Transfer Robot System
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsNobutaka KIMURA, Takashi WATANABE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a transfer robot system wherein: a robot has a connecting unit, which removably holds a rack, and which can be electrically connected to the rack, a driving unit, and a control unit; and the control unit moves the robot to the vicinity of a first rack by means of the drive unit, moves the robot and the first rack to the vicinity of a second rack by connecting the robot and the first rack to each other by means of the connecting unit, supplies power to a transfer unit of the first and/or second rack via the connecting unit, operates the transfer unit corresponding to positions where articles to be moved are placed, and moves the articles to predetermined areas on the other rack from the rack having the articles placed thereon.
Claims16
A transfer robot system comprising:
- a plurality of movable racks each of which includes a transfer unit for moving a stored article;
- at least one robot that is capable of transferring a predetermined rack to a predetermined position;
- and
- a management terminal that issues a transfer instruction to the robot,
- wherein the robot detachably holds the rack and includes:
- a connection portion that is electrically connected to the rack;
- a driving unit;
- and
- a control unit, and
- the control unit moves the robot to a vicinity of a first rack, using the driving unit, connects the robot to the first rack through the connection portion, moves the robot and the first rack to a vicinity of a second rack, supplies power to the transfer unit of the first rack or/and the second rack through the connection portion, operates the transfer unit corresponding to a position where an article to be moved is placed, and moves the article to be moved from a rack in which the article to be moved is placed to a predetermined position of another rack.
A transfer robot system comprising:
- a plurality of movable racks;
- at least one robot that is capable of transferring a predetermined rack to a predetermined position;
- and
- a management terminal that issues a transfer instruction to the robot,
- wherein the rack includes:
- a transfer unit that moves an article stored in the rack;
- and
- a connected portion that is electrically connected to the robot,
- the robot includes:
- a loading and unloading portion that detachably holds the rack and installs the rack at a predetermined position;
- a connection portion that is electrically connected to the rack and supplies power to the rack through the connected portion;
- a driving unit that drives the robot;
- and
- a control unit that receives a transfer instruction from the management terminal and controls an operation of the robot, and
- the control unit moves the robot to the connected portion of a first rack using the driving unit, connects the connection portion of the robot to the connected portion of the first rack, moves the robot and the first rack to a vicinity of a second rack, using the loading and unloading unit and the driving unit, supplies power to the transfer unit of the first rack or/and the second rack through the connection portion, operates the transfer unit corresponding to a position where an article to be moved is placed, and moves the article to be moved from a rack in which the article to be moved is placed to a predetermined position of another rack.
A transfer device that is capable of transferring a rack having a transfer unit for moving a stored article to a predetermined position, comprising:
- a loading and unloading unit that detachably holds the rack and installs the rack at a predetermined position;
- a connection portion that is electrically connected to the rack and supplies power to the rack;
- a driving unit that moves the robot;
- and
- a control unit that controls an operation of the robot,
- wherein the control unit moves the robot to a first rack, using the driving unit, moves the first rack to a vicinity of a second rack through the connection portion of the robot, using the driving unit, supplies power to the transfer unit of the first rack or/and the second rack through the connection portion, operates the transfer unit corresponding to a position where an article to be moved is placed, and moves the article to be moved from a rack in which the article to be moved is placed to a predetermined position of another rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.