Picking system including server for assigning task and robot for performing delivery according to assigned task
AssigneeTwinny Co., Ltd.
InventorSeol Hee Jeon
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Abstract
A task performance method of a system includes assigning, by the server, at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots, determining, by the server, a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the task assigned to the first robot is stored, guiding, by the server, the first robot to the first location according to the determined path, and guiding, by the server, the first robot arranged in the first position to a second position.
Claims12
A task performance method of a system configured to perform a task on a delivery object using a plurality of robots assisting a worker, the task including information on a location where one or more delivery objects are stored, the system including a server and the plurality of robots, the task performance method comprising:
- assigning, by the server, at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots;
- determining, by the server, a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the task assigned to the first robot is stored;
- guiding, by the server, the first robot to the first location according to a determined path;
- guiding, by the server, the first robot arranged in a first position to a second position;
- moving the first robot to a second location when weight of a delivery object loaded on the first robot exceeds a reference weight or a load equal to or larger than a reference value is applied to a predetermined area by the delivery object loaded on the first robot;
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- if a loading operation at the first location where at least one shipment related to a first task assigned to the first robot is stored is not completed and the second location is selected based on a user input entered through the first robot, assigning, by the server, the first task that was interrupted at the first location to a second robot corresponding to at least one of a robot closest to the first location, a robot that can first move to the first location after completing an ongoing task, and a robot that most recently performed shipment unloading at a station where shipments are unloaded.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable at least one instruction that is executed by a processor of an electronic apparatus,
- when executed by the processor, the instruction cause the electronic apparatus perform an operation comprising:
- assigning at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots;
- determining a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the task assigned to the first robot is stored;
- guiding the first robot to the first location according to a determined path;
- guiding the first robot arranged in a first position to a second position;
- moving the first robot to a second location when weight of a delivery object loaded on the first robot exceeds a reference weight or a load equal to or larger than a reference value is applied to a predetermined area by the delivery object loaded on the first robot;
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- if a loading operation at the first location where at least one shipment related to a first task assigned to the first robot is stored is not completed and the second location is selected based on a user input entered through the first robot, assigning, by a server, the first task that was interrupted at the first location to a second robot corresponding to at least one of a robot closest to the first location, a robot that can first move to the first location after completing an ongoing task, and a robot that most recently performed shipment unloading at a station where shipments are unloaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.