Automated storage and retrieval system
OwnerGajamohan Mohanarajah, Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthyinventors
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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; and a transportation robot for transporting the bin in the rack. The rack includes a plurality of floors each of which stores the plurality of bins, and allows the transportation robot to run along a surface thereof, and, when the one or more bins obstructive for transportation of the target bin are arranged on the one floor, the one or more transportation robots move the one or more obstructive bins to enable another transportation robot to transport the target bin.
Claims12
An automated storage and retrieval system comprising:
- a rack storing a plurality of bins for containing items;
- and
- a transportation robot for transporting the bin in the rack, wherein
- the rack includes a plurality of floors each of which stores the plurality of bins, and allows the transportation robot to run along a surface thereof, and
- when the one or more bins obstructive for transportation of the target bin are arranged on the one floor, the one or more transportation robots move the one or more obstructive bins to enable another transportation robot to transport the target bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.