Automated storage and retrieval system
AssigneeRapyuta Robotics Co., Ltd.
InventorsGajamohan Mohanarajah, Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy
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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 one or more picking positions at which the transportation robot transporting the bin is arranged to enable picking work of the item from the bin, and one or more retracted positions at which the transportation robot temporarily retracts the bin from the picking position.
Claims20
An automated storage and retrieval system comprising:
- 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,
- wherein the rack comprising:
- a plurality of floors each of which stores the plurality of bins and allows the transportation robot to run along a surface thereof, wherein the plurality of bins is received on the floors by a plurality of support legs extending from a bottom surfaces of the plurality of bins, and the transportation robot is configured to be able to enter a space below the bin between the bottom surface of the bin and the floor, and supports the bin so as to enable transportation of the bin by lifting the bottom surface of the bin in the space below;
- and
- wherein the picking station defines
- one or more picking positions at which the transportation robot transporting the bin is arranged to enable picking work of the item from the bin, and
- one or more retracted positions at which the transportation robot temporarily retracts the bin from the picking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.