AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT VEHICLE

An autonomous transport vehicle (110) for transporting items in a storage and retrieval system, the autonomous transport vehicle comprising: a frame (110FR); a controller (1220); at least two independently driven drive wheels (1211, 1212) mounted to the frame; and at least one caster wheel (1261, 12...

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Main Authors SULLIVAN, Robert, HOLWELL, Justin, TOEBES, Stephen, ECCLES, Andrew, BUZAN, Forrest
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.01.2023
Subjects
AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS
CASTORS
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRAILERS
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE WHEELS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:An autonomous transport vehicle (110) for transporting items in a storage and retrieval system, the autonomous transport vehicle comprising: a frame (110FR); a controller (1220); at least two independently driven drive wheels (1211, 1212) mounted to the frame; and at least one caster wheel (1261, 1262) mounted to the frame and having a releasably lockable swivel lock, the controller being configured to lock and unlock the releasably lockable swivel lock during a transport of items through the storage and retrieval system based on a predetermined kinematic state of the autonomous transport vehicle.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20220169954