Service vehicle with drone bases
AssigneeAutostore Technology AS
InventorsTrond Austrheim, Jon Hermansen
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a service vehicle. In some embodiments, the service vehicle comprises a platform configured to service a container handling vehicle while the service vehicle is on a grid-based rail system of a storage grid of an automated storage system for storing storage containers, and one or more wheel modules, each wheel module configured to move the service vehicle along the grid-based rail system, wherein the platform is mounted on the one or more wheel modules and comprises an enclosure having at least one opening.
Claims19
A service vehicle, comprising:
- a platform configured to service a container handling vehicle while the service vehicle is on a grid-based rail system of a storage grid of an automated storage system for storing storage containers;
- one or more wheel modules, each wheel module configured to move the service vehicle along the grid-based rail system, wherein the platform is mounted on the one or more wheel modules and comprises an enclosure having at least one opening;
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- a bay configured to hold the container handling vehicle while the service vehicle is on the grid.
A system comprising:
- a container handling vehicle comprising a receiver;
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- a service vehicle comprising:
- a platform configured to service the container handling vehicle while the service vehicle is on a grid-based rail system of a storage grid of an automated storage system for storing storage containers;
- one or more wheel modules, each wheel module configured to move the service vehicle along the grid-based rail system, wherein the platform is mounted on the one or more wheel modules and comprises an enclosure having at least one opening;
- a bay configured to hold the container handling vehicle while the service vehicle is on the grid;
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- a transmitter;
- wherein the container handling vehicle is configured to receive remote control signals from the transmitter of the service vehicle and to maneuver the container handling vehicle in response to the remote control signals.
A method for servicing a container handling vehicle, the method comprising:
- maneuvering a service vehicle along a grid-based rail system to a location at which at least one opening of an enclosure of the service vehicle is positioned next to the container handling vehicle;
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- providing the container handling vehicle to a platform of the service vehicle via the at least one opening of the enclosure such that the container handling vehicle is received by a bay of the service vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.