Automated warehouse storage and retrieval system

An automated warehouse storage and retrieval system comprising

• at least an aisle, and
• each of two sides of the aisle having a shelf, and
• a rail laid along the aisle to enable at least an automated vehicle to move thereon;
• the automated vehicle having a platform, and
• a top surface of the platform comprising at least a working station and at least a pick-and-place unit thereon;
• each of two lateral sides of the platform having two openings which are separated by a desired distance, and
• each of the openings comprising a climbing unit installed therein, and
• the climbing units configured to be operated by a telescoping member to synchronously protrude from or move back in the openings;
• a side of the shelf, which is faced to the rail, having a plurality of vertical supporting members which are arranged in parallel, and
• each two adjacent supporting members separated by the distance same as the two climbing units on the same lateral side of the platform;
• the automated vehicle configured to move on the rail to a designated position, and the climbing units pushed out from the openings by the telescoping member so as to respectively engage with the supporting members of the shelves at the two sides of the aisle;
• the climbing units configured to upwardly or downwardly climb along the supporting members synchronously thereby raising the automated vehicle to a designated height or lowering the automated vehicle back to the rail.