Modular transport robot and transport robot system

A transport robot system for the modular assembly of modular transport robots, for transporting consignments, comprising:

• base elements for the physical structure of the transport robots;
• various expansion modules for the technical equipping of the transport robot;
• and
• control devices for controlling the transport robots;
• wherein the base elements and the expansion modules have corresponding connecting elements for electrically connecting the base elements in each case to a multiplicity of expansion modules;
• wherein the base elements each have at least one wiring harness for electrically connecting the connecting elements of the base element to one another;
• wherein the base elements and the expansion modules are designed correspondingly to one another such that, selectively at one point of the base elements, identical and/or different expansion modules are electrically connectable to the base elements by means of base connections, in particular base plug-type connections, and/or such that identical and/or different expansion modules at different points of the base elements selectively are electrically connectable to the base elements by means of connections;
• and
• further comprising communication devices for communication between transport robots and external control stations;
• wherein at least one base element has a multiplicity of mutually spaced-apart receptacles for receiving expansion modules, in particular in positively locking fashion, and wherein the at least two expansion modules are received, in particular in positively locking fashion, in different receptacles;
• and
• wherein the receptacles are bounded on at least four sides and have an opening for inserting the expansion modules in a substantially horizontal direction and wherein at least one connecting element is provided at those sides of the receptacles which are averted from the openings.

A transport robot system for the modular assembly of modular transport robots, for transporting consignments, comprising:

• base elements for the physical structure of the transport robots;
• various expansion modules for the technical equipping of the transport robot;
• and
• control devices for controlling the transport robots;
• wherein the base elements and the expansion modules have corresponding connecting elements for electrically connecting the base elements in each case to a multiplicity of expansion modules;
• wherein the base elements each have at least one wiring harness for electrically connecting the connecting elements of the base element to one another;
• wherein the base elements and the expansion modules are designed correspondingly to one another such that, selectively at one point of the base elements, identical and/or different expansion modules are electrically connectable to the base elements by means of base connections, in particular base plug-type connections, and/or such that identical and/or different expansion modules at different points of the base elements selectively are electrically connectable to the base elements by means of connections;
• and
• further comprising communication devices for communication between transport robots and external control stations;
• wherein the base elements each have a multiplicity of mutually spaced-apart receptacles for receiving identical and/or different expansion modules, in particular in positively locking fashion, and/or wherein at least two identical and/or different expansion modules can be received, in particular in positively locking fashion, in different receptacles, and/or wherein the receptacles of the base elements each have an opening for inserting the expansion modules and have at least one connecting element at those sides of the receptacles which are averted from the openings.