portion which is extensible in a height direction is provided. The control device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a natural frequency of the conveyance robot according to an amount of extension of the telescopic portion and a control unit configured to control a drive mechanism of the conveyance robot such that the natural frequency of the conveyance robot and an angular frequency of a vibration generating portion when the conveyance robot operates do not match.

Abstract: A trash box is a trash box including a trash box main body in which trash is accommodated. A top surface or a side surface of the trash box main body includes an input port via which the trash is put into the trash box main body. A bottom surface of the trash box main body includes an opening-closing portion. The trash box main body is placed such that the opening-closing portion faces a reference plane that is a floor face or ground. The trash box main body is changeable in height from the reference plane.

Abstract: A rack includes a pair of first rail portions extending in a depth direction for supporting protrusions, a pair of first gradient portions inclining downward toward a front surface of the rack, a pair of second rail portions facing the pair of the first rail portions, and a pair of second gradient portions inclining upward toward the front surface of the rack. A transport robot includes a top plate on which an object is placed, an elevating portion that raises and lowers the top plate, one or more load sensors provided on the top plate, and a control unit for controlling the elevating portion based on measurement results.

Abstract: A shelf inventory management system includes: a shelf including storage boxes that is each identified; a first sensor that detects a mass change of the storage boxes; a management unit that manages an inventory of an article stored in each storage box, based on a detection result of the first sensor; and a terminal for notifying a user of information related to the article stored in each storage box. The management unit stores the article stored in each storage box and an expiration date related to consumption of the article in association with each other, and outputs to the terminal reminder information for notifying that the expiration date of the article is approaching, when a period until the expiration date of the article not detected by the first sensor falls below a predetermined standard.

Abstract: An opening-closing control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a device that controls opening and closing of a plurality of doors of an accommodating portion when a robot executes a task of loading or unloading an object to and from the accommodating portion. The opening-closing control device includes a door opening information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a door to be opened in order to execute the task; and a control unit that controls, based the on the information indicating the door to be opened in order to execute the task, a lock unit that is arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of doors and that is configured to restrict a door other than the door to be opened in order to execute the task in a closed state.

Abstract: A physical distribution system includes: a creation unit configured to create a layout for storage of objects to be sorted in a storage container; an output unit configured to output the created layout; a notification unit configured to transmit, when there is, in the storage container, an object that cannot be picked up, a notice for requesting a person to take out that object to a terminal apparatus; and a pickup control unit configured to control the pickup unit so that it picks up an object that has been put in the storage container, and move the object to a sorting destination in accordance with the object, in which the creation unit creates the layout in which that only objects that are registered in advance as those that cannot be picked up are collectively stored in a predetermined storage area.

Abstract: A shelf inventory management system includes: a shelf installed in a house; a sensor that detects that an article is taken out from the shelf; a management unit that manages an inventory status of the article stored in the shelf, based on a detection result of the sensor; and a terminal for notifying a user of information related to the article stored in the shelf. The management unit stores, for each user, a taken out amount of each health-related product a consumption amount of which affects health, of the article stored in the shelf, and is able to output the taken out amount of each health-related product to the terminal.

Abstract: A moving environment system capable of opening a door in a state in which a robot is away from the door by an appropriate distance while also reducing unnecessary opening of the door is provided. A moving environment system includes: an autonomous mobile robot; and an automatic door including a sensor configured to detect an object that has entered a predetermined detection area, in which the detection area includes a detection area for a passerby and a detection area for an autonomous mobile robot, the detection area for the autonomous mobile robot is set so as to include an area through which a frequency of people passing is equal to or smaller than a predetermined frequency, and the autonomous mobile robot passes through the automatic door via the detection area for the autonomous mobile robot.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a detection system used in a case where a transport robot transports a package in a state where the package in which an opening portion of a container is closed by a lid is placed on a placing portion of the transport robot. The detection system is configured to detect that the lid is opened.

Abstract: A sorting system, a sorting method, and a program that can reduce the time required for sorting items using a shelf are achieved. A sorting system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a shelf in which a plurality of boxes are contained in a plurality of tiers, transfer means for putting each box in or taking it out of the shelf, and a sorting robot attached to the shelf configured to put an item in or take it out of each box. The transfer means pulls the box contained in an upper tier halfway out and the sorting robot puts in or takes the item out of each of the box contained in the upper tier and the box contained in the lower tier.

Abstract: A rack includes: a casing; M pairs of supports that are provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in a predetermined direction; and a lock mechanism. The rack can house all returnable containers of one or more prespecified sizes along the respective pairs of supports. The M pairs of supports are arrayed in N rows in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The lock mechanism is configured such that moving first and second shafts that are provided for the respective rows and for the respective tiers, respectively, so as to be movable in the predetermined direction can switch between engagement and disengagement between branches of the first and second shafts and first and second holes, respectively, of the returnable containers.

Abstract: A rack includes: a casing; M (an integer not less than three) pairs of supports that are provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in a predetermined direction (a height direction or a left-right direction); and a lock mechanism. The rack can house all returnable containers of one or more prespecified sizes along the respective pairs of supports. The lock mechanism includes N (an integer not less than two and meeting N<M?2N?1) shafts that are movable in the predetermined direction. Branches are provided on the shafts such that a combination of engagement and disengagement between the branches and holes provided in protrusions of the returnable container is different in each of the returnable containers housed on the respective M pairs of supports.

Abstract: A conveyance system, a conveyance method, and a program reducing the possibility that an object that is accommodated in a box and is being conveyed is damaged are provided. A conveyance system conveys a box accommodating an object by conveyance robots. The conveyance system includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on a kind and an arrangement of the object, a first maximum allowable acceleration indicating a maximum value of an allowable acceleration of the box in a width direction and a second maximum allowable acceleration indicating a maximum value of an allowable acceleration of the box in a depth direction.

Abstract: A management apparatus, a management method, and a program capable of preventing inefficient replenishment from being performed are provided. A management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire consumption information, which is information indicating an amount of consumption of articles stored in a storage container and a replenishment determination unit configured to determine, based on the consumption information, whether to individually replenish articles in the storage container in which the articles have been consumed using a picking robot or to replace the storage container in which the articles have been consumed by a storage container in which a predetermined number of articles are stored.

Abstract: A management apparatus, a management method, and a program that can suppress inefficient replenishment are provided. A management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each item, frequency information, the frequency information indicating a frequency of consumption, an allocation determination unit configured to determine allocation of the item to a storage container for storing the item based on the frequency of consumption of the item, and an instruction unit configured to instruct a robot to perform an action for replenishing the consumed item on the storage container in which the consumed item had been stored.