Intelligent warehousing system, method for fetching material and background processing terminal thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12116208-B2
Application number	US-202218067905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2022
Priority date	Jan 21, 2019
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An intelligent warehousing system, comprising at least one first warehousing robot, at least one second warehousing robot, at least one fixed rack, and at least one portable rack,
wherein the at least one fixed rack is configured to store a first material box, and the first material box is configured to store a first material; and
the at least one portable rack is configured to store a second material, and each of the at least one portable rack is located at an aisle entrance;
wherein the at least one first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to the at least one fixed rack to fetch the first material box according to the first scheduling instruction, move the first material box to the aisle entrance, and place the first material box to the first portable tack at the aisle entrance; and
the at least one second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction when the portable rack is full or the portable rack needs to move, move to the portable rack where the first material box is located according to the second scheduling instruction, and move the portable rack to a position located on a material sorting platform.

2. The warehousing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one fixed rack is further configured to store a first pallet, wherein the first pallet is configured to hold a third material or a third material box storing a fourth material;
the at least one portable rack is further configured to store a fourth material box storing a fifth material or a second pallet, wherein the second pallet is configured to hold a sixth material or the fifth material box storing a seventh material.

3. The warehousing system according to claim 2 , further comprising a processing station, wherein the processing station is provided with a put wall; the first target position and the second target position are located in a preset area of the processing station; and the first material in the first material box moved by the at least one first warehousing robot and the second material in the at least one portable rack moved by the at least one second warehousing robot are sorted at the processing station to places on the put wall that correspond to the first material and the second material.

4. The warehousing system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one first warehousing robot comprises a mobile chassis, a picking component, a lift component, and a storage rack, wherein the storage rack is configured to store the first material box that has been picked by the picking component from the at least one fixed rack.

5. The warehousing system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a processing terminal,
wherein the processing terminal is configured to send at least one of the first scheduling instruction and the second scheduling instruction, the first scheduling instruction is used to instruct the at least one first warehousing robot to fetch the first material from the at least one fixed rack, and the second scheduling instruction is used to instruct the at least one second warehousing robot to move the at least one portable rack;
wherein the processing terminal stores material storage association information, and the material storage association information comprises at least one of the following information: material identification information, material box identification information, rack identification information, position information of a rack storing a material, position information of a material box storing a material, a corresponding relationship between racks and material boxes, a corresponding relationship between racks and materials, a corresponding relationship between material boxes and materials; and
wherein the processing terminal is specifically configured to:
obtain information of a material to be fetched, and determine a position of the material to be fetched according to the information of the material to be fetched and the material storage association information; send, according to the position of the material to be fetched, the first scheduling instruction to instruct the at least one first warehousing robot to move to the at least one fixed rack to fetch the material to be fetched; or, send the second scheduling instruction to instruct the at least one second warehousing robot to move to the at least one portable rack to fetch the material to be fetched.

6. A material fetching and placing method, applied to a processing terminal to be used in an intelligent warehousing system, wherein the intelligent warehousing system comprises at least one first warehousing robot, at least one second warehousing robot, at least one fixed rack, at least one portable rack,
wherein the at least one fixed rack is configured to store a first material box, and the first material box is configured to store a first material; and
the at least one portable rack is configured to store a second material, and each of the at least one portable rack is located at an aisle entrance; and
the method comprises:
obtaining information of a material to be fetched; and
performing, according to the information of the material to be fetched, at least one of following operations:
sending a first scheduling instruction to instruct the at least one first warehousing robot to move to the at least one fixed rack to fetch the first material box, move the first material box to the entrance, and pace the first material box to the first portable rack at the aisle entrance; and, sending, when the portable rack is full or the portable rack needs to move, a second scheduling instruction to instruct the at least one second warehousing robot to move to the portable rack where the first material box is located, and move the portable rack to a position located on a material sorting platform.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
storing material storage association information,
wherein the material storage association information comprises at least one of the following information:
material identification information, material box identification information, rack identification information, position information of a rack storing a material, position information of a material box storing a material, a corresponding relationship between racks and material boxes, a corresponding relationship between racks and materials, a corresponding relationship between material boxes and materials.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
determining, according to the information of the material to be fetched, a container storing the material to be fetched, wherein the container is at least one of: the first material box stored on the at least one fixed rack, a fourth material box stored on the at least one portable rack; and
when the container is the first material box stored on the at least one fixed rack, determining the first warehousing robot for material fetching and placing; or
when the container is the fourth material box stored on the at least one portable rack, determining the second warehousing robot for material fetching and placing.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein,
the information of the material to be fetched comprises: order information of the material to be fetched, and
the determining, according to the information of the material to be fetched, the container storing the material to be fetched comprising: determining, according to the order information of the material to be fetched and the material storage association information, the container where the material to be fetched is located.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
determining, according to

Assignees

• Hai Robotics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yuqi
• Cheng Jui-Chun
• Zhou Hongxia
• Ai Xin

Classifications

• G05D1/223

  Command input arrangements on the remote controller, e.g. joysticks or touch screens · CPC title

• G05D1/644

  Optimisation of travel parameters, e.g. of energy consumption, journey time or distance · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06Q10/06316

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title

• B65G1/1371

  with data records · CPC title