Automated storage and retrieval system

An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to th...

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Main Authors MacDonald, Edward A, Toebes, Stephen C, Reynolds, Aria, Buzan, Forrest, Apgar, Taylor A, Perrault, Timothy, Sweet, Larry, Cyrulik, Michael, Sirois, Jason S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.08.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CONVEYING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to the common active registration surface, the drive section being configured to variably position the common active registration surface relative to at least one storage shelf of an automated storage and retrieval system to effect placement of the pickface on the storage shelf so that pickfaces are substantially continuously arranged along the at least one storage shelf with a predetermined storage spacing between the pickfaces.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016903180