CN112896894B

CN112896894B - Goods transportation method, device, fluent goods shelf, warehousing system and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112896894B
Application number: CN202110178253.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨穗梅; 谢超
Original assignee: Hai Robotics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hai Robotics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-09
Filing date: 2021-02-09
Publication date: 2022-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 2041-02-09
Also published as: CN112896894A

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cargo transportation method, apparatus, fluent goods shelf, warehousing system and storage medium, the cargo transportation method comprising: acquiring a cargo transportation order; according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order, the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 is determined, so that the cargo with the matched width is transported through each layer of the conveying mechanism 22, the width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 is adjusted in a self-adaptive mode based on the size information of each cargo in the order, accordingly, the transportation of the cargo with each size is carried out, the overall transportation efficiency of each cargo in the cargo transportation order is improved, and the order processing efficiency is improved.

Description

Goods transportation method and device, fluent goods shelf, storage system and storage medium

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of intelligent storage, in particular to a goods transportation method, a goods transportation device, a fluent goods shelf, a storage system and a storage medium.

Background

The intelligent warehousing system based on the warehousing robot adopts an intelligent operating system, realizes automatic extraction, storage and transportation of goods through system instructions, can continuously operate for 24 hours, replaces manual management and operation, improves the warehousing efficiency, and is widely applied and favored.

When the intelligent warehousing system receives warehousing, sorting or ex-warehouse orders, the goods need to be transported through one or more transport lines, so that warehousing, sorting or ex-warehouse of the goods is completed. The transportation line of warehousing system usually comprises unloader and transfer line subassembly, and an unloader often can only transport the goods of a size, and a transportation line is when once operation, only can transport the goods of a size promptly, and goods transportation efficiency is lower, leads to order treatment inefficiency, can't satisfy the demand.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a goods transportation method, a goods transportation device, a fluent goods shelf, a storage system and a storage medium, which realize the self-adaptive adjustment of the width of the fluent goods shelf based on the size of each goods in an order, so that the fluent goods shelf can transport goods of different sizes at the same time, and the flexibility and the efficiency of goods transportation are improved.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a cargo transportation method, where the method includes: acquiring a cargo transportation order; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the transportation mechanism of the fluent goods shelf according to the size information of each goods in the goods transportation order, so as to transport the goods with the width matched with each other through each layer of the transportation mechanism.

Optionally, determining a transportation width of each layer of the transport mechanism according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order includes: determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade.

Optionally, when the number of the size grades is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, determining the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade includes: acquiring the quantity of goods corresponding to each size grade; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, the quantity of the size grades, the total quantity of the goods in the goods transportation order and the layer number of the conveying mechanism.

Optionally, when the number of the size grades is greater than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, determining a transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade includes: determining at least one combined size grade according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, wherein the combined size grade consists of at least two size grades, and the combined size grade corresponds to a first preset layer of the conveying mechanism; and determining at least two transportation widths of a first preset layer corresponding to the combined size grade of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade corresponding to the combined size grade, wherein the goods matched with the first preset layer in width are the goods corresponding to the combined size grade.

When the quantity of the goods corresponding to the size grade is larger than a preset value, the method further comprises the following steps: for each of the size classes other than the combined size class, determining at least one second preset layer of the transport mechanism to which the size class corresponds.

Correspondingly, according to each size grade, determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism, comprising the following steps: determining, for the size classes other than the combined size class, a transport width of at least one second preset level according to the size classes.

Optionally, determining at least one combined size grade according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade includes: dividing each size grade into a first size grade and a second size grade according to a first ratio of the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade to a preset number, wherein the preset number is the ratio of the total number of the goods in the goods transportation order to the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the ratio corresponding to the first size grade is greater than or equal to 1, and the ratio corresponding to the second size grade is less than 1; determining a second number according to a first difference value between the number of layers of the conveying mechanism and the first number, wherein the first number is the number of the first size grades, and the first difference value is at least 1; determining at least one combined size level according to the second number and the number of the second size levels, wherein the combined size level is composed of at least two second size levels.

Optionally, the fluent shelf further comprises a limiting component, and after determining the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism, the method further comprises: and determining the limiting parameters of the limiting assembly according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism so as to adjust the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism based on the limiting parameters.

Optionally, each layer of the conveying mechanism is provided with at least one limiting component, each limiting component includes two limiting parts, the two limiting parts are respectively located at two sides of the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism, and according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism, the limiting parameters of the limiting components are determined, including: and determining the distance between the two limiting parts of at least one limiting component corresponding to each layer according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism.

Optionally, obtaining the cargo transportation order includes: obtaining each first goods order; and determining each goods transportation order according to the quantity of the first goods orders and the quantity of the goods corresponding to each first goods order, wherein the goods transportation orders comprise one or more first goods orders.

Optionally, obtaining each first goods order includes: and according to a preset time interval, obtaining each first goods order corresponding to the preset time interval.

Optionally, after determining the transport width of each layer of the transfer mechanism of the fluent rack, the method further comprises: transporting goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of a conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a carrying robot; or, transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of a conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a goods lifting assembly, wherein a goods inlet and outlet of the goods lifting assembly is in butt joint with one end of the conveying mechanism; or, transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of the transport mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a transport line assembly and a goods lifting assembly, wherein the transport line assembly is in butt joint with one end, far away from the goods entrance and exit, of the goods lifting assembly.

Optionally, after adjusting the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism based on the limiting parameter, the method further includes: acquiring second size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order based on the scanning piece; and for each cargo, determining a target layer of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the cargo according to the second size information of the cargo, so as to transport the cargo based on the target layer of the conveying mechanism.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a cargo transportation device, including: the order acquisition module is used for acquiring a cargo transportation order; and the transportation width determining module is used for determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf according to the size information of each goods in the goods transportation order so as to transport each goods with the matched width through each layer of the conveying mechanism.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a fluent shelf, including a conveying mechanism and a second main control unit; wherein the transport mechanism comprises a plurality of layers; the second master control unit is configured to execute the cargo transportation method provided in any embodiment corresponding to the first aspect of the present disclosure.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a warehousing system, which includes a warehousing shelf and the fluent shelf provided by the corresponding embodiments of the third aspect of the present disclosure.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide another warehousing system including a fluent shelf and at least one processor; wherein the fluent shelf includes a multi-level transport mechanism; the at least one processor is configured to perform the cargo transportation method provided in any corresponding embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure.

In a sixth aspect, the disclosed embodiments further provide a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and when a processor executes the computer-executable instructions, the cargo transportation method provided in any embodiment corresponding to the first aspect of the present disclosure is implemented.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor of a transit device or a warehousing system, the cargo transportation device implements the cargo transportation method provided in any embodiment corresponding to the first aspect of the present disclosure.

According to the goods transportation method, the goods transportation device, the fluent goods shelf, the storage system and the storage medium, the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf is determined in a self-adaptive mode based on the size information of each goods in the goods transportation order, therefore, the transportation of each goods with the width matched with the width in the goods transportation order is carried out simultaneously based on each layer of the conveying mechanism, the fluent goods shelf has the capability of transporting goods with different sizes simultaneously, and the goods transportation efficiency and the order processing efficiency are improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts for those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of a middle loading device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 3 is a third structural schematic diagram of a middle loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a fourth structure of a middle loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a fifth structure of a middle loader device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a sixth structure of a middle loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic side view of a fluent shelf in a transit device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a fluent shelf provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is another schematic structural view of a fluent shelf provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a transfer device according to a second embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a fluent shelf in a transit device provided in a second embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a first schematic structural view of a transfer robot in a transfer device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 13 is a partial schematic view of a second structure of a transfer robot in a transfer device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a first state of a fork assembly in a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 15 is a schematic view illustrating a second state of a fork assembly in a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 16 is a schematic view illustrating a first state of a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 17 is a schematic view illustrating a second state of the transfer robot according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 18 is a state diagram of a first configuration of a fork assembly in the transfer robot according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 19 is another state diagram of the first structure of the fork assembly in the transfer robot according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 20 is a third schematic structural view of a transfer robot according to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 21 is a first state schematic diagram of a top view of the fork assembly of FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a second state schematic diagram of the top view configuration of the fork assembly of FIG. 20;

FIG. 23 is a third state schematic diagram of the top view configuration of the fork assembly of FIG. 20;

FIG. 24 is a fourth state schematic diagram of a top view of the fork assembly of FIG. 20;

fig. 25 is a schematic top view illustrating a fourth configuration of a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 26 is a schematic structural view of a partition plate in the transfer robot according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 27 is another schematic structural view of a partition plate in the transfer robot according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 28 is a schematic view illustrating still another structure of a partition plate in the transfer robot according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 29 is a schematic top view of a fifth configuration of a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 30 is a view of an application scenario of the container transportation method according to the embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 31 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 32 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 33 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 34 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 35 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 36 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 37 is a flowchart of step S704 in the embodiment of FIG. 36 of the present disclosure;

FIG. 38 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 39 is a flow chart of a method of transporting cargo provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 40 is a schematic view of a cargo transporter provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 41 is a schematic view of a cargo transporter in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 42 is a schematic view of a cargo conveyance device provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 43 is a schematic view of a fluent shelf according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 44 is a schematic view of a fluent shelf according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 45 is a schematic structural view of a transfer device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 46 is a schematic structural diagram of a warehousing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals are as follows:

100-a transfer device;

1-a transfer robot; 11-a fork assembly; 111-a fork body; 112-a pallet fork;

113-a clamping mechanism; 1131-a clamping part; 1132 — a telescoping section; 114-a clamping assembly;

1141-a clamping part; 1141 a-a first clamping portion; 1141 b-a second clamping portion; 1142-a telescoping member; 115-a bracket; 116-a rotation mechanism; 117-retractable forks; 1171-a backplane; 1172-pronged plate; 12-a mobile chassis; 13-a lifting assembly; 14-a support frame; 141-a separator; 1411-grooves; 1412-avoidance slot; 15-a correction component; 151-a correction section; 16-a detection member; 17-an elastic limit;

2-fluent goods shelves; 21-a scaffold; 22-a transport mechanism; 221-a first transport;

222-a second transport; 23-rolling the conveyor; 24-a limit piece; 25-a limit brake;

26-an avoidance structure; 27-a correction device; 271-a clamping structure; 2711-a clip;

2712-buffer; 28-a pushrod assembly; 281-telescopic arm; 282-Movable push rod.

3-a cargo lifting assembly; 31-a body; 32-a conveying mechanism; 321-rolling members; 33-a lifting mechanism;

4-a transfer line assembly; 41-a substrate; 42-a conveying line; 43-a first scanning member;

5-a goods storage device; 51-a frame body; 52-pallet.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more comprehensible, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely some embodiments of the disclosure, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

Example one

Fig. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of a center loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 3 is a third structural schematic diagram of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 4 is a fourth structural schematic diagram of a loading device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 5 is a fifth structural schematic diagram of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 6 is a schematic view of a sixth structure of a middle loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 7 is a schematic side view of a fluent shelf in a transit device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, a transfer device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided for transferring and transporting goods when a transfer robot 1 loads or unloads the goods, where the transfer device 100 includes a fluent goods shelf 2 and a goods lifting assembly 3; the fluent goods shelf 2 comprises a support 21 and a conveying mechanism 22 arranged on the support 21, one end of the conveying mechanism 22 is in butt joint with a goods entrance and exit of the conveying robot 1, the other end of the conveying mechanism 22 is in butt joint with a goods entrance and exit of the goods lifting assembly 3, goods on the goods lifting assembly 3 are conveyed to the conveying robot 1 through the traction force of the conveying mechanism 22, and feeding to the conveying robot 1 is completed; or the goods on the transfer robot 1 are conveyed to the goods lifting assembly 3 to finish the unloading of the transfer robot 1, the manual loading or unloading is not needed, the automation degree is high, and the operation efficiency is high. In some embodiments, the goods are transported by the transfer device 100, and the goods are transferred from the workbench/sorting station to the robot, and the goods transported by the robot are transferred to the workbench/sorting station, so as to complete the goods warehouse-out/warehouse-in operation between the robot and the workbench/sorting station.

In an alternative embodiment, the transfer mechanisms 22 may be provided in multiple layers, wherein the transfer directions of the transfer mechanisms 22 in the multiple layers may be the same, so that the multiple layers of transfer mechanisms 22 may all be used to transfer goods at the same time, thereby improving the loading or unloading efficiency of the transfer robot 1; the efficiency of goods warehouse-out/warehouse-in operation can be improved; in another alternative embodiment, the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 22 of at least one layer may be opposite to the conveying direction of the other conveying mechanisms 22, so that the simultaneous loading and unloading can be realized, and the cargo delivery/storage paths can be integrated, thereby improving the operation efficiency and simplifying the design and configuration of the delivery/storage paths.

In a possible embodiment, the transfer mechanism 22 is provided with a rolling transfer element 23, the rolling transfer element 23 having an outer contoured surface capable of rolling contact with the goods, the rolling transfer element 23 being adapted to rotate about its own axis of rotation in a transfer direction towards the goods for transferring the goods in the transfer direction. Wherein, the rolling transmission member 23 may be a rotating roller or the like.

Wherein, the roll conveying piece 23 in every layer of transport mechanism 22 is a plurality of, and a plurality of roll conveying pieces 23 set up side by side along the direction of transfer of goods, and the axis of rotation of a plurality of roll conveying pieces 23 is parallel to each other, and the traction force that produces when roll conveying piece 23 rotates along the direction of transfer around self axis can drive the goods and remove along the direction of transfer to realize the conveying of goods.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the transfer mechanism 22 includes the first transfer unit 221 and the second transfer unit 222, the first end of the first transfer unit 221 is butted against the transfer robot 1, the second end of the first transfer unit 221 is connected to the first end of the second transfer unit 222, and the second end of the second transfer unit 222 is butted against the cargo lift assembly 3. The first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222 each include a plurality of rolling conveying members 23 arranged in parallel.

Optionally, the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222 may be disposed horizontally, a first driving mechanism is further disposed on the conveying mechanism 22, the first driving mechanism is connected to the rolling conveying members 23 on the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222, and the first driving mechanism drives the rolling conveying members 23 to rotate around their rotation axes along a conveying direction toward the goods, so as to convey the goods on the rolling conveying members 23 along the conveying direction.

In a possible embodiment, the fluent shelf 2 further includes a control switch, the control switch is electrically connected to the first driving mechanism, and the control switch is used for controlling the rotating direction of the first driving mechanism, so as to control the rotating direction of the rolling conveying member 23 to change the conveying direction of the goods, so that the conveying mechanism 22 of each layer in the fluent shelf 2 can be used for not only loading but also unloading, thereby diversifying the functions of the fluent shelf 2, simplifying the overall structure of the transfer device 100, and making the overall volume of the transfer device 100 smaller and occupying less space.

In another alternative embodiment, an inclined angle may also be formed between the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222, for example, the height of the first end of the first conveying part 221 corresponding to the cargo doorway of the cargo handling robot 1 is higher than the height of the cargo doorway of the second end of the second conveying part 222 abutting against the lifting assembly; or, the height of the first end of the first conveying part 221 corresponding to the goods entrance of the goods handling robot 1 is lower than the height of the goods entrance of the second conveying part 222 abutting against the lifting assembly, so that the goods on the first conveying part 221 and/or the second conveying part 222 generate a component force along the conveying direction of the goods, and the goods slide automatically along the conveying direction from high to low by the component force, so that the goods can be conveyed without the aid of an external driving force (e.g., a driving force provided by the first driving mechanism), the structure of the transfer device 100 is simplified, and electric energy is saved, thereby reducing the cost.

The fluent shelf 2 further includes an adjusting mechanism connected to the first conveying unit 221 and the second conveying unit 222, respectively, and the adjusting mechanism can be used to adjust the inclination angle of the first conveying unit 221 or the second conveying unit 222, so that the component force of the load on the first conveying unit 221 and/or the second conveying unit 222 along the conveying direction of the load can be generated, and the load can slide automatically along the conveying direction from high to low by the component force.

For example, the height of the cargo entrance/exit of the cargo lifting module 3 abutted to the second conveying part 222 may be adjusted to be greater than the height of the first conveying part 221 abutted to the second conveying part 222 by an adjusting mechanism, so that the second conveying part 222 forms an inclined slope surface, and the first conveying part 221 is horizontally arranged, so that when the cargo on the cargo lifting module 3 slides along the inclined slope surface of the second conveying part 222 to the first conveying part 221, because the cargo slides downwards along the inclined slope surface, a large inertia force is generated, and the first conveying part 221 is in a horizontal state, therefore, under the influence of the friction force between the first conveying part 221 and the cargo, the inertia force is gradually reduced, so that the sliding speed of the cargo on the first conveying part 221 is gradually reduced until the cargo stops, at this time, the first conveying part 221 corresponds to a temporary shelf, the cargo is temporarily stored on the first conveying part 221, the transfer robot 1 does not need to be directly abutted to the first conveying part 221, and the robot only needs to move the cargo away from the first conveying part 221 when needed, thus avoiding the occupation of the robot 1, and avoiding the waste of the work cost of the transfer robot, and avoiding the waste of the work cost reduction of the work.

When the goods on the transfer robot 1 are transferred to the goods lifting assembly 3, the first transfer part 221 and the second transfer part 222 can be adjusted to be inclined slopes by the adjusting mechanism, and the first transfer part 221 and the second transfer part 222 form an inclined slope, wherein the height of the goods interface between the first transfer part 221 and the transfer robot 1 is higher than the height of the goods interface between the second transfer part 222 and the goods lifting assembly 3, the goods slide along the inclined slopes from the first transfer part 221 and the second transfer part 222 to the interface between the second transfer part 222 and the goods lifting assembly 3, and after the goods lifting assembly 3 is in butt joint with the second transfer part 222, the goods on the second transfer part 222 are transferred out through the goods lifting assembly 3.

The adjusting mechanism can be a manual adjusting mechanism or an electric adjusting mechanism.

When the adjusting mechanism is an electrically controlled adjusting mechanism, the fluent shelf 2 further includes a controller, the controller is electrically connected to the adjusting mechanism, and the controller is used for controlling the adjusting mechanism, so that the adjusting mechanism adjusts the inclination angle of the first conveying portion 221 and/or the second conveying portion 222, and the fluent shelf is convenient to operate and high in automation degree.

In order to avoid the cargo from sliding out of the conveying mechanism 22 when sliding along the inclined slope surface, in this embodiment, a limit gate 25 is disposed at the cargo entrance and exit of the conveying mechanism 22, when the cargo entrance and exit of the conveying mechanism 22 is not butted with the transfer robot 1 and/or the cargo lifting assembly 3, the limit gate 25 may be set on the conveying path of the cargo to avoid the cargo from sliding out along the inclined slope surface, and when the cargo lifting assembly 3 is butted with the conveying mechanism 22, the limit gate 25 is opened again to let the cargo slide out onto the cargo lifting assembly 3, so as to improve the reliability of the conveying mechanism 22 in conveying the cargo.

In an alternative embodiment, the limit gate 25 includes a limit rod, a first end of the limit rod is rotatably connected to the conveying mechanism 22, a second end of the limit rod is a free end, the limit rod can rotate relative to the conveying mechanism 22, so that the limit rod can be in an unfolded or folded state, when the limit rod rotates to a horizontal position, the limit rod is in an unfolded state and is arranged on a conveying path of the goods, so that the goods are prevented from sliding out along the inclined surface, and the reliability of conveying the goods by the conveying mechanism 22 is improved.

In an alternative embodiment, the limit gate 25 comprises a stop plate capable of extending and retracting up and down, and when extended, the stop plate is arranged on the goods conveying path, and when retracted, the stop plate is used for opening the goods conveying path.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism 22 is further provided with an electric control part, the electric control part is connected with the limit gate 25, the electric control part is used for controlling the limit gate 25 to stop or open the conveying path, the electric control part is arranged, automatic stopping and/or opening of the limit gate 25 can be achieved, and the degree of automation is high. Wherein, the electric control part can be a self-induction switch and the like.

Of course, when the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222 have an inclined included angle therebetween, the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222 may also drive the rolling conveying member 23 in the first conveying part 221 and the second conveying part 222 to rotate along the conveying direction by an external driving force, as long as the goods can be smoothly driven to be conveyed along the conveying direction, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In order to avoid the cargo from deviating when the conveying mechanism 22 conveys the cargo, in this embodiment, at least one set of limiting components is disposed on the conveying mechanism 22, each set of limiting components includes two limiting parts 24, and the two limiting parts 24 are respectively disposed on two sides of the conveying mechanism 22, so that the two limiting parts 24 form a conveying channel of the cargo along a conveying direction of the cargo, and a width of the conveying channel matches a width of the cargo. Like this, the width of transfer passage in the transport mechanism 22 of each layer can be different to realize that every layer of transport mechanism 22 can convey the different goods of size, when the goods of different sizes removed along corresponding transfer passage, the locating part 24 that is located the goods both sides can carry on spacingly to the goods in the conveying, avoids the goods to take place the skew or drop from the side in transmission process position.

In addition, in the same group of limiting assemblies, the distance between the two limiting parts 24 can be adjustable, so that the limiting parts 24 in the limiting assemblies can adjust the width of the conveying channel according to the size of the goods to be conveyed, the width of the conveying channel is matched with the width of the conveyed goods, and the goods can be prevented from shifting in the conveying process while the passing performance of the goods is ensured.

The distance between the two limiting members 24 can be adjusted mechanically or electrically.

For example, in a possible embodiment, each set of limiting component further includes two telescopic mechanisms, and the two telescopic mechanisms are respectively connected to the two limiting members 24, wherein one telescopic mechanism corresponds to one limiting member 24, and the telescopic mechanisms drive the limiting members 24 to extend and retract along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the goods, so that the two limiting members 24 move toward a direction approaching to or departing from each other, thereby achieving adjustable distance between the two limiting members 24.

Wherein, two telescopic machanisms can be elastic telescopic machanism, for example, elastic telescopic machanism can include backup pad, guide and spring, is equipped with the through-hole in the backup pad, and the guide wears to establish in the through-hole, and the spring housing is established on the guide and is located between backup pad and the locating part 24, and the one end and the locating part 24 of spring are connected to make the flexible locating part 24 that drives of spring remove, and elastic force drive locating part 24 through the spring removes, thereby the interval between two locating parts 24 of adjustment.

In another possible embodiment, the limiting assembly further comprises a second driving mechanism, the second driving mechanism is respectively connected with each telescopic mechanism, and the second driving mechanism is used for driving the telescopic mechanisms to extend and retract.

Wherein, the second actuating mechanism can include the motor, and telescopic machanism can include the push rod, and the motor is connected with the push rod, and the push rod is connected with locating part 24 to make motor drive push rod drive locating part 24 and remove, in order to realize the position adjustable purpose of locating part 24.

In addition, spacing subassembly is at least two sets ofly, and at least two sets of spacing subassemblies are arranged along the direction of transfer interval of goods on transport mechanism 22, and each spacing subassembly can dismantle with transport mechanism 22 and be connected, like this, when one of them a set of spacing subassembly breaks down and need change, only need with spacing subassembly dismantle change can to the cost of maintenance of fluent goods shelves 2 has been reduced.

It should be noted that the limiting member 24 may be a limiting member or a limiting plate, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In the present disclosure, the transfer device 100 further includes a conveying line assembly 4, the conveying line assembly 4 is butted against the other end of the cargo lifting assembly 3, so that the cargo lifting assembly 3 is located between the conveying line assembly 4 and the fluent shelf 2, and the conveying line assembly 4 is used for conveying the cargo on the cargo lifting assembly 3; alternatively, the goods are transferred to the goods lifting assembly 3.

The structure of the conveyor line assembly 4 and the cargo lifting assembly 3 will now be described:

the conveying line assembly 4 includes a base 41 and a conveying line 42 provided on the base 41, the conveying line 42 being for conveying the goods in a conveying direction of the goods.

The conveying line 42 may be a single layer or at least two layers, and when the conveying line 42 has at least two layers, the conveying direction of each layer of conveying line 42 may be the same; alternatively, the conveying direction of at least one of the conveying lines 42 of each layer is opposite to the conveying direction of the other conveying lines 42.

When the conveying direction of at least one layer of the conveying lines 42 is opposite to the conveying direction of the other conveying lines 42, the conveying of the goods on the goods lifting assembly 3 and the conveying of the goods on the goods lifting assembly 3 out of the conveying lines 42 can be simultaneously realized, and thus, the conveying efficiency of the goods can be improved.

The conveying line 42 may be a conveying belt or other conveying structures, and the embodiment is not limited in this respect.

In a possible embodiment, the cargo lifting assembly 3 includes a body 31, a conveying mechanism 32 disposed on the body 31, and a lifting mechanism 33, wherein the conveying mechanism 32 is used for conveying the cargo, the lifting mechanism 33 is connected to the conveying mechanism 32, and the lifting mechanism 33 is used for driving the conveying mechanism 32 to move up and down along the vertical direction of the body 31, so that the conveying mechanism 32 can selectively select the level of the conveying mechanism 22 matching the size of the cargo conveyed on the conveying mechanism 32 to be butted, so that the cargo can be conveyed smoothly without being deflected to two sides.

The lifting mechanism 33 may include a driving wheel, a driven wheel, and a belt annularly sleeved on the driving wheel and the driven wheel, the lifting mechanism 33 further includes a motor, the motor is connected with the driving wheel, the conveying mechanism 32 is fixedly connected with the belt, and when the motor drives the driving wheel to rotate, the driving wheel drives the belt to drive the conveying mechanism 32 to lift; alternatively, the lifting mechanism 33 may be a sprocket structure, etc., as long as it can drive the conveying mechanism 32 to lift, and this embodiment is not particularly limited.

In an alternative embodiment, the conveying mechanism 32 is provided with rolling members 321, and the cargo lifting assembly 3 further comprises a third driving mechanism, which is connected with the rolling members 321, so that the third driving mechanism drives the rolling members 321 to rotate around their own rotation axes in the conveying direction toward the cargo. Wherein the third driving mechanism may be a motor.

In addition, the rolling member 321 may be a plurality of rollers, wherein the plurality of rollers are arranged in parallel, the central axes of the rollers are parallel to each other, and the third driving mechanism drives the rollers to rotate around their own axes in the conveying direction of the goods; alternatively, the rolling elements 321 may be belts, which move the goods in the conveying direction.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the conveying line assembly 4 or the cargo lifting assembly 3 is provided with the first scanning member 43, for example, the first scanning member 43 may be configured as a camera, the first scanning member 43 is used to obtain the size information of the cargo conveyed on the conveying mechanism 32, the size information of the cargo may include information such as width and height of the cargo, the conveying mechanism 32 may be selectively butted with the level of the conveying mechanism 22 matched with the conveying mechanism according to the size information of the cargo, and the size information such as the width and height of the level of the conveying mechanism 22 should be matched with the information such as width and height of the cargo, so as to avoid occurrence of a situation that the cargo cannot be conveyed due to the fact that the size of the cargo on the conveying mechanism 32 is not matched with the size of the conveying passage in the conveying mechanism 22, thereby improving the conveying reliability of the cargo.

In addition, in order to improve the docking reliability between the transfer robot 1 and the transfer mechanism 22, a second scanning unit may be provided on the transfer robot 1, the second scanning unit being configured to acquire information on the size of the load on the transfer robot 1, and the load entrance/exit of the transfer robot 1 may be selectively docked with the corresponding level of the transfer mechanism 22 according to the information on the size of the load, for example, when the transfer robot 1 needs to be unloaded, the information on the size of the load on the transfer robot 1 is first determined by the second scanning unit, and then the docking is selectively docked with the level of the transfer mechanism 22 matching the size of the load according to the information on the size of the load.

The transfer robot 1 includes a fork assembly 11, the fork assembly 11 has a fork 112 for taking and placing the goods, for example, the fork assembly 11 may be a fork assembly 11, wherein the fork 112 may be a fork tooth, and the fork tooth may be a single fork tooth or a double fork tooth, and when the fork tooth takes the goods, the fork tooth is inserted into the bottom of the goods and lifts the goods and drives the goods to move.

When the transfer robot 1 is an insertion lifting fork assembly, one end of the conveying mechanism 22 close to the transfer robot 1 is provided with an avoiding structure 26, and when the fork teeth insert lifting goods on the conveying mechanism 22, the avoiding structure 26 is used for avoiding the fork teeth on the transfer robot 1, so that a forklift can insert into the bottom of the goods and lift the goods to move.

The avoiding structure 26 may be the avoiding groove 1412 or the avoiding hole, as long as the avoiding structure 26 can avoid the fork tooth, so that the fork tooth can be smoothly inserted into the bottom of the cargo and lift the cargo before moving, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be noted that, when the conveying mechanism conveys the goods, if the width of the goods is smaller than the width of the conveying mechanism, that is, there is a preset distance between two sides of the goods, the fork assembly 11 may also be a push rod assembly or the like, and the push rod assembly pushes and pulls the goods on the transfer robot to the conveying mechanism or pulls the goods on the conveying mechanism into the transfer robot by pushing and pulling the goods.

The robot 1, the fluent goods shelf 2, the goods lifting component 3 and the transmission line component 4 are integrally operated and can be integrally controlled by a server; or the server can analyze the goods information fed back by more than one of the robot 1, the fluent goods shelf 2, the goods lifting assembly 3 and the transmission line assembly 4 and send out corresponding control instructions; alternatively, the server may provide the analysis result to only one or more of the robot 1, the fluent shelf 2, the goods lifting unit 3, and the conveyor line unit 4, and the device that receives the analysis result may trigger the operation mechanism in response thereto.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a fluent shelf provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 9 is another schematic structural diagram of a fluent shelf provided in the first embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, in order to perform centering correction on the goods on the transfer mechanism 22 based on the above embodiment, so as to avoid the situation that the goods on the transfer mechanism 22 cannot be docked with the transfer robot 1 or the goods lifting assembly 3 due to position deviation, in this embodiment, the transfer device 100 further includes a correcting device 27, and the correcting device 27 is configured to correct the goods on the transfer mechanism 22 so as to center the goods in the transfer direction perpendicular to the goods.

Next, the specific position of the correcting device 27 will be described with reference to the structure of the fluent shelf 2.

In an alternative embodiment, the calibration device 27 is directly arranged on the fluent shelf 2, wherein the fluent shelf 2 comprises a support 21 and a conveying mechanism 22 arranged on the support 21, and the calibration device 27 can be arranged on the support 21; alternatively, the correcting device 27 may be provided on the conveying mechanism 22.

In another alternative embodiment, the transfer device 100 includes a support, the correcting device 27 is mounted on the support, and the correcting device 27 is vertically higher than the upper end surface of the transfer mechanism 22, so that the correcting device 27 can perform centering correction on the goods transferred by the transfer mechanism 22, it is understood that the correcting device 27 is a separate structure from the fluent shelf 2, and the correcting device 27 is not mounted on the fluent shelf 2, so that the correcting device 27 can adjust the placement position as required to correct the goods at different positions on the fluent shelf 2.

The following describes a specific structure of the calibration device 27:

along the transfer direction of goods, correcting unit 27 includes two clamping structure 271 that are located the both sides of transfer direction respectively and set up relatively, two clamping structure 271 can move towards the direction that is close to each other or deviates from each other, when two clamping structure 271 move towards the direction that is close to each other, two clamping structure 271 are used for the centre gripping goods, so that the goods is centered along the transfer direction of perpendicular to goods, thereby avoid the goods to take place the skew in data send process, after centering the correction to the goods, two clamping structure 271 move towards the direction that deviates from each other again, loosen the goods, so that the goods can continue to move along the transfer direction.

In an alternative embodiment, the transfer device 100 further comprises a driving device, which is connected to the two clamping structures 271 respectively, so that the driving device is used for driving the two clamping structures 271 to move towards or away from each other. The driving device may be a motor, and the motor may move the two clamping structures 271 toward or away from each other by forward and reverse rotation.

In an alternative embodiment, each clamping structure 271 includes at least two clamping members 2711, the at least two clamping members 2711 are arranged in parallel and at intervals along a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the goods, a buffering member 2712 is arranged between two adjacent clamping members 2711, and the buffering member 2712 between two adjacent clamping members 2711 can reduce clamping force of the clamping members 2711 on the goods, so as to avoid too large clamping force between the clamping members 2711 and the goods to center the goods, thereby improving reliability of clamping and centering the goods.

The buffer 2712 may be a spring or other elastic element with elasticity.

In order to enable the clamping pieces 2711 to better center the goods, in the embodiment, the outline shape of the side, facing the goods, of the clamping pieces 2711 close to the goods is matched with the outline shape of the goods, so that the accuracy of centering correction of the goods by the clamping pieces 2711 can be improved, for example, when the goods conveyed by the conveying mechanism 22 are tires, the outline shape of the side, facing the goods, of the clamping pieces 2711 close to the goods can be an arc-shaped structure matched with the outline shape of the tires, and therefore the accuracy of correction of the positions of the goods by the clamping pieces 2711 is improved.

In order to further improve the accuracy of centering correction, in this embodiment, the two clamping structures 271 can rotate in opposite directions in the vertical direction, and through the opposite rotation of the two clamping structures 271, the buffering member 2712 between the two adjacent clamping members 2711 is matched to slow down the clamping force on the goods, so that the goods located between the two clamping structures 271 is displaced, so that the centers of the two clamping structures 271 and the goods (such as tires) coincide, thereby improving the accuracy of centering correction of the goods.

In another alternative embodiment, the shape of the profile of the side of the clamping piece 2711 facing the goods near the goods can also be a straight plate structure, and the goods with offset positions on the conveying mechanism 22 can be corrected through the straight plate structure, so that the structure is simple and the processing cost is low.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the fluent shelf 2 further includes a start switch, the start switch is used for controlling the start and stop of the conveying mechanism 22, when the clamping structure 271 clamps and corrects the goods, the start switch can selectively start or stop the conveying mechanism 22, for example, when only one goods is conveyed on the conveying mechanism 22, the start switch can firstly stop the conveying mechanism 22, the clamping structure 271 corrects the goods and releases the goods, and then the start switch starts the conveying mechanism 22 to continue to operate; however, when only one goods is transferred on the transfer mechanism 22, the transfer mechanism 22 may be selected not to stop, but when a plurality of goods are continuously transferred on the transfer mechanism 22, in order to improve the centering accuracy of each goods on the transfer mechanism 22, when the clamping structure 271 clamps and corrects each goods, the start switch may first control the transfer mechanism 22 to stop, and when the correction is completed and the goods are released, the start switch controls the transfer mechanism 22 to start to continue transferring the goods.

The transfer device 100 that this disclosed embodiment provided includes fluent goods shelves 2 and goods lifting component 3, fluent goods includes support 21 and the transport mechanism 22 of setting on support 21, the butt joint of transport mechanism 22's one end and transfer robot 1's goods access & exit, transport mechanism 22's the other end and the butt joint of goods lifting component 3's goods access & exit to the transfer transportation of goods when accomplishing to transfer robot 1 material loading or unloading, and need not artifical material loading or unload, degree of automation is high, the operating efficiency is high.

Example two

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a transfer device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a fluent shelf in a relay device provided in the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, the transfer device 100 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a fluent shelf 2 and a goods lifting assembly 3, wherein one end of the fluent shelf 2 is butted against a goods storage device 5, and the other end of the fluent shelf 2 is butted against the goods lifting assembly 3, and the goods storage device 5 may be a storage shelf or a transfer robot 1.

The basic structures of the fluent goods shelf 2 and the goods lifting component 3 are explained in detail on the basis of the above embodiments, and are not described in detail herein.

On the basis of the above embodiment, one end of the fluent goods shelf 2 close to the goods storage device 5 is provided with a goods loading and unloading assembly, the goods loading and unloading assembly is used for transferring goods between the fluent goods shelf 2 and the goods storage device 5, and the fluent goods shelf 2 can be used as a loading or unloading device besides goods conveying through the fluent goods shelf 2, and at least one goods is placed on a storage shelf or a shelf of the transfer robot 1 through the goods loading and unloading assembly; or, put into the goods shelves 2 on the baffle 141 that is used for placing the goods with at least one goods from storage goods shelves or transfer robot 1 through the goods handling subassembly to realize that the usage of fluent goods shelves 2 is diversified, need not independent setting material loading or discharge apparatus, simple structure, convenient operation, it is with low costs, and occupation space is little.

Wherein the goods handling assembly is a pusher assembly 28, the pusher assembly 28 is telescopically movable in relation to the transfer mechanism 22 in a transfer direction, and the pusher assembly 28 is adapted to transfer goods between the fluid rack 2 and the goods storage device 5 by its telescopic movement.

Specifically, the push rod assembly 28 includes a telescopic arm 281 and a movable push rod 282 located at a front end of the telescopic arm 281, the movable push rod 282 is rotatable relative to the telescopic arm 281, when the movable push rod 282 is located at a horizontal position, the movable push rod 282 is in an expanded state, at this time, the movable push rod 282 is blocked on a conveying path of the goods, and when the telescopic arm 281 moves relative to the conveying mechanism 22 along a conveying direction of the goods, the movable push rod 282 abuts against the goods and pushes the goods onto the goods storage device or the goods lifting assembly 3; alternatively, the movable push rod 282 may be used to pull cargo into the transfer mechanism 22, and when the movable push rod 282 is not moving cargo, the movable push rod 282 may be collapsed to reduce the occupied space.

The telescopic arm 281 may be bi-directionally telescopic along the conveying direction of the goods, as long as the goods can be taken, and this embodiment is not particularly limited.

In addition, the goods storage device 5 may include a frame body 51, a plurality of pallets 52 are disposed on the frame body 51, the pallets 52 are used for placing goods, the plurality of pallets 52 are arranged on the frame body 51 at intervals along a vertical direction, the conveying mechanism 22 may be multi-layered, when the fluent goods shelf 2 is butted with the goods storage device 5, one layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is butted against one pallet 52, and the conveying mechanism 22 is flush with the goods in a horizontal plane, so that the push rod assembly 28 may directly push the goods on the fluent goods shelf 2 onto the pallet 52 to complete loading of the goods storage device 5, or the push rod assembly 28 pulls the goods on the pallets 52 onto the fluent goods shelf 2 to complete unloading of the goods storage device 5, and when the multi-layered conveying mechanism 22 is butted with the multi-layered pallets 52 respectively, the push rod assemblies 28 on the layers of the conveying mechanism 22 may simultaneously load or unload the goods on the goods storage device 5, thereby improving loading or unloading efficiency.

In an alternative embodiment, the height of the cargo entrance/exit of the end of the transfer mechanism 22 close to the cargo storage device 5 is equal to the height of the corresponding cargo plate 52, so that the situation that the cargo cannot be loaded or unloaded due to the fact that the height of the cargo entrance/exit of the transfer mechanism 22 is not equal to the height of the corresponding cargo plate 52 can be avoided, and the loading and unloading reliability can be improved.

In order to enable the goods to move smoothly in the conveying direction on the conveying mechanism 22, in the present embodiment, the width of the conveying mechanism 22 in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the goods is larger than the width of the goods, thereby improving the passing of the goods on the conveying mechanism 22 in the conveying direction.

The transfer device 100 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure sets the cargo handling assembly at one end of the fluent goods shelf 2 close to the cargo storage device 5, so that the fluent goods shelf 2 has the functions of loading and unloading besides the function of conveying the cargo, and no additional loading and unloading device is needed, so that the structure is simple, the occupied space is small, and the cost is low.

EXAMPLE III

Fig. 12 is a first schematic structural view of a transfer robot in a transfer device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 13 is a partial schematic view of a second structure of a transfer robot in a relay device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, the transfer robot 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a moving chassis 12, a lifting assembly 13, and a fork assembly 11, where the moving chassis 12 is used to carry the lifting assembly 13 and the fork assembly 11, and the fork assembly 11 is connected to the lifting assembly 13, so that the lifting assembly 13 drives the fork assembly 11 to lift in a vertical direction.

In this disclosure, transfer robot 1 still includes support frame 14, support frame 14 is installed on removing the base, remove the base and the holding surface (for example ground) butt of transfer robot 1 to support frame 14, lifting unit 13 and fork subassembly 11 are installed at support frame 14, and lifting unit 13 is connected with fork subassembly 11, lifting unit 13 drives fork subassembly 11 and goes up and down along the vertical direction of support frame 14, so that lifting unit 13 can take the not goods of co-altitude, or place co-altitude department with the goods. Wherein, the lifting assembly 13 can be a chain transmission or belt transmission structure.

The structure of the fork assembly 11 is described below, and in this embodiment, the goods taken and placed by the fork assembly 11 is described by taking a tire as an example:

the fork assembly 11 includes the fork body 111 and is located the fork 112 on the fork body 111, and the fork 112 can get the tire through pressing from both sides embracing, insert and lift or push-and-pull etc. mode, because press from both sides embracing or push-and-pull type all need reserve corresponding space for the fork 112 in the both sides of tire when getting the tire, in order to reduce the space, makes the structure compacter, consequently, in this embodiment, the fork 112 can be the prong, and the prong can directly insert the tire bottom and lift the tire and remove. Wherein, the fork tine can be single fork tine or multiple fork tine.

Fig. 14 is a schematic view illustrating a first state of a fork assembly in a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 15 is a schematic view illustrating a second state of a fork assembly in the transfer robot according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 16 is a schematic view illustrating a first state of a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 17 is a schematic view of a transfer robot according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure in a second state.

Referring to fig. 14 to 17, the fork 112 is provided with a clamping mechanism 113, when the fork 112 lifts the tire, the clamping mechanism 113 is inserted into the inner ring of the tire and clamped with the inner ring of the tire, so as to prevent the position of the tire on the fork 112 from shifting during the movement of the fork 112, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the movement of the tire driven by the fork 112.

In an alternative embodiment, the clamping mechanism 113 includes at least two clamping portions 1131, the at least two clamping portions 1131 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the tire, and the at least two clamping portions 1131 can contract toward the center of the tire or expand away from the center of the tire along the radial direction of the tire, when the at least two clamping portions 1131 expand away from the center of the tire along the radial direction of the tire, each clamping portion 1131 is clamped with the inner ring of the tire, and when the tire needs to be removed from the fork 112, the at least two clamping portions 1131 contract toward the center of the tire along the radial direction of the tire, so that each clamping portion 1131 releases the tire.

The fork assembly 11 further comprises a driving member coupled to each of the clamping portions 1131, such that the driving member drives each clamping portion 1131 to contract toward the center of the tire or expand away from the center of the tire along the radial direction of the tire.

Wherein, the driving member may be a motor, and the motor is rotated in a forward and reverse direction to contract each clamping portion 1131 toward the center of the tire or expand away from the center of the tire.

In order to improve the locking reliability between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the tire, the contour shape of the side of each of the clamping portions 1131 close to the inner ring of the tire may match the contour shape of the inner ring of the tire, for example, the clamping portions may have an arc-shaped structure in accordance with the contour shape of the inner ring of the tire, so as to improve the adhesion between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the inner ring of the tire, and further improve the locking reliability between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the tire.

In another alternative embodiment, each of the clamping portions 1131 is a rod-shaped structure extending in the vertical direction, and the stability of the movement of the tire driven by the fork 112 is improved by the engagement between each rod-shaped structure and the inner ring of the tire.

In order to further improve the reliability of the engagement between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the tire, in the present embodiment, when each of the clamping portions 1131 is embedded in the inner ring of the tire, the top of each of the clamping portions 1131 is flush with the top of the tire, or the top of each of the clamping portions 1131 is higher than the top of the tire, so that the engagement area between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the inner ring of the tire can be increased, thereby improving the reliability of the engagement between each of the clamping portions 1131 and the tire.

In addition to the above embodiments, the top of each of the insertion portions 1131 is provided with an elastic hook extending away from the center of the tire, and when each of the insertion portions 1131 is inserted into the inner ring of the tire, the elastic hook is engaged with the top of the tire, so that each of the elastic hooks has a pressing effect on the tire in the vertical direction in addition to the engagement between each of the insertion portions 1131 and the inner ring of the tire, thereby further improving the engagement reliability between each of the insertion portions 1131 and the tire.

In addition, the clamping mechanism 113 further includes at least two expansion portions 1132, each expansion portion 1132 is respectively located between each clamping portion 1131 and the driving member, wherein one expansion portion 1132 corresponds to one clamping portion 1131, and the driving member drives each expansion portion 1132 to expand and contract, so that each expansion portion 1132 drives each clamping portion 1131 to contract towards the center of the tire or expand away from the center of the tire along the radial direction of the tire.

Each of the expansion portions 1132 may be an expansion link.

In one embodiment, the number of the embedding portions 1131 is four, and the four embedding portions 1131 are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the tire, which satisfies the stability and reliability of the pallet fork 112 driving the tire during moving, and the smaller the number of the embedding portions 1131, the simpler the structure and the lower the processing and installation costs.

The fork assembly 11 further comprises a lifting device, the lifting device is connected with the clamping mechanism 113, and the lifting device is used for driving the clamping mechanism 113 to lift along the axial direction of the tire.

In a specific implementation, when the fork 112 lifts the tire by inserting, the clamping structure is in a contraction state, that is, the top of the clamping structure is flush with the upper end face of the fork 112, after the fork 112 lifts the tire by inserting, the lifting device drives the clamping mechanism 113 to ascend, so that the clamping structure and the inner ring of the tire are clamped, the fork 112 drives the tire to move, when the fork 112 needs to put down the tire, the lifting device drives the clamping mechanism 113 to descend, so that the top of the clamping mechanism 113 is flush with the upper end face of the fork 112, and the fork 112 puts down the tire again, so as to realize the taking and placing of the tire by the fork 112.

The lifting device comprises a motor and a driving rod connected with the motor, and the driving rod is connected with the clamping mechanism 113, so that the motor drives the driving rod to drive the clamping mechanism 113 to lift along the axis direction of the tire.

The lifting device may also have other structures, and this embodiment is not particularly limited.

Example four

Fig. 18 is a state diagram of a first configuration of a fork assembly in the transfer robot according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 19 is another state diagram of the first structure of the fork assembly in the transfer robot according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 20 is a third schematic structural view of a transfer robot according to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 21 is a first state schematic diagram of a top view configuration of the fork assembly of FIG. 20; FIG. 22 is a second state schematic view of the top view configuration of the fork assembly of FIG. 20; FIG. 23 is a third state schematic diagram of the top view configuration of the fork assembly of FIG. 20; FIG. 24 is a fourth state schematic diagram of a top view of the fork assembly of FIG. 20.

Referring to fig. 18 to 24, another fork assembly 11 is further provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, which includes a bracket 115, a rotating mechanism 116, and retractable forks 117 disposed on the rotating mechanism 116, wherein the retractable forks 117 are mounted on the bracket 115 through the rotating mechanism 116, and the rotating mechanism 116 is configured to rotate the retractable forks 117 around a vertical axis relative to the bracket 115, so that the retractable forks 117 can face different directions to take and place goods in different directions and positions.

Be equipped with clamping component 114 on scalable fork 117, when scalable fork 117 inserted and lifts the goods, clamping component 114 and the lateral wall card system of goods to the position of goods takes place the skew when avoiding scalable fork 117 to insert to lift the goods after the removal, thereby has improved scalable fork 117 and has inserted the stable and reliable nature when lifting the goods and removing.

In an alternative embodiment, the clamping assembly 114 includes at least two clamping portions 1141, the at least two clamping portions 1141 are spaced apart along the circumference of the cargo, and at least one clamping portion 1141 of the at least two clamping portions 1141 can move towards or away from the cargo, so that the at least two clamping portions 1141 are engaged with or disengaged from the outer sidewall of the cargo.

For example, the clamping assembly 114 includes two clamping portions 1141, and for convenience of description, the two clamping portions 1141 are respectively represented by a first clamping portion 1141a and a second clamping portion 1141b, wherein the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b may be disposed oppositely, after the retractable fork 117 lifts the goods, one clamping portion 1141 moves towards a direction approaching to the other clamping portion 1141, or the two clamping portions 1141 move towards a direction approaching to each other at the same time, so that the goods are clamped between the two clamping portions 1141, so that the two clamping portions 1141 are clamped with an outer side wall of the goods, thereby improving stability and reliability of the retractable fork 117 when lifting the goods and moving.

In an alternative embodiment, the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b are respectively located at both ends of the retractable fork 117 in the conveying direction of the goods, and when the retractable fork 117 is retracted, the goods are clamped between the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the retractable fork 117 when it is inserted and moved.

The retractable fork 117 includes a base plate 1171 disposed on the rotating mechanism 116, and a fork plate 1172 capable of sliding relative to the base plate 1171, that is, the fork plate 1172 can extend or retract relative to the base plate 1171, and the fork plate 1172 is used for inserting and lifting the goods.

In an alternative embodiment, the first clamping portion 1141a is disposed on the base plate 1171 proximate the rear end of the fork plate 1172 and the second clamping portion 1141b is disposed on the front end of the fork plate 1172 along the sliding direction of the fork plate 1172 such that the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b move toward or away from each other due to the picking or placing action of the fork plate 1172.

It will be appreciated that the front end of the fork 1172 is the end of the fork 1172 that is first adjacent to the load when the fork 1172 is moved toward the load and lifts the load, and the opposite end that is symmetrical to the end is the rear end of the fork 1172.

In a concrete implementation, taking the fork plate 1172 to insert and lift the goods from the fluent shelf 2 as an example, the second clamping portion 1141b moves together with the fork plate 1172 toward the fluent shelf 2, and in order to prevent interference between the fork plate 1172 and the second clamping portion 1141b of the fork plate 1172 and the fluent shelf 2, a first avoidance gap is provided at an end where the fluent shelf 2 is butted against the transfer robot 1, the first avoidance gap has a depth in the vertical direction which is greater than the total height of the fork plate 1172 and the second clamping portion 1141b of the fork plate 1172, the fork plate 1172 is inserted into the bottom of the goods and retracted after being lifted, and during retraction of the fork plate 1172, the second clamping portion 1141b moves together with the fork plate 1172 in a direction close to the first clamping portion 1141a, so that the goods are clamped between the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141 b.

In addition, when the goods on the fork plate 1172 are to be placed on the partition 141 of the transfer robot 1 for placing the goods, the rotating mechanism 116 first drives the retractable fork 117 to rotate around a vertical axis, so that the fork plate 1172 is aligned with the partition 141 of the transfer robot 1 for placing the goods, the partition 141 is provided with a second avoidance notch for avoiding the fork plate 1172 and the second clamping portion 1141b of the fork plate 1172, after the fork plate 1172 is inserted into the second avoidance notch, the retractable fork 117 moves downward along the vertical direction by a preset distance, at this time, the goods on the fork plate 1172 are placed on the partition 141, and the fork plate 1172 drives the second clamping portion 1141b to retract towards the first clamping portion 1141a, so that the goods on the fluent shelf 2 are transferred to the partition 141 of the transfer robot 1.

In another alternative embodiment, the retractable fork 117 is provided with a retractable member 1142, the retractable member 1142 is connected to the first clamping portion 1141a and/or the second clamping portion 1141b, so that the retractable member 1142 drives the first clamping portion 1141a and/or the second clamping portion 1141b to move in a retractable manner toward or away from each other, that is, the first clamping portion 1141a and/or the second clamping portion 1141b can move independently from the retractable fork 117, so that the size of the clamped goods between the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b can be larger or smaller, and the applicable range is increased while the stable reliability of the retractable fork 117 in inserting and lifting the goods is satisfied. The retractable member 1142 may be a retractable rod.

In addition, the fork assembly 11 further includes a driving structure, the driving structure is connected with the telescopic member 1142, so that the driving structure drives the telescopic member 1142 to drive the first clamping portion 1141a and/or the second clamping portion 1141b to move towards directions close to or away from each other, wherein the driving structure may be a motor, and the motor rotates in a forward or reverse direction, so that the telescopic member 1142 achieves the purpose of extension or retraction.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the fork assembly 11 further includes a lifting device, the lifting device is connected to the second clamping portion 1141b, the retractable fork 117 is provided with an avoiding groove 1412 or an avoiding hole for avoiding the second clamping portion 1141b, and when the retractable fork 117 picks and places goods, the lifting device drives the second clamping portion 1141b to lift along the vertical direction.

In a specific implementation, if the retractable fork 117 needs to pick and place goods, the lifting device may drive the second clamping portion 1141b to descend to the avoiding groove 1412 or the avoiding hole in the vertical direction to avoid interference between the second clamping portion 1141b and the fluent shelf 2, and after the retractable fork 117 is inserted into the bottom of the goods and lifted, the lifting device drives the second clamping portion 1141b to ascend, at this time, the second clamping portion 1141b may move toward the direction close to the first clamping portion 1141a along with the retractable fork 117, or the first clamping portion 1141a and/or the second clamping portion 1141b may move toward the direction close to each other along with the retracting movement of the retractable member 1142, so that the goods are clamped between the first clamping portion 1141a and the second clamping portion 1141b, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the retractable fork 117 when inserting and moving goods.

In order to improve the reliability of the clamping portion 1141 for clamping the goods, in this embodiment, the profile shape of the clamping portion 1141 facing one side of the goods when clamping the goods may be matched with the profile shape of the goods, so as to improve the fitting degree between the clamping portion 1141 and the goods, and further improve the clamping reliability of the clamping portion 1141 when clamping the goods.

For example, when the goods is a tire, the profile of the side of the clamping portion 1141 facing the tire is an arc structure matching with the profile of the tire,

the fork subassembly 11 that this disclosed embodiment provided, through be equipped with clamping component 114 on scalable fork 117, when scalable fork 117 inserts and lifts the goods, clamping component 114 and the lateral wall card system of goods to avoid scalable fork 117 to insert the position of lifting the goods when moving after the goods skew takes place, thereby improved the reliable and stable nature when scalable fork 117 inserts and lifts the goods and removes.

EXAMPLE five

Fig. 25 is a schematic top view illustrating a fourth structure of a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 25, the present disclosure provides a transfer robot 1, which includes a supporting frame 14, a partition 141 is disposed on the supporting frame 14, the partition 141 is used for placing goods, and a correcting assembly 15 is disposed on the partition 141, wherein when the goods are placed on the partition 141, the correcting assembly 15 is used for correcting the goods on the partition 141, so that the goods are located in the middle of the partition 141.

In this disclosure, through setting up correction subassembly 15 on baffle 141 to make the goods be located the central position of baffle 141, avoid making the position of goods on baffle 141 skew because of the inertia force of marcing of transfer robot 1 or other reasons, can't accurate location and take the goods when leading to fork 112 etc. to carry the goods on the baffle 141, and through setting up correction subassembly 15, can improve the position accuracy of goods in baffle 141.

In an alternative embodiment, the correcting assembly 15 includes at least two correcting portions 151, the at least two correcting portions 151 are spaced along the circumferential direction of the partition 141, and the at least two correcting portions 151 are movable toward a central position close to or away from the partition 141, so that each correcting portion 151 is used for correcting the position of the cargo on the partition 141.

In a specific implementation, after the fork assembly 11 places the cargo on the partition 141, each correction portion 151 moves toward a center position close to the partition 141, and at this time, if the cargo is not located at the center position of the partition 141, the cargo moves to the center position of the partition 141 under the pushing of each correction portion 151, so that the position of the cargo on the partition 141 is corrected, and after the cargo is corrected, each correction portion 151 moves toward a center position away from the partition 141.

Each correction unit 151 may have a plate-like or block-like structure as long as the position of the load can be corrected.

In order to improve the accuracy of each correction unit 151 in correcting the cargo, the contour shape of the side of each correction unit 151 facing the cargo matches the contour shape of the outer wall contour segment of the cargo corresponding to each correction unit 151, so that the degree of conformity between the correction unit 151 and the cargo when the correction unit 151 corrects the position of the cargo can be improved, and the accuracy of the correction unit 151 in correcting the position of the cargo can be improved.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the partition 141 is provided with at least two telescopic structures, and the at least two telescopic structures are respectively connected with the at least two correction portions 151, wherein one telescopic structure is connected with one correction portion 151, and the telescopic structure can extend toward the center close to or away from the partition 141, so that each telescopic structure drives each correction portion 151 to correct the cargo on the partition 141.

The telescopic structure may be an elastic telescopic member 1142, such as a spring.

Alternatively, the telescopic structure may be an air pressure telescopic member 1142, and the telescopic member 1142 drives each correction portion 151 to move along with the compression and release of the air pressure, so that each correction portion 151 can be used for correcting the position of the cargo on the partition 141.

In addition, the partition 141 is further provided with a driving member, and the driving member is connected to each telescopic structure, so that the driving member drives each telescopic structure to extend and retract towards the center of the partition 141, where the driving member may be a motor or the like, as long as the driving member can provide power for each telescopic structure, and this embodiment is not particularly limited.

In an alternative embodiment, the supporting frame 14 is further provided with a detecting member 16 and a control assembly electrically connected to the detecting member 16, the detecting member 16 is used for detecting the placement of the goods on the partition 141, and the detecting member 16 transmits the detected placement of the goods to the control assembly, the control assembly is connected to the calibration assembly 15, and the control assembly is used for controlling the calibration assembly 15 so that the calibration assembly 15 adjusts the position of the goods.

In a specific implementation, when the detecting part 16 detects that the goods placed on the partition 141 are not located at the center of the partition 141, the information is uploaded to the control component, and the control component controls the correcting component 15 to correct according to the information, so that the goods are adjusted to the center of the partition 141; if the detecting element 16 detects that the goods placed on the partition 141 are located at the center of the partition 141, the control assembly does not start the calibration assembly 15 to calibrate the goods on the partition 141, so that the working accuracy of the calibration assembly 15 is improved, and the situation that the goods are not shifted on the partition 141 but the calibration assembly 15 is started to calibrate is avoided.

The detecting element 16 may be a camera or other detecting device that can be used to detect the placement of the cargo on the partition 141, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Fig. 26 is a schematic structural view of a partition plate in a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 27 is another schematic structural view of a partition plate in a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 28 is a schematic view of another structure of a partition board in the transfer robot according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 26 to 28, on the basis of the above embodiment, in order to make the partition plate 141 suitable for placing the goods with different sizes, and the goods will not shift in position during the process of moving along with the transfer robot 1, in this embodiment, a groove 1411 is provided on the partition plate 141, the caliber of the groove 1411 is sequentially reduced from the notch of the groove 1411 to the bottom of the groove 1411, and the goods on the partition plate 141 will be held in the groove 1411 due to the self-gravity, so that the partition plate 141 is not only suitable for placing the goods with different sizes, but also the position of the goods on the partition plate 141 will not shift due to the inertia force and other reasons during the process of moving along with the transfer robot 1.

In an alternative embodiment, the caliber of the groove 1411 is gradually decreased from the notch of the groove 1411 to the bottom of the groove 1411, so that the contact area between the outer side wall of the cargo and the inner wall of the groove 1411 is increased, and the stability and reliability of the cargo clamped in the groove 1411 are improved.

In an alternative embodiment, the aperture of the groove 1411 decreases in a slope from the notch of the groove 1411 to the bottom of the groove 1411, so that more goods with different sizes can be accommodated, thereby increasing the range of goods that can be carried by the partition 141.

In an alternative embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the in-groove space of the groove 1411 along the horizontal plane may be a square, a rectangle, or a polygon surrounded by a plurality of straight lines; alternatively, the cross-sectional shape of the in-groove space of the groove 1411 along the horizontal plane may be formed by a plurality of arc lines, or may be a regular shape or an irregular shape formed by collectively enclosing arc lines and straight lines, or the like.

In one possible embodiment, the space inside the groove 1411 is funnel-shaped, and it can be understood that the space inside the groove 1411 is funnel-shaped, that is, the radial dimension of the space inside the groove in the vertical direction is gradually reduced from top to bottom, so that when a cargo is located inside the groove 1411, the cargo inside the groove 1411 can be clamped in the groove 1411 due to the gravity of the cargo and the friction between the cargo and the wall of the groove 1411, and thus the cargo can be prevented from shifting when traveling along with the transfer robot 1.

Optionally, the space inside the groove 1411 is in a shape of at least two funnels, so that the size range of the goods which can be fit in the groove 1411 is enlarged, and the use range of the partition 141 is enlarged.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the partition 141 is provided with a cargo entrance/exit, the cargo entrance/exit is communicated with the groove 1411, and the fork 112 of the transfer robot 1 can place the cargo in the groove 1411 or take the cargo out of the groove 1411 through the cargo entrance/exit.

One side of the groove 1411, which is close to the fork 112 of the transfer robot 1, may be an opening structure, and the opening structure forms a cargo entrance/exit, so that the cargo entrance/exit and the groove 1411 may be integrally formed, thereby reducing the number of processing steps and the cost.

When the fork 112 in the transfer robot 1 picks and places the goods by way of lifting and inserting, in order to facilitate the fork 112 to be inserted into the bottom of the goods, in this embodiment, an avoiding groove 1412 for avoiding the fork 112 is provided on an inner bottom wall of the groove 1411, the avoiding groove 1412 is communicated with the goods entrance and exit, when the fork 112 places the goods into the groove 1411 or picks up the goods from the groove 1411, the fork 112 is inserted into the avoiding groove 1412 first, and then the goods are picked and placed by way of lifting or moving down.

The depth of the avoiding groove 1412 in the vertical direction is greater than the thickness of the fork 112, so that the fork 112 can ascend or descend in the avoiding groove 1412, and therefore goods can be picked and placed in an inserting and lifting mode.

In order to avoid the jamming or collision between the fork 112 entering the avoiding groove 1412 and the wall of the avoiding groove 1412, in this embodiment, a guiding portion is disposed on the inner bottom wall of the avoiding groove 1412, and the guiding portion is used for guiding the fork 112 along the in-and-out direction of the cargo, so as to improve the accuracy of the cargo entering the avoiding groove 1412, and thus improve the guiding reliability of the cargo entering the avoiding groove 1412.

In an alternative embodiment, the bottom of the avoiding groove 1412 is an inclined surface, and the height of the inclined surface is sequentially reduced from the inside of the avoiding groove 1412 to the cargo entrance and exit along the insertion direction of the cargo fork 112, and when the cargo fork 112 is inserted into the avoiding groove 1412 along the cargo entrance and exit direction, the inclined surface can guide the cargo fork 112, so that in this embodiment, the inclined surface can form a guide portion for guiding the cargo fork 112, so that the guide portion can be integrally formed with the groove 1411, thereby reducing the processing steps and reducing the cost.

In an alternative embodiment, the avoiding groove 1412 may be an avoiding notch without a bottom plate portion, and two sides of the notch are regarded as guiding portions, so that a movable space for inserting the fork 112 can be increased, and the situation that when the fork is withdrawn due to insufficient depth of the avoiding groove 1412 and an excessively high clamping portion, the clamping portion interferes with the goods to cause that the goods placing operation cannot be completed is avoided.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the plurality of partition boards 141 may be provided, and the plurality of partition boards 141 are provided at intervals in the vertical direction on the support frame 14, so that the transfer robot 1 can transfer a plurality of goods at a time, thereby improving the transfer efficiency of the transfer robot 1 and saving time.

Fig. 29 is a schematic top view of a fifth configuration of a transfer robot according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 29, in order to further prevent the position of the cargo on the partition 141 from deviating, in the present embodiment, the partition 141 is provided with an elastic limiting member 17, the elastic limiting member 17 is used for limiting the cargo placed on the partition 141, and when the elastic limiting member 17 limits the cargo, the elastic limiting member 17 is deformed by the cargo, so as to prevent the cargo from deviating on the partition 141.

In an optional embodiment, the elastic limiting part 17 is disposed on the inner side wall of the partition 141, and when the cargo is placed on the partition 141, the elastic limiting part 17 on the inner side wall of the partition 141 is squeezed by the cargo, so that the cargo and the elastic limiting part 17 are clamped tightly, thereby preventing the cargo from shifting, and improving the stability and reliability of the cargo along with the transfer robot 1 in the moving process.

Wherein, elasticity locating part 17 can be a plurality of, and a plurality of elasticity locating parts 17 are arranged at intervals on the inside wall of baffle 141, like this, when avoiding the goods to take place the skew, elasticity locating part 17 need not cover whole baffle 141's inside wall to improve the economic nature, practice thrift the cost.

In addition, a plurality of elastic limiting pieces 17 can be arranged on the side wall of the partition plate 141 at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the partition plate 141, so that the degree of extrusion deformation of each elastic limiting piece 17 by the goods can be kept consistent, and the stability and reliability of the goods along with the transfer robot 1 in the moving process are further improved.

In an alternative embodiment, the elastic limiting member 17 may be a rubber strip, or may be another elastic member having elasticity, and the embodiment is not limited in particular.

In another optional embodiment, the elastic limiting member 17 may also include a plurality of springs and a pad, the plurality of springs are arranged on the partition 141 at intervals, the pad is laid on the plurality of springs, and the pad is located at an end of the spring close to the cargo, and when the cargo is placed on the partition 141, the pad is clamped between the plurality of springs and the cargo, so that the contact area between the springs and the cargo may be increased by the pad, and the limiting reliability of the elastic limiting member 17 on the cargo may be increased.

In the present disclosure, when the partition 141 is provided with the groove 1411 for placing the cargo, the cargo is held in the groove 1411, and in addition, the elastic limiting member 17 is disposed on the groove wall of the groove 1411, so that the groove 1411 prevents the cargo from shifting during the movement process of the transfer robot 1, and the elastic limiting member 17 on the groove wall further prevents the cargo from shifting from the groove 1411, thereby improving the reliability of limiting the cargo.

In a specific implementation, a goods inlet and a goods outlet are formed in the partition plate 141 and are communicated with the groove 1411, when goods are placed into the groove 1411 through the goods inlet and the goods outlet by the fork 112 on the transfer robot 1, the elastic limiting piece 17 on the inner wall of the groove 1411 is clamped with the goods, and therefore the goods are prevented from shifting when moving along with the transfer robot 1; when the fork 112 takes the goods out of the groove 1411, the fork 112 is inserted into the bottom of the goods through the goods entrance and exit and lifted, and the goods and the elastic limiting member 17 are elastically clamped, so that the lifting force of the fork 112 for lifting the goods is only greater than the friction force between the elastic limiting member 17 and the goods, and the goods can be smoothly taken out of the groove 1411, and the fork type cargo lifting device is simple in structure and convenient to operate.

The transfer robot 1 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure sets up the elastic limiting member 17 on the partition 141, and limits the goods placed on the partition 141 through the elastic limiting member 17, thereby avoiding the goods from shifting during the movement process of the transfer robot 1, and improving the stability and reliability of the goods during the movement process of the transfer robot 1.

Example six

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a warehousing system, which includes the transfer device 100 and the transfer robot 1, where the structures of the transfer device 100 and the transfer robot 1 have been described in detail in the above embodiments, and are not described in detail herein.

EXAMPLE seven

The following explains an application scenario of the embodiment of the present disclosure:

fig. 30 is an application scenario diagram of the container transportation method according to the embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 30, when the warehousing management device 110 of the warehousing system receives order tasks, such as warehousing tasks, sorting tasks, ex-warehouse tasks, and the like, and needs to transport each cargo in the order tasks through the transportation line 120 of the warehousing system, for the warehousing tasks, it needs to transport each cargo on the transportation line 120 to a corresponding warehouse location of the warehouse rack through the transfer robot 1; for the delivery task or the sorting task, the respective goods are transported to the operation table through the transportation line 120 so as to be sorted or delivered.

Specifically, the transport line 120 is composed of a discharger 121, a lifter 122, and a conveyor belt. When the order task is a warehousing task, each cargo of the warehousing task needs to be transported to each layer of the unloader 121 through the elevator 122 by the conveyor belt, and then the transfer robot 1 transfers the cargo placed on each layer of the unloader 121 to each layer of the storage shelf 130 thereof, and transfers the cargo to the corresponding warehouse location of each cargo. When the order task is a warehouse-out task or a sorting task, the transfer robot 1 is required to transfer each cargo corresponding to the order task from the warehouse location to each layer of the storage shelf 130 of the transfer robot 1, and further to transport the cargo to the unloader 121, so that the unloader 121 unloads the cargo on each layer of the storage shelf 130 to each layer of the unloader 121, and the elevator 122 sequentially transports the cargo placed on each layer of the unloader 121 to the transmission line assembly 123, and further transports each cargo to the operation console sequentially through the transmission line assembly 123, so as to complete the order task.

Every layer of current unloader 121 only can place the goods of equidimension, leads to not unidimensional goods to transport through different unloaders and the transfer chain that corresponds, and the conveying efficiency is low, and is with high costs.

In order to improve the transportation efficiency of the goods, the goods transportation method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure transports the goods based on the transfer device, and the fluent goods shelf of the transfer device can be used for placing the goods with different sizes, so that the target layer of the fluent goods shelf corresponding to the goods can be determined in a self-adaptive manner based on the size information of the goods, and the goods are transported based on the transportation line corresponding to the target layer.

Fig. 31 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cargo transportation method is applied to a transfer device 100, the transfer device 100 is used for transferring and transporting cargo when a transfer robot 1 loads or unloads the cargo, and includes a fluent shelf 2, the fluent shelf 2 includes a support 21 and a conveying mechanism 22 disposed on the support 21, the conveying mechanism 22 has multiple layers, the width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is fixed, and the width of at least two layers of the conveying mechanism 22 is different, as shown in fig. 31, the cargo transportation method includes the following steps:

step S201, size information of the cargo is obtained.

The goods can be any article, such as tires, building materials and the like, and can also be a bin provided by a storage system, and one or more articles which need to be stored by a user can be placed in the bin, such as clothes, cosmetics, porcelain and the like. The dimension information may be the width of the cargo and may include one or both of height or length.

Specifically, there may be an upstream device, such as a warehouse management device of the warehousing system, which transmits the pre-stored size information of the goods to the transfer device 100. Or the transfer device 100 may monitor the size information of the goods in real time to improve the accuracy of the size of the goods.

Further, the size information of the goods can be obtained in real time through the scanning piece arranged on the transfer device 100 or other devices of the warehousing system.

Further, the size information of each cargo corresponding to the set time can be obtained. The set time may be a fixed time period, such as 10 minutes, 1 hour or other time period, or may be an adaptively adjustable time period, such as may be determined according to the order size of the warehousing system.

Further, size information of a preset number of the goods, which may be the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, may be obtained.

Alternatively, when the relay device 100 is used to unload the transfer robot 1, the size information is acquired based on a second scanning member provided on the transfer robot 1. The second scanning piece can be a camera or a camera, can also be a sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor and a laser sensor, and can also be scanning equipment capable of identifying a cargo code, the cargo identification code is arranged at a preset position of a cargo, and the cargo identification code can be in any form such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code and a code.

Specifically, when the transfer robot 1 transfers the goods to the storage rack thereof, the goods can be scanned based on the second scanning member, so that the size information of the goods is obtained, and the size information is sent to the multilayer elevator or the warehousing system.

Step S202, determining a target layer of the transport mechanism 22 corresponding to the goods according to the size information.

Wherein the target floor is a floor of the transport mechanism 22 for transporting the cargo. The transfer mechanism 22 includes a plurality of layers, and at least two layers of the transfer mechanism 22 can hold goods having different size information.

Specifically, based on the size information of the cargo, the layer of the transport mechanism 22 matching the size information may be determined as the target layer.

Further, when the size information of the plurality of cargos is obtained, the target layer of the transport mechanism 22 corresponding to each cargo may be determined based on the size information of each cargo, so that the transportation of each cargo may be performed based on each determined target layer.

Specifically, the size information of the multiple cargos may be sorted from large to small, and the target layer of the transport mechanism 22 corresponding to each cargo is sequentially determined based on the sorting result and the size information of each cargo.

Step S203, the cargo is transported through the target layer of the transport mechanism 22.

Specifically, after the target layer corresponding to the goods is determined, the goods can be placed on the target layer of the transport mechanism 22, and then the goods are transported by the target layer of the transport mechanism 22, so as to complete the corresponding order.

Further, when the goods are goods to be warehoused, the goods need to be transported to a corresponding layer of the storage rack of the transfer robot 1 through the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22, and then the transfer robot 1 places the goods on a corresponding storage position of the storage rack of the warehousing system.

Further, when the goods are goods that need to be delivered or sorted, the goods need to be transported to the operation table through the target layer of the transport mechanism 22, and then the goods need to be sorted or delivered.

The goods transportation method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is based on the multilayer fluent goods shelf, and the goods are matched with the corresponding transportation line according to the size information of the goods to be transported, namely, the target layer of the transport mechanism of the fluent goods shelf is matched, so that the goods are transported through the target layer of the transport mechanism and transported to the carrying robot 1 or the operation table, and the corresponding warehousing, ex-warehousing or sorting tasks are completed, thereby realizing the parallel transportation of the goods with various sizes, improving the flexibility and transportation efficiency of the goods transportation, and improving the order processing efficiency of the warehousing system.

Fig. 32 is a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, where this embodiment is directed to a case where the transfer device 100 unloads and transports the transfer robot 1, the transfer device 100 further includes a cargo lifting assembly 3, and this embodiment is a step of further refining step S201 on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 31, and adding after step S202, and transporting the cargo to a target floor, as shown in fig. 32, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

in step S301, the size information of the cargo is acquired based on the first scanning member 43 provided on the cargo lifting unit 3 or the conveying line unit 4.

Wherein the goods entrance of the goods lifting assembly 3 is butted with one end of the conveying mechanism 22. The conveyor line assembly 4 interfaces with the end of the cargo lifting assembly 3 remote from the cargo doorway to transport cargo to the cargo lifting assembly 3. The first scanning member 43 may be a scanning sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor, a laser sensor, an infrared sensor, or the like, or an image capturing device such as a camera, or the like.

Specifically, when the goods are transported to the lifting assembly 3, the lifting assembly scans the goods based on the first scanning member 43 arranged thereon, such as scanning the position of the goods where the goods set the goods identification code, thereby acquiring the size information of the goods.

Specifically, when the goods need to be stored in the warehouse of the warehousing system, the goods can be transported to the conveying line assembly 4 after being processed by the operation table, and when the goods are transported to the preset range, the preset range is the scanning area of the first scanning piece of the conveying piece assembly 4, and the size information of the goods is acquired based on the first scanning piece 43 arranged on the conveying line assembly.

Step S302, determining a target layer of the transport mechanism 22 corresponding to the cargo according to the size information.

Step S303, based on the cargo lifting assembly, the cargo is transported to the destination floor of the transfer mechanism 22.

Specifically, after the size information of the cargo is determined based on the first scanning member 43, the cargo is carried to the target floor of the transfer mechanism 22 by the cargo lifting assembly 3 when the cargo is transported to the cargo lifting assembly 3.

Specifically, the cargo lifting assembly 3 may include a conveying mechanism 32 and a lifting mechanism 33, and after the target layer is determined, a lifting command of the lifting mechanism 33 is determined based on the target layer, so as to control the lifting mechanism 33 to lift to a position corresponding to the target layer, so that the cargo placed thereon is carried to the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 by the conveying mechanism 32.

In step S304, the cargo is transported to the transfer robot 1 through the target floor of the transfer mechanism 22.

Specifically, the layers of the storage racks of the transfer robot 1 are butted against the layers of the transfer mechanism 22. The goods can then be transported to the corresponding level of the storage rack of the transfer robot 1 based on the target level of the transfer mechanism 22.

Specifically, the transfer robot 1 may move to a position corresponding to the transfer mechanism 22, such as a set distance directly in front, and then the transfer robot 1 transfers the goods placed on the target floor of the transfer mechanism 22 to a corresponding floor of the storage rack of the transfer robot 1.

In this embodiment, in the case of loading the transfer robot 1 through the transfer device 100, the size information of the goods is automatically acquired through the first scanning element 43 arranged on the conveying mechanism 22 or the conveying line assembly 4 of the fluent goods shelf 2 of the transfer device 100, and then the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 matched with the size information is determined based on the size information, the goods is conveyed to the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 through the goods lifting assembly 3, the goods is conveyed to the transfer robot 1 through the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22, so that the warehousing of the goods is completed through the transfer robot 1, and based on the multilayer fluent goods shelf 2 capable of being placed with different sizes, the self-adaptive transportation of the goods with different sizes is realized, and the flexibility and the efficiency of the goods transportation are improved.

Fig. 33 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and this embodiment further details step S203 on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 31, and as shown in fig. 33, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

step S401, size information of the goods is obtained.

Step S402, determining a target layer of the transport mechanism 22 corresponding to the cargo according to the size information.

Step S403, determining a conveying direction of the goods.

The conveying direction may include two opposite directions, a first direction and a second direction, so that the goods output from the operation table are transported to the transfer robot 1 or the goods on the transfer robot 1 are transported to the operation table, and the transfer robot 1 is loaded or unloaded. The first direction is a direction corresponding to the loading of the transfer robot 1, and the second direction is a direction corresponding to the unloading of the transfer robot 1.

In particular, goods can be transported to the fluency rack 2 and goods on the fluency rack 2 to the operator's station via the conveyor line assembly 4 and the goods lifting assembly 3.

Specifically, the conveying direction of the goods may be determined based on the type of the order, and when the type of the order is the warehousing type, the conveying direction is the first direction, and when the type of the order is the ex-warehouse type or the sorting type, the conveying direction is the second direction.

Specifically, the conveying direction may be determined based on the state parameters of the transfer robot 1. The transfer direction is the second direction when the goods are placed on the storage racks of the transfer robot 1, and the first direction when the goods are not placed on the storage racks of the transfer robot 1.

Step S404, based on the conveying direction, the conveying mechanism 22 or the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is adjusted.

Specifically, when the conveying mechanism 22 is only entirely adjustable, that is, the conveying directions of the respective floors of the conveying mechanism 22 are all the same, after the conveying direction is determined, the conveying mechanism 22 may be adjusted based on the conveying direction so that the respective floors of the conveying mechanism 22, including the target floor, are conveyed along the conveying direction.

Specifically, when each layer of the transfer mechanism 22 is individually adjustable, or at least the target layer is individually adjustable, after the transfer direction is determined, the target layer of the transfer mechanism 22 may be individually adjusted so that the target layer is subjected to the transfer of the goods in the transfer direction. Wherein the target floor may correspond to a transport direction different from the direction of cargo transport of at least one of the remaining floors of the transport mechanism 22.

Further, when each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 can be independently adjusted, different layers of the conveying mechanism 22 have different conveying directions according to the transportation requirements, and therefore the efficiency of cargo transportation is improved.

Optionally, as can be seen from fig. 1, 6 or 8, the conveying mechanism 22 includes a rolling conveyor 23, and based on the conveying direction, the conveying mechanism 22 or the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is adjusted, including: based on the conveying direction, a rotation mode of the rolling conveyor 23 or the target layer corresponding rolling conveyor 23 is determined, so that the rolling conveyor 23 or the target layer corresponding rolling conveyor 23 rotates around its own rotation axis in the rotation mode, thereby realizing the transportation of the goods in the conveying direction. Wherein the rotation mode includes a rotation direction of the rolling transfer member 23, such as clockwise rotation or counterclockwise rotation.

Specifically, when the transfer mechanism 22 is only entirely adjustable, each floor of the transfer mechanism 22 can control the transfer direction of the goods on each floor by only one rolling transfer member 23, so that the transfer directions of the goods on each floor of the transfer mechanism 22 are the same. After the conveyance direction is determined, based on the conveyance direction, a rotation mode of the rolling conveyor 23 is determined so that the rolling conveyor 23 rotates about its own rotation axis in the rotation mode, so that the direction of cargo transportation of each layer of the conveyance mechanism 22, including the target layer, is the conveyance direction.

Specifically, when each layer of the transport mechanism 22 can be adjusted individually, or at least the target layer can be adjusted individually, the rotation mode of the rolling conveyor 23 corresponding to the target layer can be determined based on the transport direction, so that the rolling conveyor 23 corresponding to the target layer is controlled to rotate around its own rotation axis in the rotation mode, and therefore the target layer of the transport mechanism 22 can transport the cargo in the transport direction.

Step S405, the cargo is transported through the target floor of the transport mechanism 22.

Specifically, after the conveyance mechanism 22 or the target layer of the conveyance mechanism 22 is adjusted, the freight is transported in the conveyance direction based on the adjusted target layer of the conveyance mechanism 22. The direction of the cargo transportation of the target floor, i.e., the conveying direction, may be different from the direction of the cargo transportation of at least one of the remaining floors of the conveying mechanism 22.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism 22 includes an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the conveying mechanism 22 or the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 based on the conveying direction, including: based on the conveying direction, the inclination angle of each floor of the conveying mechanism 22 is determined by the adjusting mechanism so that the component force in the conveying direction is generated in the cargo on the target floor of the conveying mechanism 22. Wherein, the inclination angle can be 30 degrees, 45 degrees or other angles. Accordingly, transporting the cargo through the target layer of transport mechanism 22 includes: the cargo is transported through the target floor of the inclined conveyor mechanism 22.

Optionally, as can be seen from fig. 1 to 6, the conveying mechanism 22 includes a first conveying portion 221 and a second conveying portion 222, and based on the conveying direction, the adjusting of the conveying mechanism 22 or the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 includes: based on the conveying direction, the second conveying portion 222 of the conveying mechanism 22 is adjusted so that the height of the second conveying portion 222 is greater than the height of the first conveying portion 221, and the second conveying portion 222 forms an inclined slope. Accordingly, transporting the cargo through the target layer of transport mechanism 22 includes: the goods are transported by the inclined slope formed by the second transporting part 222 corresponding to the target layer and the horizontal plane formed by the first transporting part 221.

In this embodiment, the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 is adjustable, so that the fluent shelf 2 can process different orders at the same time, various goods transportation tasks such as delivery, warehousing and sorting of goods are completed, and the goods transportation capability of the fluent shelf 2 is improved; after the size information of the goods to be transported is obtained and the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 is determined based on the size information, the target layer or the whole conveying mechanism 22 can be adjusted further based on the conveying direction of the goods, so that the goods in the conveying direction can be transported, the fluent shelf 2 can simultaneously handle the transportation of the goods in different sizes and the transportation of the goods in different conveying directions, and the efficiency of goods transportation is further improved.

Fig. 34 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, in this embodiment, for a case that the width of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent rack 2 is adjustable, as shown in fig. 34, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

step S501, a goods transportation order is obtained.

The goods transportation order can be a goods warehousing order, a goods ex-warehouse order or a goods sorting order and other orders. The goods warehousing order is an order which needs to transport each goods in the order to a warehouse of the warehousing system through the fluent shelf 2 and the transfer robot 1, and the goods ex-warehouse order and the goods sorting order are orders which need to transport each goods in the order to an operation platform through the transfer robot 1 and the fluent shelf 2 for ex-warehouse and sorting respectively.

Specifically, each goods order may be generated by the warehouse management device of the warehousing system, and then sent to the fluent shelf 2. After acquiring each goods order, the fluent shelf 2 may derive a goods transportation order, which may include one or more goods orders, based on the each goods order.

Further, the fluent shelf 2 may obtain the goods transportation order according to the order level and the cutoff time of each goods order. For example, one or more goods orders with a high order level and a cut-off time close to the current time may be preferentially selected as goods transportation orders. One or more orders for goods may also be combined into one shipment order based on the order level and the cutoff time for each order for goods in conjunction with the shipment capability of the fluent shelf 2, i.e., the number of goods that can be shipped on the fluent shelf 2.

For example, assume that the number of goods that can be transported on the fluent shelf 2 is 10; the order grade of the goods order A is first grade, the cut-off time is five pm today, and the number of goods to be transported is 6; the order grade of the goods order B is three, the cut-off time is three in the afternoon today, and the number of goods to be transported is 5; the order grade of the goods order C is three levels, the cut-off time is thirty-two minutes in afternoon today, and the number of goods to be transported is 4; then goods order B and goods order C are determined to be goods shipment orders.

Step S502, determining the transportation width of each layer of the transport mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order, so as to transport the cargo with the width matched with each layer of the transport mechanism 22.

The size information of the cargo may include a width of the cargo, and may further include one or both of a height and a length of the cargo. The transport width of the layers of the transport mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 may be adjusted, for example, electrically or mechanically.

Specifically, the size information of each item in the goods transportation order may be sorted, and the transportation width of each layer of the transportation mechanism 22 may be determined based on the sorting result and the number of layers of the transportation mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2, so that one or more items in the goods transportation order corresponding to each layer may be transported based on each layer of the transportation mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2.

Illustratively, assuming that 100 tires are included in the freight order, wherein 25 tires of 21 inches, 50 tires of 19 inches, 25 tires of 17 inches, and the conveyor 22 of the fluent rack 2 includes 3 layers, and the conveyor 22 includes 3 layers, the width of the first layer may be set to the width required for the 17-inch tire, the width of the second layer may be set to the width required for the 19-inch tire, and the third layer may be set to the width required for the 21-inch tire, so that 3 tires of medium size may be simultaneously transported based on the 3 layers of the conveyor 22. The width of the first layer may also be set to the width required for a 17 inch tire, the width of the second layer may be set to the width required for a 19 inch tire, and the third layer may be set to 21 inch tires followed by 19 inch tires, such that 25 17 inch tires may be transported based on the first layer of the conveyor 22, 40 19 inch tires may be transported by the second layer, and 25 21 inch tires may be transported by the third layer, followed by 10 19 inch tires.

Optionally, after determining the transport width of each layer of the transfer mechanism of the fluent rack, the method further comprises: transporting the goods corresponding to each of the goods transportation orders to the corresponding layer of the transfer mechanism 22 of the fluent rack 2 based on the transfer robot 1; or, transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent goods shelf 2 based on the goods lifting assembly 3, wherein the goods inlet and outlet of the goods lifting assembly 3 is butted with one end of the conveying mechanism; or, the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order are transported to the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 based on the conveying line assembly 4 and the goods lifting assembly 3, wherein the conveying line assembly 4 is butted with one end of the goods lifting assembly 3 far away from the goods entrance.

According to the cargo transportation method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the transportation width of each layer of the transportation mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 is determined in a self-adaptive manner based on the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order, so that each cargo with the width matched with that in the cargo transportation order is transported based on each layer of the transportation mechanism 22, the fluent shelf 2 has the capability of transporting different sizes of cargoes at the same time, and the cargo transportation efficiency and the order processing efficiency are improved.

Fig. 35 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, where in this embodiment, on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 34, steps S501 and S502 are further refined, and a step of adjusting the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is added after step S502, as shown in fig. 35, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

step S601, acquiring each first goods order.

The first goods order is an order corresponding to one or more users, and may be multiple orders sent by one user at different time, or multiple orders sent by multiple users at a certain time. Each first goods order may be an order of the same kind of goods or an order of different kinds of goods.

Specifically, each order that needs to be processed and is currently received by the warehousing system can be acquired as each first goods order.

Optionally, the obtaining each first goods order includes: and acquiring each first goods order corresponding to the preset time interval according to the preset time interval. Wherein the preset time interval may be 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours or other time intervals. The preset time interval may be determined based on the historical daily order volume of the warehousing system.

Specifically, each order that is not currently processed by the warehousing system may be obtained as each first goods order at preset time intervals.

Step S602, determining each of the cargo transportation orders according to the quantity of the first cargo orders and the quantity of the cargo corresponding to each of the first cargo orders.

Wherein the goods transportation order comprises one or more of the first goods order.

Specifically, a first quantity of first goods orders may be combined by default into one goods shipment order. Or individual freight orders may be determined based on the quantity of goods in each first goods order and the quantity of the first goods orders.

Further, each goods transportation order may be determined based on the upper limit value of the goods that can be transported simultaneously on the fluent goods shelf 2 of the warehousing system, the number of the first goods orders, and the number of the goods corresponding to each first goods order, so that the fluent goods shelf 2 transports as many goods as possible within the upper limit value of the goods that can be transported, thereby improving the transportation efficiency of the goods.

Illustratively, the warehouse system has not processed 3 orders, which are order a, order B and order C, respectively, where the quantity of goods in order a is 12, the quantity of goods in order B is 20, and the quantity of goods in order C is 45. The total number of goods that can be shipped in parallel on the fluency rack 2 of the warehousing system is 36, then order a and order B may be combined into one freight shipment order, with order C as the other freight shipment order.

When there are multiple freight shipment orders, a shipment order for each freight shipment order can be determined based on the shipment priority for the freight shipment order to sequentially ship the goods in each freight shipment order based on the shipment order.

Step S603, determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order.

The size grade is a parameter describing the size of the goods, and the higher the size grade is, the larger the size of the goods corresponding to the size grade is.

Specifically, for each freight shipment order, one or more size grades are determined according to the size information of each freight in the freight shipment order.

Specifically, for each freight shipment order, each size class may be determined according to the width of each freight in the freight shipment order. If various width thresholds can be set, the size information of various goods in the goods transportation order is divided into one or more size grades based on the various width thresholds.

Step S604, the transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism 22 is determined according to each size class.

Specifically, the first correspondence relationship between each layer of the transport mechanism and each size class may be determined, and the transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism 22 may be determined based on the first correspondence relationship.

Illustratively, a layer with a higher transport mechanism height will correspond to a smaller size class. I.e., the size levels from high to low, corresponding in turn to the lowest level to the highest level of the transport mechanism 22.

Optionally, when the number of the size classes is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, determining the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 according to each size class includes: acquiring the quantity of goods corresponding to each size grade; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, the quantity of the size grades, the total quantity of the goods in the goods transportation order and the layer number of the conveying mechanism 22.

Specifically, when the number of size levels is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, that is, if each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 corresponds to one size level, one or more layers of the conveying mechanism 22 may be in an idle state, which results in a low utilization rate of each layer of the conveying mechanism and a low efficiency of cargo transportation, and therefore, it is necessary to split one or more size levels with a large number of cargos to transport cargos of the size level by two or more layers of the conveying mechanism 22.

Specifically, a difference between the number of layers and the number of size grades of the conveying mechanism 22 is calculated, based on the difference, the total number of the goods in the goods transportation order, and the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade, one or more target size grades that need to be split are determined, the one or more target size grades are split, and each split size grade is obtained, wherein the sum of the number of each split size grade and each size grade that is not split is equal to the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22. The transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism 22 is determined based on each split size level and each size level not subjected to splitting.

Illustratively, the size level corresponding to the goods transportation order is 4 levels, and the quantities of the goods corresponding to the size level 1 to the size level 4 are as follows: 10. 10, 25 and 55, and the transport mechanism 22 is 6 layers. Since the number of the goods corresponding to the size level 4 is greater than the average value of the number of the goods of the four size levels, the size level 4 is determined to be the target size level, the target size level is split into 3 parts, that is, 3 split size levels are obtained, and the split size levels respectively include 15 goods, 20 goods and 20 goods, and the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is respectively determined according to the 3 split size levels and the non-split size levels, that is, the size level 1 to the size level 3, and 6 size levels in total.

Step S605, determining a limit parameter of the limit component according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22, so as to adjust the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 based on the limit parameter and to transport the goods with the width matched based on each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 after adjustment.

Wherein, the limiting component is arranged on the fluent shelf 2 and is used for adjusting the width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2. The spacing parameter may comprise a distance of movement of the spacing assembly.

Specifically, each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is provided with one or more limiting assemblies so as to adjust the width of each layer to be the determined transportation width.

Specifically, after determining the transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism 22, for each layer of the transport mechanism, a stop parameter of the stop assembly may be determined based on the difference between the determined transport width of the layer and the current width of the layer, so that the stop assembly is controlled based on the stop parameter to adjust the width of the layer of the transport mechanism 22 to the determined transport width, so that the transport of goods matching the width thereof may be performed based on the layer.

Optionally, each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 is provided with at least one limiting component, each limiting component includes two limiting parts 24, the two limiting parts 24 are respectively located at two sides of the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism 22, and according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22, the limiting parameters of the limiting parts are determined, including: and determining the distance between the two limiting parts of at least one limiting component corresponding to each layer according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism 22.

Optionally, after adjusting the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism based on the limiting parameter, the method further includes: acquiring second size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order based on a scanning piece; and for each cargo, determining a target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 corresponding to the cargo according to the second size information of the cargo, so as to transport the cargo based on the target layer of the conveying mechanism.

The scanning member may be the first scanning member 43 or the second scanning member. The second size information is the size information of each cargo collected by the scanning piece after each cargo in the cargo transportation order is transported to the scanning range of the scanning piece.

Specifically, before the goods are transported, the transport width of the transport mechanism 22 is determined and adjusted based on the second size information of each goods in the goods transport order, so that each layer of the transport mechanism 22 after adjustment is used for transporting each corresponding goods. When the goods are transported, the scanning piece can scan the preset position of the goods, so that second size information of each goods is determined based on the scanning result, the second size information is the same as the size information, and then a target layer of the conveying mechanism 22 matched with the size of the goods is determined based on the acquired second size information, so that the goods are placed on the target layer, and the goods are transported through the target layer of the conveying mechanism 22.

Further, the goods identification code of the goods can be acquired for each goods based on the scanning piece, and the goods identification code is adopted to replace the second size information, so that the target layer matched with the goods is determined.

In the embodiment, each goods transportation order processed by the fluent shelf at each time is determined based on the quantity of each first goods order received by the warehousing system and the quantity of goods in each first goods order; and then aiming at each goods transportation order, determining one or more size grades based on the corresponding size information of each goods, determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade, and further determining the limiting parameters of the limiting components corresponding to each layer of the conveying mechanism based on each transportation width, so that the width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is adjusted to the transportation width to transport the goods with different sizes in each goods transportation order, thereby realizing the simultaneous transportation of the goods with different sizes in the order based on one conveying mechanism and improving the efficiency of goods transportation.

Fig. 36 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, where, for a case where the number of size classes is greater than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, this embodiment further refines step S604 on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 35, and as shown in fig. 36, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

step S701, obtaining each first goods order.

Step S702, determining each cargo transportation order according to the quantity of the first cargo orders and the quantity of the cargo corresponding to each first cargo order.

Step S703, determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order.

Step S704, when the number of the size grades is greater than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, determining at least one combined size grade according to the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade.

The combined size grade consists of at least two size grades, and the combined size grade corresponds to a first preset layer of the conveying mechanism.

Specifically, at least two size grades having the smallest number of pieces of goods corresponding to the size grades may be combined into at least one combined size grade.

Illustratively, when the number of size classes is 3, L1, L2 and L3 respectively, the number of goods corresponding to L1 is 18, the number of goods corresponding to L2 is 80, the number of goods corresponding to L3 is 42, and the transfer mechanism 22 is 2 layers, L1 and L3 with the smaller number of goods can be combined into one combined size class, so that one layer of the transfer mechanism 22 transports 80 goods corresponding to L2, and the other layer of the transfer mechanism 22 transports 60 goods corresponding to L1 and L2.

Specifically, at least one combined size level may be determined according to the number of the goods corresponding to each size level and a number threshold.

The quantity threshold may be a customized value, or may be a value determined according to an upper limit of the transportation quantity corresponding to each layer of the transport mechanism 22.

Specifically, the difference between the quantity of the goods corresponding to each combination size grade and the quantity threshold value should be as close to 0 as possible, so as to improve the efficiency of goods transportation in the goods transportation order.

Specifically, at least one combined size level may be determined based on the difference between the number of size levels and the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, and the number of goods corresponding to each size level.

Further, the number of combined size ranks may be determined from the difference between the number of size ranks and the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, and the respective size ranks corresponding to each combined size rank may be determined based on the number of goods corresponding to the respective size ranks.

Optionally, fig. 37 is a flowchart of step S704 in the embodiment shown in fig. 36 of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 37, step S704 includes the following steps:

step S7041, according to a first ratio of the number of the goods corresponding to each size class to a preset number, divides each size class into a first size class and a second size class.

The preset number is a ratio of the total number of the goods in the goods transportation order to the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, the ratio corresponding to the first size class is greater than or equal to 1, and the ratio corresponding to the second size class is less than 1.

Specifically, the first ratio is an average of the number of the goods transported per layer by the transfer mechanism 22, the first size level is a size level in which the number of the goods is greater than or equal to the average transported per layer, and the second size level is a size level in which the number of the goods is less than the average transported per layer.

Illustratively, assuming that the conveyor is 5 levels and the total number of tires in the goods delivery order is 100, the average number of tires delivered per level is 20, the number of 17 "tires is 10, the number of 19" tires is 30, 17 "is the second size level, and 19" is the first size level.

Step S7042, determining a second number according to a first difference between the number of layers of the transport mechanism 22 and the first number.

Wherein the first number is the number of the first size classes, and the first difference is at least 1.

Specifically, when each first size class corresponds to one layer of the transport mechanism 22, the second number is the number of layers remaining after the transport mechanism 22 removes the layers corresponding to the first size class.

Step S7043, determining at least one combined size level according to the second number and the number of the second size levels.

Wherein the combined size category is comprised of at least two of the second size categories.

For example, assuming that the second number is 2 and the number of the second size ranks is 3, two second size ranks having a smaller number among the 3 size ranks may be determined as one combined size rank, and the remaining 1 second size rank may not need to be combined.

Step S705, for each combined size grade, determining at least two transport widths of a first preset layer corresponding to the combined size grade of the transport mechanism according to each size grade corresponding to the combined size grade.

And the goods matched with the first preset layer width are the goods corresponding to the corresponding combined size grade.

Specifically, since the combined size class includes at least two size classes, the layer of the transfer mechanism 22 corresponding to the combined size class needs to transport at least two sizes of goods, etc., and the transport width thereof is at least two.

Further, in order to reduce the number of times of width adjustment of the conveyance mechanism 22, the cargoes of the respective size classes corresponding to the combination size class may be sequentially conveyed in the set conveyance order for each combination size class. That is, when each cargo of the previous size class of the combined size class is transported, the transportation of each cargo of the next size class is performed. In particular, larger size grades may be shipped first.

Step S706, for each of the size classes except the combined size class, determining at least one second preset layer of the transport mechanism corresponding to the size class.

Step S707, for each of the size grades except the combined size grade, determining a transport width of at least one second preset level according to the size grade.

Step S708, the goods with the matched width are transported through each layer of the conveying mechanism.

In this embodiment, for the case that the size grades are greater than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22, based on the number of goods corresponding to each size grade, the difference between the number of layers of the conveying mechanism 22 and the number of size grades, and other factors, each combined size grade is determined comprehensively to combine the size grades with a smaller number of goods, so that uniform number of goods can be conveyed for each layer of the conveying mechanism 22, and the conveying efficiency of the goods conveying order is further improved.

Fig. 38 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, where the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment may be executed by the fluent shelf 2, and as shown in fig. 38, the cargo transportation method includes the following steps:

in step S901, the goods are transported in the conveying direction based on the fluent pallet 2.

The conveying direction may be a first direction or a second direction, where the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions, the first direction is a direction corresponding to the loading of the transfer robot 1, and the second direction is a direction corresponding to the unloading of the transfer robot 1.

As can be seen from fig. 8 and 9, the fluent shelf 2 includes a support 21, a conveying mechanism 22 disposed on the support 21, and a correcting device 27, and the positions and the connection relationships of the various components are described in detail in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 8 and 9, and are not described again here.

Specifically, goods are transported in the conveying direction based on the fluent goods shelf 2, including: the transport mechanism 22 based on the fluent shelf 2 transports the individual goods in either the first direction or the second direction.

Further, the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent goods shelf 2 can be multi-layer, the conveying direction of each layer can be different, each layer can transport a plurality of goods, and the preset safety distance is kept between the adjacent goods. Accordingly, the transportation of goods in the conveying direction based on the fluent pallet 2 includes:

each of the goods corresponding to each layer is transported in the conveying direction corresponding to each layer based on each layer of the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent rack 2.

Optionally, the transfer mechanism 22 comprises a rolling transfer member 23, the rolling transfer member 23 having an outer contoured surface for rolling contact with the goods. Accordingly, the transportation of goods in the conveying direction based on the fluent pallet 2 includes: the goods are transported in the conveying direction in such a way that the rolling conveyor 23 rotates about its own axis of rotation.

In step S902, when the goods on the conveying mechanism 22 of the fluent shelf 2 are transported to the preset area, the position of the goods is corrected based on the correcting device 27.

The preset area may be a working area corresponding to the calibration device. The position correction may be to adjust the cargo to a centered state, or may be to adjust the orientation or pose of the cargo to a default orientation or pose.

Specifically, the calibration device 27 can also move within the preset area to calibrate the position of the cargo within the preset area. The plurality of correction devices 27 may be provided at regular intervals in the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 22.

Specifically, a cargo detection sensor is provided in the preset area to detect whether or not cargo exists in the preset area, and when the cargo exists, the cargo is subjected to position correction based on the correction device 27.

Alternatively, as can be seen from fig. 8 and 9, the correcting device 27 includes two clamping structures 271 located at two sides of the conveying direction and arranged oppositely. Correspondingly, the position correction is carried out on the cargo, and the method comprises the following steps: based on the two clamping structures 271, the goods are clamped according to a preset mode so as to be centered in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

Optionally, the clamping structure 271 is an arc structure or a straight plate structure.

Further, when the number of the goods being transported on a certain floor of the transport mechanism 22 exceeds a preset value, the transport mechanism 22 is controlled to stop the transport of the floor, and further, the position of each goods on the floor is corrected by the correction device 27, and after the correction is completed, the floor of the transport mechanism 22 is controlled to continue to transport the corresponding goods in the corresponding transport direction.

Optionally, the position correction of the cargo includes: acquiring the position information of the goods; and correcting the position of the cargo according to the position information.

Specifically, the position information of the preset point of the cargo can be obtained based on the image sensor. The preset points can be the central point of the goods, the central point of the upper surface, four vertexes corresponding to the upper surface and the like, and the image sensor can be a camera, a 2D camera, a 3D camera or other image sensors.

Specifically, by collecting real-time position information of the cargo, it is determined whether the cargo is in an offset state based on the position information, and if so, the position of the cargo is corrected based on the correcting device 27.

Through the detection to the real-time position of goods, avoided rectifying the goods that do not take place the skew, reduced the correction cost.

According to the cargo transportation method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, for the condition of cargo transportation based on the fluent goods shelf, when the cargo on the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf is transported to the preset area, the position of the cargo is corrected through the correcting device arranged on the fluent goods shelf, so that the position correction of the cargo in transportation is realized, and the safety of the cargo transportation is improved.

Fig. 39 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, in this embodiment, on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 38, step S902 is further detailed, and a step of controlling the transportation mechanism 22 to stop transportation is added before step S902, as shown in fig. 39, the cargo transportation method according to this embodiment includes the following steps:

in step S1001, the goods are transported in the conveying direction on the basis of the fluent shelf 22.

In step S1002, the number of the goods being transported per floor of the transport mechanism 2 is determined.

Specifically, the number of the goods being transported per layer may be recorded at both ends of the transport mechanism 2 in the transport direction.

Step S1003, for each layer of the conveying mechanism 22, if the number of the goods in the preset area on the current layer is greater than 1, controlling the rolling conveying member 23 corresponding to the current layer to stop rotating.

Specifically, when the rolling conveyor 23 stops rotating, the transportation of the respective goods on the current floor is stopped.

Step S1004, for each cargo on each current floor, controlling the two clamping structures 271 to perform relative movement from respective default positions until the cargo is clamped, so that the cargo is centered in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

Step S1005, after the goods are clamped for the preset time, controlling the two clamping structures to move to default positions.

In this embodiment, when the quantity of the goods of the current layer transportation of transport mechanism 22 is a plurality of, then control the rolling conveying piece 23 stall that the current layer corresponds, in order to suspend the transportation of current layer goods, and control two clamping structure 271 and carry out the centre gripping correction to each goods of current layer, thereby realize the correction of centering of each goods of current layer, after the correction finishes, the current layer continues carrying out freight, when the goods of a certain layer transportation is a plurality of, pause freight, rectify each goods, the security that has improved the calibration process and the degree of accuracy of correction.

Fig. 40 is a schematic structural view of a cargo transporter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 40, the cargo transporter includes: a first size acquisition module 1110, a first hierarchy determination module 1120, and a first cargo transport module 1130.

The first size obtaining module 1110 is configured to obtain size information of the cargo; a first level determining module 1120, configured to determine, according to the size information, a target level of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the cargo; a first cargo transport module 1130 for transporting the cargo through the destination floor of the transport mechanism.

Optionally, the transfer device still includes goods lifting component, goods access & exit of goods lifting component with one end butt joint of transport mechanism, the device still includes: and the target layer carrying module is used for carrying the goods to the target layer of the conveying mechanism based on the goods lifting assembly after determining the target layer of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the goods according to the size information.

Optionally, the first size obtaining module 1110 is specifically configured to: and acquiring the size information of the goods based on a first scanning piece arranged on the goods lifting assembly.

Optionally, the transfer device further includes a conveying line assembly, the conveying line assembly is butted to an end of the cargo lifting assembly far away from the cargo entrance, so as to transport the cargo to the cargo lifting assembly, and the first size obtaining module 1110 is specifically configured to: and acquiring the size information of the goods based on a first scanning piece arranged on the conveying line assembly.

Optionally, the first cargo transport module 1130 includes: a direction determining unit for determining a transfer direction of the goods; an adjusting unit for adjusting the transport mechanism or a target layer of the transport mechanism based on the transport direction; a first transport unit for transporting the goods through a target layer of the transfer mechanism.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes an adjusting mechanism, and the adjusting unit is specifically configured to: and determining the inclination angle of each layer of the conveying mechanism through the adjusting mechanism based on the conveying direction so as to generate a component force along the conveying direction for the goods on the target layer of the conveying mechanism. Accordingly, the first cargo transportation module 1130 is specifically configured to: transporting the cargo through the target floor of the inclined transport mechanism.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes a first conveying part and a second conveying part, and the adjusting unit is specifically configured to: and adjusting a second conveying part of the conveying mechanism based on the conveying direction, so that the height of the second conveying part is larger than that of the first conveying part, and the second conveying part forms an inclined slope surface.

Accordingly, the first cargo transportation module 1130 is specifically configured to: and transporting the goods through an inclined slope surface formed by the second conveying part corresponding to the target layer and a horizontal plane formed by the first conveying part.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes a rolling conveying member, and the adjusting unit is specifically configured to: and determining a rotation mode of the rolling conveying member or the target layer corresponding rolling conveying member based on the conveying direction, so that the rolling conveying member or the target layer corresponding rolling conveying member rotates around a rotation axis of the rolling conveying member or the target layer corresponding rolling conveying member in the rotation mode.

The cargo transportation device provided by the embodiment can execute the cargo transportation method provided by any embodiment corresponding to fig. 31 to 33 of the present disclosure, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.

Fig. 41 is a view illustrating a cargo-moving device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 41, the cargo-moving device includes: an order acquisition module 1210 and a transport width determination module 1220.

The order obtaining module 1210 is configured to obtain a cargo transportation order; the transportation width determining module 1220 is configured to determine the transportation width of each layer of the transportation mechanism of the fluent shelf according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order, so as to transport each cargo with a width matched with that of each layer of the transportation mechanism.

Optionally, the transportation width determining module 1220 includes: the size grade determining unit is used for determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order; and the transportation width determining unit is used for determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade.

Optionally, when the number of size classes is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the transport width determining unit is specifically configured to: acquiring the quantity of goods corresponding to each size grade; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, the quantity of the size grades, the total quantity of the goods in the goods transportation order and the layer number of the conveying mechanism.

Optionally, when the number of size classes is greater than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the transport width determining unit includes: a combined grade determining subunit, configured to determine at least one combined dimension grade according to the number of the goods corresponding to each dimension grade, where the combined dimension grade is composed of at least two dimension grades, and the combined dimension grade corresponds to a first preset layer of the conveying mechanism; the combined width determining subunit is configured to determine, for each combined size class, at least two transportation widths of a first preset layer corresponding to the combined size class of the conveying mechanism according to each size class corresponding to the combined size class, where the goods matched with the width of the first preset layer are the goods corresponding to the combined size class.

Optionally, when the number of the goods corresponding to the size class is greater than a preset value, the apparatus further includes: and the second preset layer determining module is used for determining at least one second preset layer of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the size grade aiming at each size grade except the combined size grade. Correspondingly, the transport width determination unit is further configured to: determining, for the size classes other than the combined size class, a transport width of at least one second preset level according to the size classes.

Optionally, the size level determining unit is specifically configured to: dividing each size grade into a first size grade and a second size grade according to a first ratio of the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade to a preset number, wherein the preset number is the ratio of the total number of the goods in the goods transportation order to the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the ratio corresponding to the first size grade is greater than or equal to 1, and the ratio corresponding to the second size grade is less than 1; determining a second number according to a first difference value between the number of layers of the conveying mechanism and the first number, wherein the first number is the number of the first size grades, and the first difference value is at least 1; determining at least one combined size level according to the second number and the number of the second size levels, wherein the combined size level is composed of at least two second size levels.

Optionally, the fluent shelf further includes a limiting component, and the apparatus further includes: and the conveying mechanism adjusting module is used for determining the limiting parameters of the limiting assembly according to the conveying width of each layer of the conveying mechanism after the conveying width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is determined, so as to adjust the conveying width of each layer of the conveying mechanism based on the limiting parameters.

Optionally, each layer of the conveying mechanism is provided with at least one limiting component, each limiting component includes two limiting parts, the two limiting parts are respectively located at two sides of the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism, and the conveying mechanism adjusting module is specifically configured to:

after the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is determined, the distance between the two limiting parts of at least one limiting assembly corresponding to each layer is determined according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism, and the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is adjusted based on the distance between the two limiting parts.

Optionally, the order obtaining module 1210 is specifically configured to: and according to a preset time interval, obtaining each first goods order corresponding to the preset time interval.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the second goods transportation module is used for transporting goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to the corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent shelf based on the carrying robot after the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent shelf is determined; or, transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a goods lifting assembly, wherein a goods entrance and exit of the goods lifting assembly is in butt joint with one end of the conveying mechanism; or, transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of the transport mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a transport line assembly and a goods lifting assembly, wherein the transport line assembly is in butt joint with one end, far away from the goods entrance and exit, of the goods lifting assembly.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the target layer determining module is used for acquiring second size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order based on the scanning piece after the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism is adjusted based on the limiting parameters; and for each cargo, determining a target layer of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the cargo according to the second size information of the cargo, so as to transport the cargo based on the target layer of the conveying mechanism.

The cargo transportation device provided by the embodiment can execute the cargo transportation method provided by any embodiment corresponding to fig. 34 to 37 of the present disclosure, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.

Fig. 42 is a schematic structural view of a cargo transporter according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 42, the cargo transporter includes: a cargo transport module 1310 and a cargo correction module 1320.

Wherein the goods transportation module 1310 is configured to transport goods in a transport direction based on fluent shelves; a cargo correcting module 1320, configured to correct a position of the cargo when the cargo on the conveying mechanism of the fluent rack is transported to a preset area.

Optionally, the correcting device includes two clamping structures located at two sides of the conveying direction and arranged oppositely, and the cargo correcting module 1320 is specifically configured to: based on the two clamping structures, the goods are clamped according to a preset mode so as to enable the goods to be centered in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. Optionally, the clamping structure is an arc structure or a straight plate structure.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes a rolling conveyor having an outer contour surface in rolling contact with the cargo, and the cargo transportation module 1310 is specifically configured to: transporting the goods in the conveying direction based on the way the rolling conveyor rotates around its own axis of rotation.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism is a plurality of layers, and the apparatus further includes: a transfer pause module for determining the number of goods being transported per layer of the transfer mechanism prior to position correction of the goods; and aiming at each layer of the conveying mechanism, if the number of the goods in the preset area on the current layer is more than 1, controlling the rolling conveying piece corresponding to the current layer to stop rotating so as to correct the position of each goods on the current layer.

Optionally, the cargo calibration module 1320 is specifically configured to: controlling the two clamping structures to move relatively from respective default positions until the goods are clamped; and after the goods are clamped for the preset time, controlling the two clamping structures to move to default positions.

Optionally, the cargo calibration module 1320 is specifically configured to: acquiring the position information of the goods; and correcting the position of the cargo according to the position information.

The cargo transportation device provided by the embodiment can execute the cargo transportation method provided by any embodiment corresponding to fig. 9 to fig. 10 of the present disclosure, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.

Fig. 43 is a schematic structural diagram of a fluent shelf provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 43, the fluent shelf 2 includes a conveying mechanism 22 and a second master control unit 1410.

The second master control unit 1410 is used in the freight transportation method provided in the embodiments corresponding to fig. 34 to 37 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 44 is a schematic structural view of a fluent shelf provided in another embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 44, the fluent shelf 2 includes a conveying mechanism 22 and a third master control unit 1510.

The third main control unit 1510 is used in the freight transportation method provided in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 38 to 39 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 45 is a schematic structural view illustrating a transfer device for transferring goods during loading or unloading in a warehousing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 45, the transfer device 100 includes a fluent shelf 2 and a first main control unit 1610.

The first master control unit 1610 is configured to generate a control signal to implement the cargo transportation method provided in the embodiments corresponding to fig. 31 to 33 of the present disclosure based on the control signal and the fluent shelf 2.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a transfer device, and the cargo lifting assembly 3 and the transfer device comprise the fluent goods shelf provided by the embodiment shown in fig. 43 or fig. 44 of the present disclosure.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a warehousing system, which includes a warehousing shelf and the transfer device 100 provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure or the fluent shelf 2 provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 46 is a schematic diagram of a warehousing system according to an embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 46, the warehousing system including a fluent shelf 2 and at least one processor 1710, the fluent shelf 2 including a multi-level conveying mechanism 22; the at least one processor 1710 is configured to execute the cargo transportation method provided by any of the embodiments of the present disclosure corresponding to fig. 34-37.

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the cargo transportation method provided in any one of the embodiments corresponding to fig. 31 to 39 of the present disclosure.

The computer readable storage medium may be, among others, ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

The present disclosure also provides a program product comprising executable instructions stored in a readable storage medium. The at least one processor of the warehousing system, the fluent shelf or the transit device may read the execution instructions from the readable storage medium, and the at least one processor executes the execution instructions to cause the cargo transportation device to implement the cargo transportation method provided in any one of the embodiments corresponding to fig. 31 to 39 of the present disclosure.

In the several embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of modules may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The modules described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as modules may or may not be physical units, may be located in one position, or may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment.

In addition, functional modules in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each module may exist alone physically, or two or more modules are integrated into one unit. The unit formed by the modules can be realized in a hardware form, and can also be realized in a form of hardware and a software functional unit.

The integrated module implemented in the form of a software functional module may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The software functional module is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor (in english: processor) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

It should be understood that the Processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the present invention may be embodied directly in a hardware processor, or in a combination of hardware and software modules.

The memory may comprise a high speed RAM memory, and may further comprise a non-volatile storage NVM, such as at least one magnetic disk memory, and may also be a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, or the like.

The bus may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (enhanced Industry Standard Architecture) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, the buses in the figures of the present disclosure are not limited to only one bus or one type of bus.

The storage medium may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). Of course, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in an electronic device or host device.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or a portion of the steps of implementing the above-described method embodiments may be performed by hardware associated with program instructions. The foregoing program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When executed, the program performs steps comprising the method embodiments described above; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks.

In the present specification, each embodiment or implementation mode is described in a progressive manner, and the emphasis of each embodiment is on the difference from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts between the embodiments may be referred to each other.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "illustrative embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present disclosure, and not for limiting the same; although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method of transporting cargo, the method comprising:

acquiring a cargo transportation order;

determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order;

determining the transportation width of each layer of a conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf according to each size grade so as to transport goods with the width matched with each layer of the conveying mechanism;

when the number of the size grades is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, determining the conveying width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring the quantity of goods corresponding to each size grade;

and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, the quantity of the size grades, the total quantity of the goods in the goods transportation order and the layer number of the conveying mechanism.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism according to each size class when the number of size classes is greater than the number of layers of the transport mechanism comprises:

determining at least one combined size grade according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, wherein the combined size grade consists of at least two size grades, and the combined size grade corresponds to a first preset layer of the conveying mechanism;

and for each combined size grade, determining at least two transportation widths of a first preset layer corresponding to the combined size grade of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade corresponding to the combined size grade, wherein the goods matched with the width of the first preset layer are the goods corresponding to the corresponding combined size grade.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the number of items corresponding to the size class is greater than a preset value, the method further comprises:

determining, for each of the size classes other than the combined size class, at least one second preset level of the transport mechanism to which the size class corresponds;

determining the transport width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade, wherein the transport width comprises the following steps:

determining, for the size classes other than the combined size class, a transport width of at least one second preset layer according to the size classes.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining at least one combined size scale based on the quantity of goods corresponding to each size scale comprises:

dividing each size grade into a first size grade and a second size grade according to a first ratio of the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade to a preset number, wherein the preset number is the ratio of the total number of the goods in the goods transportation order to the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the ratio corresponding to the first size grade is greater than or equal to 1, and the ratio corresponding to the second size grade is less than 1;

determining a second number according to a first difference value between the number of layers of the conveying mechanism and the first number, wherein the first number is the number of the first size grades, and the first difference value is at least 1;

determining at least one combined size level according to the second number and the number of the second size levels, wherein the combined size level is composed of at least two second size levels.

5. The method of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the fluent shelf further comprises a stop assembly, and after determining the transport width of each layer of the conveyor mechanism, the method further comprises:

and determining the limiting parameters of the limiting assembly according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism so as to adjust the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism based on the limiting parameters.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein at least one of said limiting assemblies is provided for each layer of said conveying mechanism, each of said limiting assemblies comprising two limiting members, said two limiting members being located on either side of the corresponding layer of said conveying mechanism, and wherein determining limiting parameters of said limiting assemblies based on the transport width of each layer of said conveying mechanism comprises:

and determining the distance between the two limiting parts of at least one limiting component corresponding to each layer according to the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism.

7. The method of any one of claims 1-5, wherein obtaining a cargo shipment order comprises:

obtaining each first goods order;

and determining each goods transportation order according to the quantity of the first goods orders and the quantity of the goods corresponding to each first goods order, wherein the goods transportation orders comprise one or more first goods orders.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining each first goods order comprises:

and according to a preset time interval, obtaining each first goods order corresponding to the preset time interval.

9. The method of any one of claims 1-4, wherein after determining the transport width of the layers of the transport mechanism of the fluent shelf, the method further comprises:

transporting goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of a conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf on the basis of a carrying robot; or the like, or, alternatively,

transporting goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of a conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf on the basis of a goods lifting assembly, wherein a goods inlet and outlet of the goods lifting assembly is in butt joint with one end of the conveying mechanism; or the like, or, alternatively,

and transporting the goods corresponding to each goods transportation order to a corresponding layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf based on a conveying line assembly and a goods lifting assembly, wherein the conveying line assembly is in butt joint with one end, far away from the goods entrance and exit, of the goods lifting assembly.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein after adjusting the transport width of each layer of the transport mechanism based on the spacing parameter, the method further comprises:

acquiring second size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order based on the scanning piece;

and for each cargo, determining a target layer of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the cargo according to the second size information of the cargo, so as to transport the cargo based on the target layer of the conveying mechanism.

11. A cargo conveyance device, characterized in that the device comprises:

the order acquisition module is used for acquiring a cargo transportation order;

the transportation width determining module is used for determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism of the fluent goods shelf according to the size information of each goods in the goods transportation order so as to transport each goods with the width matched with each other through each layer of the conveying mechanism;

the transport width determination module includes: a size grade determining unit and a transport width determining unit;

the size grade determining unit is used for determining each size grade according to the size information of each cargo in the cargo transportation order;

the transportation width determining unit is used for determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to each size grade;

when the number of the size grades is smaller than the number of layers of the conveying mechanism, the size grade determining unit is specifically configured to obtain the number of the goods corresponding to each size grade; and determining the transportation width of each layer of the conveying mechanism according to the quantity of the goods corresponding to each size grade, the quantity of the size grades, the total quantity of the goods in the goods transportation order and the layer number of the conveying mechanism.

12. A fluent goods shelf is characterized by comprising a conveying mechanism and a second main control unit;

wherein the transport mechanism comprises a plurality of layers;

the second master control unit is configured to perform the cargo transportation method of any one of claims 1-8.

13. A warehousing system comprising a warehousing rack and the fluent rack of claim 12.

14. A warehousing system comprising a fluent shelf and at least one processor;

wherein the fluent shelf includes a multi-tier transport mechanism;

the at least one processor is configured to perform the method of cargo transportation of any of claims 1-10.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement a method of transporting goods as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.

16. A computer program product, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the method of transporting goods according to any one of claims 1-10.