TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开
    TRANSPORT SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240338042A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18746207

    申请日:2024-06-18

    摘要: A transport system includes: a plurality of transport vehicles capable of autonomously moving between a departure place and a destination; a terminal used for inputting a transport request instruction including information about a plurality of transported objects to be respectively transported by the plurality of transport vehicles; and a server capable of communicating with the plurality of transport vehicles and the terminal. The server calculates priorities of the plurality of transported objects to be transported from the departure place to the destination, based on the transport request instruction, and assigns, in accordance with the priorities, the plurality of transport vehicles to respectively transport the plurality of transported objects from transport vehicles in a state of being capable of transporting, out of the plurality of transport vehicles, and outputs, at a predetermined timing, a movement instruction to each of the assigned plurality of transport vehicles.

    FLEET CONTROL METHOD
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240126307A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18397193

    申请日:2023-12-27

    IPC分类号: G05D1/698 G05D1/646

    摘要: This application provides a fleet control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The fleet control method is used for controlling a robot fleet and includes: determining a planned path of each robot in the robot fleet, where the planned path of each robot is used to indicate a movement path for the robot to move to a corresponding target storage location within a shelving unit region to execute a task; determining a following road segment in the planned path of each following robot based on the planned path of each robot, where the following road segment includes a road segment located on the ground and/or a road segment extending in a vertical direction; and sending the following road segment to a corresponding following robot.

    Data Exchange Within a Robotic System Using Mobile Robots Representing a Communication Chain

    公开(公告)号:US20240103547A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18262991

    申请日:2021-12-17

    IPC分类号: G05D1/698

    CPC分类号: G05D1/6983 G08C17/02

    摘要: A method for exchanging data within a robotic system including at least three robotic units, each robotic unit having a first communication device with a short range communication reach for exchanging data with each other and a data storage. The method includes the acts of recognizing a necessity of a data transfer for a first robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, determining an area of interference of the short range communication reach of the first robotic unit and the short range communication reach of a second robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, the second robotic unit being out of the short range communication reach of the first robotic unit, determining a waypoint within the area of interference for a third robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, and commanding the third robotic unit to move to the waypoint.

    METHOD FOR PREVENTING A DEADLOCK SITUATION IN A SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240281004A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18570764

    申请日:2022-06-16

    摘要: The present invention provides a method and system for preventing a deadlock situation in a system for transporting products. The system comprises a number of vehicles, and a central control server designed to control the vehicles, wherein the central control server comprises a digital representation of the movement area, which representation comprises a plurality of contiguous tiles. The method comprises the method steps of:—receiving an order to move a vehicle, —in response to the order, associating a vehicle with a movement path, —receiving a request from an active vehicle and/or generating for the purpose of an active vehicle a request to carry out a subsequent step of reserving at least one subsequent tile on the latter's movement path; —determining that no deadlock situation in the system arises as a result of the active vehicle carrying out the subsequent step. The determining step takes place on the basis of various parameters. The method further comprises:—at least on condition that the control server has determined that there is no deadlock situation in the system, the control server reserving the at least one subsequent tile for the active vehicle, —at least on condition that the active vehicle has received confirmation of acceptance, moving the active vehicle along its movement path so that the subsequent at least one tile is occupied, —the central control server lifting the reservation once a vehicle has completely left a tile reserved for that vehicle.

    ADAPTIVE AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT TASKING
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240174445A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18525029

    申请日:2023-11-30

    申请人: Dematic Corp.

    摘要: A method and system are provided for task allocation for a material handling system with autonomous mobile robots (AMR) operating within a material handling facility. The AMRs are configured to self-select tasks to perform utilizing a computer based warehouse execution system (WES) utilizing a pending workflow list of tasks to be performed within the material handling facility. The AMRs include onboard computers for communicating with the WES and to self-select tasks from the pending workflow list. The AMR may be directed to a prioritized task or task queue, and the WES may lock an AMR to a task or task queue until the task or tasks are performed, or until the AMR determines that the AMR should be reassigned or otherwise relieved of the task or task queue. The AMRs are thus adapted to independently self-select tasks, where the AMR and/or WES may enable the AMR to self-select tasks.

    AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240310844A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18427271

    申请日:2024-01-30

    摘要: An automatic driving system allows a vehicle with a higher shipment priority to be transported preferentially, by controlling transport of each of several vehicles in any of steps from production to shipment includes: a priority acquisition unit configured to acquire a shipment priority set for each vehicle; and a control instruction unit configured to determine control content for at least some of the vehicles using the priority acquired by the priority acquisition unit such that a vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a first priority is transported in preference to another vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a second priority lower than the first priority, and to instruct the at least some of several vehicles on the control content. Each vehicle includes a driving control unit configured to execute driving control according to instructions from the control instruction unit.