Transport Facility
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuei Seno, Hiroki Omoto
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Abstract
A transport facility includes: a carriage (2); an automated transport vehicle (3) configured to be coupled to the carriage (2) to move the carriage (2); and a controller configured to control an operation of the automated transport vehicle (3). The carriage (2) includes a body (21), and engagement sections (27) provided separately at a plurality of locations of the body (21). The automated transport vehicle (3) includes an engaging section configured to be engaged with one of the plurality of engagement sections (27). The controller determines, according to a movement mode of the carriage (2), the engagement section (27) with which the engaging section is to be engaged, from among the plurality of engagement sections (27).
Claims11
A transport facility, comprising:
- a carriage;
- an automated transport vehicle configured to be coupled to the carriage to move the carriage;
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- a controller configured to control an operation of the automated transport vehicle, and wherein:
- the carriage comprises a body, and engagement sections provided separately at a plurality of locations of the body,
- the automated transport vehicle comprises an engaging section configured to be engaged with one of the plurality of engagement sections for coupling between the automated transport vehicle and the carriage, and
- the controller determines, according to at least either a state of the carriage or a movement mode of the carriage, a target engagement section serving as the engagement section with which the engaging section is to be engaged, from among the plurality of engagement sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.