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AssigneeAutostore Technology AS
InventorsIngvar Hognaland, Ivar Fjeldheim, Trond Austrheim, Børge Bekken
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A remotely-operated vehicle assembly for picking up storage bins from a storage system and a method for changing vehicle direction includes a body displaying a cavity, a lifting device connected to the body for lifting the bin into the cavity, a displacement arrangement including a displacement motor which provides power to displace one or both of first and second sets of vehicle wheels between a displaced state where the relevant vehicle wheels are displaced away from the underlying system during use, and a non-displaced state where the relevant vehicle wheels are in contact with the underlying system during use, and driving wheels coupled to the displacement arrangement. The driving wheels further includes first and second sets of vehicle wheels connected to the body allowing movement of the vehicle along first and second directions, respectively, within the system. The first and second directions are perpendicular.
A remotely operated vehicle for retrieving items from and/or placing items into a storage system comprising a framework structure having a track system at an upper level of the framework structure upon which the remotely operated vehicle travels, the track system comprising a plurality of double tracks arranged in a first direction and a plurality of double tracks arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, whereby intersecting double tracks define cells arranged in a grid pattern, the remotely operated vehicle comprising:
A system for a plurality of remotely operated vehicles for picking up storage bins from a storage system, the system comprising:
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