CN114418509A - Goods picking method, controller, system and storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a goods picking method, a controller, a system and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of storage goods picking. The picking method comprises the steps of issuing first picking task information to a workstation, and determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf, and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back the first target shelf to be stopped during carrying; and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the order picking operation of the simple order and the order picking operation of the first order picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived. The invention avoids the need of distributing simple orders for picking the same goods shelf to a plurality of workstations, and improves the processing efficiency of the simple orders.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of warehousing goods picking, in particular to a goods picking method, a controller, a system and a storage medium.
Background
In the prior art, picking tasks are distributed to different workstations. Then a simple order that may need to be picked from the same shelf may be distributed to multiple workstations, which may result in inefficient processing of the simple order.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a goods picking method, a controller, a system and a storage medium, and aims to solve the technical problem of low processing efficiency of simple orders.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a picking method for a controller of a picking system, the method comprising:
issuing first order picking task information to a workstation, wherein the first order picking task information comprises at least one complex order;
determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon;
controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back a first target shelf to be stopped being carried;
and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
Optionally, before the step of issuing the first picking task information to the workstation while the workstation is in the working state so that the workstation picks the goods based on the first picking task information, the method further comprises:
obtaining a plurality of orders, and screening out complex orders in the orders;
generating at least one first picking task information based on the complex order.
Optionally, after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the target shelf to be arrived, the method further includes:
judging whether the departure information of the first target shelf sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received or not;
if the departure information is received, receiving a first target shelf which is newly conveyed to be arrived at the station and fed back by the unmanned conveying vehicle;
and updating the first target shelf to be arrived based on the new first target shelf to be arrived, returning to execute the commodity information based on at least one first target shelf to be arrived, determining at least one simple order, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation executes the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
Optionally, after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived at the station and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived at the station, the method further includes:
judging whether arrival information of the first target shelf waiting for arrival, which is sent by the unmanned transport vehicle, is received;
and if the arrival information sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received, stopping issuing the simple order to the workstation.
Optionally, after the step of stopping issuing the simple order to the workstation if the arrival information sent by the automated guided vehicle is received, the method includes:
judging whether the departure information of the first target shelf sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received or not;
if the departure information is received, controlling the unmanned transport vehicle to transport the first target shelf to be arrived to the workstation; and returning to execute the steps: and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
Optionally, after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived at the station and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived at the station, the method further includes:
judging whether the current time is preset bottom holding time or not;
if the current time is the preset bottom-holding time, acquiring simple orders which are not issued;
determining at least one second target shelf based on the simple orders which are not issued, wherein commodities which are related to the simple orders which are not issued are placed on the second target shelf;
controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one second target shelf, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the undelivered simple order based on the second target shelf.
Optionally, the step of determining at least one second target shelf based on the undelivered simple order includes:
generating at least one second picking task information based on the simple orders which are not issued, and issuing the second picking task information to a workstation;
determining at least one second target shelf based on the second picking task information, wherein the second target shelf is provided with goods related to the second picking task information;
after the step of controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to transport at least one second target shelf to cause the workstation to perform a picking operation of the undelivered simple order based on the second target shelf, the method further comprises:
and updating the simple orders which are not issued based on the second picking task information, returning to execute the simple orders which are not issued, generating at least one second picking task information, and issuing the second picking task information to a workstation.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a controller of a picking system, the controller comprising: a memory, a processor and a picking program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the picking program when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the picking method as described above.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a picking system, including: at least one automated guided vehicle, at least one workstation, and a controller as previously described coupled to the automated guided vehicle and the workstation, respectively.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, which stores a picking program, wherein the picking program implements the steps of the picking method when executed by a processor.
The picking method, the controller, the system and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention issue first picking task information to a workstation, wherein the first picking task information comprises at least one complex order; determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon; controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back a first target shelf to be stopped being carried; and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
Therefore, the complex orders are issued to the workstations, the at least one first target shelf related to the commodity information in the complex orders is determined according to the commodity information in the complex orders, the at least one first target shelf of the unmanned transport vehicle is controlled to carry, the simple orders related to the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived are sent to the workstations according to the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived fed back by the unmanned transport vehicle, so that the workstations pick the goods based on the sequentially issued complex orders and the simple orders, the simple orders needing to be picked on the same shelf are prevented from being distributed to the multiple workstations, and the processing efficiency of the simple orders is improved.
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It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
The main solution of the embodiment of the invention is as follows: issuing first order picking task information to a workstation, wherein the first order picking task information comprises at least one complex order; determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon; controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back a first target shelf to be stopped being carried; and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
Since the prior art combines complex orders with simple orders to generate picking tasks, which are then distributed to different workstations. Then a simple order that may need to be picked from the same shelf may be distributed to multiple workstations, which may result in inefficient processing of the simple order.
The invention provides a solution, which is characterized in that a complex order is issued to a workstation, at least one first target shelf associated with commodity information in the complex order is determined according to the commodity information in the complex order, at least one first target shelf of an unmanned transport vehicle is controlled to carry, and a simple order associated with the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived at is sent to the workstation according to the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived at fed back by the unmanned transport vehicle, so that the workstation can pick the commodity based on the complex order and the simple order issued in sequence, the simple order needing to pick the commodity on the same shelf is prevented from being distributed to a plurality of workstations, and the processing efficiency of the simple order is improved.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of the picking system of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the system may include a controller 11, a network 12, a workstation 13, a network 14, and an automated guided vehicle 15.
The controller 11 may be a physical PC server, a virtual server hosted by a host cluster, or even an embedded server. During operation, the controller 11 may run a pick-up program to implement the relevant steps of the method.
The network 12 may include various types of wired or wireless networks. In one embodiment, the Network 12 may include the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the Internet. In another embodiment, the network 12 may also include a WIreless-FIdelity (WIFI) network. The workstation 13 may interact with the controller 11 via the network 12.
The workstation 13 may include electronic devices of the type such as: smart phones, tablet devices, notebook computers, palm tops (PDAs), etc., to which one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited. During operation, the workstation 13 can receive the simple order and the complex order issued by the controller and perform picking operation based on the simple order and the complex order, respectively.
The automated guided vehicle 15 may include various types of automated guided vehicles. In one embodiment, the automated guided vehicle may be an AGV. In the operation process, the automated guided vehicle 15 may receive a related instruction issued by the controller, and perform a conveying operation on the target shelf.
Based on the above system embodiment, referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a controller according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 2, the controller may include: a processor 1001, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a communication bus 1002, a user interface 1003, a network interface 1004, and a memory 1005. Wherein a communication bus 1002 is used to enable connective communication between these components. The user interface 1003 may include a Display screen (Display), an input unit such as a Keyboard (Keyboard), and the optional user interface 1003 may also include a standard wired interface, a wireless interface. The network interface 1004 may optionally include a standard wired interface, a WIreless interface (e.g., a WIreless-FIdelity (WI-FI) interface). The Memory 1005 may be a Random Access Memory (RAM) Memory, or may be a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM), such as a disk Memory. The memory 1005 may alternatively be a storage device separate from the processor 1001.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration shown in fig. 2 does not constitute a limitation of the controller, and may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components in combination, or a different arrangement of components.
As shown in fig. 2, the memory 1005, which is a storage medium, may include therein an operating system, a data storage module, a network communication module, a user interface module, and an electronic program.
In the controller shown in fig. 2, the network interface 1004 is mainly used for data communication with a network server; the user interface 1003 is mainly used for data interaction with a user; the processor 1001 and the memory 1005 in the controller of the present invention may be disposed in the controller, and the controller calls the picking program stored in the memory 1005 through the processor 1001 and executes the picking method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
Based on the above controller, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a first embodiment of the picking method of the present invention, the method includes:
step S11, sending the first order picking task information to the workstation;
the first picking task information comprises at least one complex order, the complex order can be an order comprising a plurality of different types of commodities, it needs to be explained that the different types of commodities correspond to different SKUs (product unified numbers), and if one order comprises a plurality of SKUs, the order is judged to be the complex order.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the controller may issue the first picking task information to the workstation through WIFI or a wired network.
Step S12, determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information;
wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon;
further, the first picking task information includes at least one complex order, each complex order may correspond to a plurality of SKUs, and each SKU corresponds to a shelf.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, at least one first target shelf including the SKU is determined by the SKU of the corresponding item in the first picking task information.
Step S13, controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf, and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back the first target shelf waiting for arrival being carried;
wherein, the automated guided vehicle can be an AGV.
Specifically, the controller transmits the position information of the first target shelf to the automated guided vehicle so that the automated guided vehicle carries the shelf corresponding to the position information according to the position information. It will be appreciated that in actual operation there may be an empty vehicle performing other handling tasks and as an alternative the controller controls at least one empty vehicle to handle at least one first target shelf.
Further, in actual work, there may be a case where position information of a plurality of first target racks is transmitted to the same automated guided vehicle, and in order to avoid misjudgment of the rack being transported, as an optional embodiment, a two-dimensional code is provided on the rack, and the automated guided vehicle determines the first target rack being transported by scanning the two-dimensional code and feeds back the first target rack waiting for arrival being transported.
Further, the controller may also transmit, to the automated guided vehicle, workstation information corresponding to the first target shelf to be brought to the station, so that the automated guided vehicle can carry the first target shelf to be brought to the station to the corresponding workstation.
Step S14, determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
The method comprises the steps that a plurality of types of commodities are placed on a first target shelf, each type of commodity corresponds to one SKU, simple orders comprising the SKUs are back-checked to a simple order pool through the SKUs related to the first target shelf, and the simple orders are issued to a workstation.
Further, after the automated guided vehicle transports the first target shelf to the corresponding workstation, the staff or the picking robot in the workstation starts picking according to the first picking task and the simple order.
In the embodiment, the order picking method comprises the steps of issuing first order picking task information to a workstation, wherein the first order picking task information comprises at least one complex order; determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon; controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back a first target shelf to be stopped being carried; and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
The invention provides a solution, which is characterized in that a complex order is issued to a workstation, at least one first target shelf associated with commodity information in the complex order is determined according to the commodity information in the complex order, at least one first target shelf of an unmanned transport vehicle is controlled to carry, and a simple order associated with the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived is sent to the workstation according to the commodity information on the first target shelf to be arrived fed back by the unmanned transport vehicle, so that the workstation can pick the commodity based on the complex order and the simple order issued in sequence, the simple order needing to pick the same shelf is prevented from being distributed to a plurality of workstations, and the processing efficiency of the simple order is improved.
Based on the first embodiment of the picking method, the second embodiment of the picking method of the application is proposed, in the practical work, the order pool comprises the complex orders and the simple orders, and in order to avoid mixing the simple orders and the complex orders to generate the task when generating the picking task, as an alternative embodiment,
before step 11, the method further comprises:
step S101, a plurality of orders are obtained, and complex orders in the orders are screened out;
in the embodiment, the complex order is separated from the simple order by acquiring a plurality of orders, judging whether a plurality of SKUs exist in order information of each order, determining that the order is the complex order if the plurality of SKUs exist, placing the complex order into the complex order pool, determining that the order is the simple order if the plurality of SKUs do not exist, and placing the simple order into the simple order pool, so that the accuracy of task generation is improved.
And step S102, generating at least one first picking task information based on the complex order.
Specifically, a plurality of complex orders are packaged according to a preset number to generate a first picking task from the complex order pool, and task information corresponding to the first picking task is obtained, for example, the preset number is 2000, and 2000 complex orders are packaged each time to generate a first picking task.
Based on the second embodiment of the picking method, a third embodiment of the picking method of the present application is proposed, and in this embodiment,
after step S14, the method further includes:
step S161 of determining whether the departure information of the first target shelf transmitted by the automated guided vehicle is received;
it will be appreciated that in order to increase the availability of the automated guided vehicle, as an alternative embodiment, after the automated guided vehicle has placed the first target shelf at the workstation, the automated guided vehicle leaves the workstation to a designated standby area to await the next handling task.
Further, after the picking task is completed by the workstation, the leaving request is sent to the controller, and specifically, the leaving request can be sent to the controller by the user clicking a corresponding option on the workstation console. And after receiving the station leaving request, the controller sends a station leaving instruction to the idle unmanned transport vehicle so that the unmanned transport vehicle moves the goods shelf from the work station to the corresponding work station.
Furthermore, a position two-dimensional code is arranged at a corresponding position on the ground of the goods shelf placing area, and after the unmanned transport vehicle runs to the corresponding position, whether the unmanned transport vehicle leaves the station or not is determined by scanning the position two-dimensional code. Specifically, after the departure request is received, after the two-dimensional code of the departure position is scanned, the shelf is determined to have departed from the departure position, and the departure information of the first target shelf is sent to the controller after the shelf is put down.
Step S162, if the departure information is received, receiving a first target shelf which is newly conveyed by the unmanned conveying vehicle and waits for arrival;
specifically, if the departure information is received, the position information of a new first target shelf is sent to the automated guided vehicle, the automated guided vehicle carries the new first target shelf based on the new position information, and the new first target shelf waiting for arrival is determined based on the two-dimensional code on the new first target shelf.
Step S163, and updating the first target shelf to be arrived at the station based on the new first target shelf to be arrived at the station, and the step S14 is executed in return.
Specifically, a first target shelf to be arrived at the station is updated, a simple order containing a SKU is back-checked to a simple order pool according to the updated SKU of the commodity on the first target shelf to be arrived at the station, and the simple order is issued to the workstation.
Based on the second embodiment of the picking method, the fourth embodiment of the picking method is provided, and due to the target goods station, after the station is entered, the staff will start picking, if the order is allowed to be issued at the time. There may be a hit that has just picked the SKU, again being newly issued. Therefore, for the sake of smooth and simple operation, as an alternative embodiment,
after step S14, the method further includes:
step S151 of determining whether arrival information of the first target shelf to be arrived transmitted by the automated guided vehicle is received;
specifically, the two-dimension code of arriving at the corresponding position of the workstation is pasted on the corresponding position of the workstation, the unmanned transport vehicle determines to arrive at the target workstation after scanning the two-dimension code, and the arriving information of the target shelf to be arrived at is sent to the controller. The controller determines that the target shelf has arrived by receiving arrival information of a first target shelf to arrive at a station.
And step S152, if the arrival information sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received, stopping issuing the simple order to the workstation.
Specifically, after the first target shelf to be arrived at the station arrives at the station, the simple order is stopped to be issued to the workstation.
Step S153, judging whether the departure information of the target shelf sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received;
it will be appreciated that in order to increase the availability of the automated guided vehicle, as an alternative embodiment, after the automated guided vehicle has placed the first target shelf at the workstation, the automated guided vehicle leaves the workstation to a designated standby area to await the next handling task.
Further, after the picking task is completed by the workstation, the leaving request is sent to the controller, and specifically, the leaving request can be sent to the controller by the user clicking a corresponding option on the workstation console. And after receiving the station leaving request, the controller sends a station leaving instruction to the idle unmanned transport vehicle so that the unmanned transport vehicle moves the goods shelf from the work station to the corresponding work station.
Furthermore, an off-station two-dimensional code is pasted on the corresponding ground position of the workstation, and when the off-station two-dimensional code is scanned in the process that the unmanned transport vehicle moves the goods shelf off the workstation, it is determined that the first target goods shelf is off the station.
Step S154, if the departure information is received, controlling the unmanned transport vehicle to transport the target shelf to be arrived to the workstation; and returns to execution of step S14.
Specifically, if the departure information is received, the uncompleted simple orders in the previously determined simple orders are continuously issued. And issuing a return instruction to the automated guided vehicle to enable the automated guided vehicle to move the first target shelf back to the workstation until all picking operations of the simple order are completed.
In the fifth embodiment of the picking method according to the present invention, in actual work, there is a case where the shelves corresponding to the products in the complex order are not all shelves, and in this case, it is not possible to pick the simple orders corresponding to the products on the missing shelves. To avoid this, as an alternative embodiment,
after step S14, the method further includes:
step S171, judging whether the current time is a preset bottom-trapping time;
specifically, the preset bottom-in time is a time set by the user to perform the bottom-in task every day, for example, 16 points per day.
Step S172, if the current time is the preset bottom pocket time, acquiring simple orders which are not issued;
specifically, if the current time is 16 points, the current time is determined to be the preset bottom-holding time, and at this time, the remaining orders in the simple order pool are the simple orders that are not issued.
Step S173, determining at least one second target shelf based on the undelivered simple order, wherein the second target shelf has commodities associated with the undelivered simple order;
specifically, at least one second target shelf comprising the SKU is determined by the SKU of the corresponding commodity in the undelivered simple order.
And step S174, controlling at least one unmanned transport vehicle to transport at least one second target shelf, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the undelivered simple order based on the second target shelf.
Further, the controller sends the simple orders which are not issued to the workstations, and after the first target goods shelf to be arrived at the corresponding workstation is transported to the corresponding workstation by the unmanned transport vehicle, the staff or the goods picking robot in the workstation starts to pick goods according to the simple orders which are not issued.
As an alternative embodiment: step S173 specifically includes:
step S1731, generating at least one second picking task information based on the undelivered simple order, and issuing the second picking task information to a workstation;
specifically, the remaining simple orders in the simple order pool are generated into at least one second picking task information according to the preset quantity. For example, if the predetermined number is 2000, then a second picking task is generated by grouping the orders in the simple order pool into 2000.
Step S1732, determining at least one second target shelf based on the second picking task information, wherein the second target shelf has goods associated with the second picking task information;
specifically, at least one second target shelf that includes the SKU is determined by the SKU for the corresponding item in the second pick-up task information.
After step S174, the method further comprises:
step S175, updating the undelivered simple order based on the second picking task information, and returning to execute step S173.
Specifically, the simple order pool is updated in real time according to the issued simple orders. And returning to execute the simple orders which are not issued, and determining at least one second target shelf. To avoid simple order misses.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores a picking program, wherein the picking program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the picking method according to the previous embodiment. Therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the beneficial effects of the same method are not described in detail. For technical details not disclosed in embodiments of the computer-readable storage medium referred to in the present application, reference is made to the description of embodiments of the method of the present application. It is determined that, by way of example, the program instructions may be deployed to be executed on one computing device or on multiple computing devices at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A method of picking a product, for use in a controller of a picking system, the method comprising:
issuing first order picking task information to a workstation, wherein the first order picking task information comprises at least one complex order;
determining at least one first target shelf based on the first picking task information; wherein the first target shelf has goods associated with the first pick task information placed thereon;
controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one first target shelf and controlling the automated guided vehicle to feed back a first target shelf to be stopped being carried;
and determining at least one simple order based on the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
2. The method of picking as claimed in claim 1, wherein before the step of issuing first picking task information to the workstation while the workstation is in the operating state to cause the workstation to pick based on the first picking task information, the method further comprises:
obtaining a plurality of orders, and screening out complex orders in the orders;
generating at least one first picking task information based on the complex order.
3. The method of picking according to claim 2, wherein after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the goods information of at least one target shelf to be arrived at and issuing the simple order to the workstation to cause the workstation to perform the picking operation of the simple order based on the target shelf to be arrived at and the picking operation of the first picking task information, the method further comprises:
judging whether the departure information of the first target shelf sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received or not;
if the departure information is received, receiving a first target shelf which is newly conveyed to be arrived at the station and fed back by the unmanned conveying vehicle;
and updating the first target shelf to be arrived based on the new first target shelf to be arrived, returning to execute the commodity information based on at least one first target shelf to be arrived, determining at least one simple order, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation executes the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived.
4. The method of picking according to claim 2, wherein after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the goods information of at least one first target shelf to be stopped and issuing the simple order to the workstation so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be stopped, the method further comprises:
judging whether arrival information of the first target shelf waiting for arrival, which is sent by the unmanned transport vehicle, is received;
and if the arrival information sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received, stopping issuing the simple order to the workstation.
5. The method of picking of claim 4, wherein after the step of stopping the issuance of the simple order to the workstation if the arrival information sent by the automated guided vehicle is received, the method comprises:
judging whether the station leaving information of the target shelf sent by the unmanned transport vehicle is received or not;
if the departure information is received, controlling the unmanned transport vehicle to transport the first target shelf to be arrived at the station to the work station, and returning to execute the steps: and determining at least one simple order according to the commodity information of at least one first target shelf to be arrived at the station, and issuing the simple order to the workstation, so that the workstation executes the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be arrived at the station.
6. The method of picking according to claim 2, wherein after the steps of determining at least one simple order based on the goods information of at least one first target shelf to be stopped and issuing the simple order to the workstation so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the simple order and the picking operation of the first picking task information based on the first target shelf to be stopped, the method further comprises:
judging whether the current time is preset bottom holding time or not;
if the current time is the preset bottom-holding time, acquiring simple orders which are not issued;
determining at least one second target shelf based on the simple orders which are not issued, wherein commodities which are related to the simple orders which are not issued are placed on the second target shelf;
controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to carry at least one second target shelf, so that the workstation performs the picking operation of the undelivered simple order based on the second target shelf.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining at least one second target shelf based on the undelivered simple order comprises:
generating at least one second picking task information based on the simple orders which are not issued, and issuing the second picking task information to a workstation;
determining at least one second target shelf based on the second picking task information, wherein the second target shelf is provided with goods related to the second picking task information;
after the step of controlling at least one automated guided vehicle to transport at least one second target shelf to cause the workstation to perform a picking operation of the undelivered simple order based on the second target shelf, the method further comprises:
and updating the simple orders which are not issued based on the second picking task information, returning to execute the simple orders which are not issued, generating at least one second picking task information, and issuing the second picking task information to a workstation.
8. A controller for a picking system, the controller comprising:
a memory, a processor and a picking program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the picking program when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the picking method according to any of claims 1-7.
9. A picking system, characterized in that the system comprises:
at least one automated guided vehicle, at least one workstation, and the controller of claim 8 coupled to the automated guided vehicle and the workstation, respectively.
10. A computer storage medium having a pick-up program stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of a pick-up method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.
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