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US 12,692,072 B2Granted
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 a plurality of picking positions at which a plurality of the transportation robots transporting the bins are simultaneously aligned to enable picking work of the item from the bin.
Claims19
An automated storage and retrieval system comprising:
- a rack storing a plurality of bins for containing items, the rack includes a plurality of floors, each floor of the plurality of floors stores the plurality of bins;
- a picking station for picking an item from a bin of the plurality of bins;
- a transportation robot for transporting the bin of the plurality of bins between the rack and the picking station, the transportation robot configured to run along a surface of the plurality of floors;
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- one or more transportation elevators for transporting the transportation robot between the plurality of floors,
- wherein the picking station defines a plurality of picking positions at which a plurality of transportation robots transporting the bins of the plurality of bins are simultaneously aligned to enable picking work of an item from the bin,
- wherein the plurality of picking positions is defined on at least one floor of the plurality of floors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.