JP3235196U - On-demand supply type unmanned logistics order processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-demand supply type unmanned physical distribution order processing system which can be realized without human intervention. An unmanned logistics order processing system 100 includes a storage facility 10, an automatic deployment module 20, an automatic picking module 30, an automatic sealing module 40, a plurality of transfer robots 51 and 52, and a computer device 60. include. The storage facility 10, the automated deployment module 20, the automated picking module 30, the automated sealing module 40 and the transport robots 51, 52 are all located on one or more floors in the space. After receiving the order data 61, the system 100 automatically provides a container corresponding to the product volume related to the order data 61 for picking and sealing, thereby effectively saving human power. Processing efficiency can be increased. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a physical distribution order processing system, and more particularly to an on-demand supply type unmanned physical distribution order processing system.

Cargo distribution is always an important issue in modern society. With the great development of online applications, online shopping has become an integral part of people's lives. Various types of online shopping platforms, mail-order models, and delivery services are appearing one after another.

In the logistics field, order processing is an important part of the overall business, and picking and tally account for a large proportion of the logistics business, with a large amount of cost allocated. Above all, the work of packing products into boxes for each order is one of the important tasks in logistics. In the conventional technology, a logistics company has set up a storage facility for stacking a large number of product containers, and when an order is received, the product container is selected and boxed based on the order.

In the case of a three-dimensional product container (for example, a carton), the volume is large, so a certain height and area are required for the storage facility, which not only costs a lot to secure a place, but also transports it in a warehouse. Sometimes there are some challenges.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, providing an on-demand supply type unmanned physical distribution order processing system, and automatically providing a container of a corresponding size packaging based on the order details. , Effectively increase packaging efficiency and save space required for storage.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an on-demand supply type unmanned physical distribution order processing system, which includes a plurality of movable sub-shelf for placing different types of goods and. Each relevant sub-shelf has a storage facility where multiple identical products are placed, and
The holding area includes a first output area, a deploying device located between the holding area and the first output area, and the holding area contains a first packaging material and a second packaging material having different sizes. The unfolding device expands one of the first packaging material and the second packaging material to obtain a container, and the selection of the first packaging material or the second packaging material is automatically unfolded based on the order data. Module and
An automatic sealing module including a receiving area, a second output area, and a sealing device located between the receiving area and the second output area.
An automatic picking module including a picking table and a plurality of picking robots provided on the picking table, and
A plurality of first transfer robots movably arranged between the automatic picking module and the storage facility, and movably arranged between the automatic picking module, the automatic deployment module, and the automatic picking module. The first transfer robot includes a plurality of second transfer robots, the subshelf selected from the storage facility based on the order data is moved to the automatic picking module, and the second transfer robot is the order data. Including a plurality of transfer robots that move the container selected from the automatic deployment module to the automatic picking module based on
The automatic picking module puts the product of the subshelf into the container based on the order data, and the second transfer robot moves the container after packing to the automatic sealing module.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides an on-demand supply type unmanned physical distribution order processing system 100 used in a space in a building or warehouse for processing physical distribution orders. Reference numeral 100 includes a storage facility 10, an automatic deployment module 20, an automatic picking module 30, an automatic sealing module 40, a plurality of transfer robots, and a computer device 60. In this embodiment, the storage facility 10, the automatic deployment module 20, the automatic picking module 30, the automatic sealing module 40, and the transfer robot are all located on one or more floors in the space, and each figure in the present specification is It can be seen as a schematic configuration diagram from above. After receiving the order data 61, the system 100 automatically provides a container corresponding to the product volume related to the order data 61 for picking and sealing, thereby effectively saving human power. Processing efficiency can be increased.

The picking side 30a and the picking side 30b are set in the automatic picking module 30, and in one example, the storage facility 10, the automatic deployment module 20, and the automatic sealing module 40 are arranged according to the collection side 30a and the picking side 30b, and the storage facility. 10 is provided near the pickup side 30a of the automatic picking module 30, and the automatic deployment module 20 and the automatic sealing module 40 are provided near the picking side 30b of the automatic picking module 30.

At least one shelf 11, 12, 13 is placed in the storage facility 10, and a plurality of sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 are held in each of the shelves 11, 12, and 13, respectively, and each of the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 has a plurality of sub-shelf 111, 121, 131. A plurality of the same products are placed in each, and as shown in the figure, A represents a product A, B represents a product B, C represents a product C, and if the sub-shelf 111, 121, and 131 are moved, the shelf 11 , 12, 13 can be separated from each other, and each of the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 has an identification symbol (for example, a QR code) corresponding to the type of the product. In this example, only the sub-shelf 111 is held on the shelf 11, only the product A is placed on the sub-shelf 111 (the same applies to the shelves 12 and 13), or a plurality of different products are placed on the shelf 11. The sub-shelf is held, and for example, the shelf 11 holds a sub-shelf on which the product A is placed, a sub-shelf on which the product B is placed, a sub-shelf on which the product C is placed, and the like.

The automatic deployment module 20 includes a holding region 21, a first output region 22, and a deploying device 23, which is located between the holding region 21 and the first output region 22 and contains unmolded packaging material. Unfold it to form a three-dimensional container and output it. In the next embodiment, a carton will be described as an example of the container, and the packaging material is a sheet-shaped paper material not formed into the carton.

The automatic picking module 30 includes a picking table 31 and a plurality of picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, and the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d are prepared for a later shipping procedure, and the picking side is based on the order data 61. The product from the storage facility 10 placed in 30a is transported to the picking side 30b. In one embodiment, the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d are robot arms fixed in parallel to the picking table 31.

The automatic sealing module 40 includes a receiving area 41, a second output area 42, and a sealing device 43, and the sealing device 43 is located between the receiving area 41 and the second output area 42 to hold a container containing goods. Seal and output.

The transfer robot includes at least one first transfer robot 51 and at least one second transfer robot 52, and the transfer robot includes an automatic guided vehicle (Abbreviated as AGV) or an automated mobile robot (Automated Mobile Robot). , Abbreviated as AMR). The first transfer robot 51 is movably arranged between the picking table 31 and the storage facility 10, and can support the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 to move the product (in another embodiment, the first transfer robot 51). 1 The transfer robot 51 may directly carry the product). In one embodiment, the first transfer robot 51 has an identification component that identifies the identification code in order to recognize the identification code of the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 and pick up the product corresponding to the order data 61. The second transfer robot 52 is movably arranged between the picking table 31, the automatic deployment module 20, and the automatic picking module 30, and the container is moved from the automatic deployment module 20 to the picking table 31 and / or the container is moved. It is used to move from the picking table 31 to the automatic deployment module 20.

The computer device 60 is used to receive the order data 61, and the computer device 60 communicates with the automatic deployment module 20, the automatic picking module 30, the automatic sealing module 40, the first transfer robot 51, and the second transfer robot 52. Connected to control their behavior.

In one embodiment, the system 100 further includes a passage area 70, which is provided near the picking side 30b of the automatic picking module 30 and comprises the automatic picking module 30, the automatic deployment module 20, and the automatic sealing module 40. Set in between. In this embodiment, the aisle region 70 includes a collection passage 71 and a shipping passage 72, and the collection passage 71 and the shipping passage 72 extend from the side of the automatic deployment module 20 to the side of the automatic sealing module 40, respectively. The passage area 70 is set as an area that is not occupied by other installations, whereby the second transfer robot 52 moves quickly between the automatic deployment module 20, the automatic picking module 30, and the automatic sealing module 40. Further, the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d are arranged in parallel on the picking table 31 along a predetermined direction (from left to right in FIG. 1), and the collection passage 71 and the shipping passage 72 are also arranged in the predetermined direction. The second transfer robot 52 moves straight from the automatic deployment module 20 to the collection passage 71, and then laterally along the collection passage 71, the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c of the collection passage 71, It is possible to move to a position corresponding to any of 32d, and further to move straight to a position corresponding to any of the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d on the picking side 30b. Further, the second transfer robot 52 moves straight from the position corresponding to any of the picking robots 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d on the picking side 30b to the shipping passage 72, and then moves laterally along the shipping passage 72. It can be moved to the position corresponding to the automatic sealing module 40 of 72 and further straight to the automatic sealing module 40, as shown in the following figure.

2 to 7 are schematic views of a working procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, after the computer device 60 receives the order data 61, the computer device 60 controls a plurality of first transfer robots 511, 512, 513 and a second transfer robot 52 based on the order data 61. Then, by moving to the shelves 11, 12, 13 of the storage facility 10 and recognizing the identification symbol on the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 according to the instruction of the computer device 60, the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 and the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 and the like are recognized. The first transfer robots 511, 512, and 513 are instructed to transport the above products and then move to the collection side 30a of the automatic picking module 30, and in FIG. 2, the plurality of the first transfer robots are each a plurality of the subs. The example of transporting a shelf will be described (that is, one said first transport robot carries one said subshelf). In another embodiment, one transfer robot may transport a plurality of the sub-shelf. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the order data 61 includes the product A, the product B, and the product C.

As shown in FIG. 3, after the computer device 60 receives the order data 61, the unfolding device 23 takes the packaging material from the holding region 21 based on the order data 61, and the computer device 60 performs the unfolding work on the packaging material. This is done to form the container 26 and control the container 26 to be transported to the first output region 22. In the present invention, a plurality of types of packaging materials having different sizes are placed in the holding region 21, and here, a plurality of first packaging materials 24 and a plurality of second packaging materials 25 are set as examples, and the second packaging material 25 is used. Is larger in size than the first packaging material 24, and the deploying device 23 accepts either the first packaging material 24 or the second packaging material 25 (here, the second packaging material 25) from the holding region 21 based on the order data 61. And perform the relevant deployment work. In one embodiment, the computer device 60 selects an appropriate packaging material based on the quantity of the product, the type of the product, the size of the product and / or the volume of the product contained in the order data 61, and the first packaging material 24 or the first packaging material 2 Instruct the unfolding device 23 to perform the unfolding work on the packaging material 25.

In one embodiment, the packaging material is a sheet-shaped paper material deposited in the holding region 21, and in the unfolding work, the unfolding device 23 automatically folds the packaging material and then unfolds it to form a three-dimensional structure. To get. In one example, the deploying device 23 further applies an adhesive to the bottom of the container 26 to seal it, the container 26 having a storage space and an accessible opening. In one embodiment, the deployment work is further provided with procedures such as printing an identification code and installing cushioning material in order to mitigate the impact and damage of the goods during transportation in preparation for subsequent logistics operations. ..

As shown in FIG. 4, after completing the step of FIG. 3, the second transfer robot 52 receives the container 26 deployed from the first output region 22 of the automatic deployment module 20 and the container along the collection passage 71. 26 is transported to the picking side 30b of the automatic picking module 30.

The order of implementation of FIGS. 2 and 3 may be adjusted according to the needs of use or the actual situation. Specifically, the step of FIG. 2 may be performed and then the steps of FIGS. 3 and 4, or the steps of FIGS. 3 and 4 may be performed and then the step of FIG. 2 may be performed. Alternatively, the steps of FIGS. 2 and 3 (or 4) may be performed at the same time, or adjustments may be made as appropriate according to the workload of each location at that time.

As shown in FIG. 5, after the goods on the subshelf 111, 121, 131 to be boxed arrive at the picking table 31 (that is, after completing the step of FIG. 2), and the container 26 arrives at the picking table 31. (That is, after completing the step of FIG. 4), the picking robot 32c puts the product A, the product B, and the product C into the container 26. In another embodiment, the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 to be packed in a box arrived at the picking table 31, but even if the container 26 did not reach the picking table 31 yet, at this time, the picking robot 32c was the product A, the product. If B and the product C are placed in the temporary holding area of the picking table 31, the first transfer robots 511, 512, and 513 send the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131 back to the shelves 11, 12, 13 to perform the next task. It can be carried out.

As shown in FIG. 6, after completing the step of FIG. 5, the second transfer robot 52 moves the container 26 containing these products from the picking table 31 along the shipping aisle 72 to the receiving area 41 of the automatic sealing module 40. Transport to.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7, the sealing device 43 of the automatic sealing module 40 takes the container 26 containing these products from the receiving area 41 and performs a sealing operation on the container 26 to form a sealed box body 44. , And the sealed box body 44 is transported to the second output region 42. The sealing device 43 automatically folds the packaging material above the container 26 to close the opening, applies an adhesive to the upper part of the container 26, seals the container 26, and forms the sealed box body 44.

Further, FIG. 8 is referred to as a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. After the computer device 60 receives the first order data 61a (product A, product B, product C) and the second order data 61b (product A, product D), the computer device 60 uses the first transfer robot 511, 512, The 513, 514 are controlled to take the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131, 141 containing the product A, the product B, the product C and the product D from the shelves 11, 12, 13 and the deploying device 23 is controlled to take the sub-shelf 111, 121, 131, 141. 1 The first packaging material 24 or the second packaging material 25 of the corresponding size is selected based on the order data 61a and the second order data 61b. In this example, the first order data 61a has a larger total volume of goods and a container to be used than the second order data 61b. Subsequently, the second packaging material 25 and the first packaging material 24 are expanded to form the first container 26a and the second container 26b, respectively (the second packaging material 25 corresponds to the first container 26a, and the first container 26a is formed. The packaging material 24 corresponds to the second container 26b, and the first container 26a is larger than the second container 26b. It is a schematic diagram). Further, the automatic picking module 30 puts the product A, the product B and the product C in the first container 26a based on the first order data 61a, and puts the product A and the product D in the second container 26b based on the second order data 61b. And the sealing work is performed by the automatic sealing module 40. As shown in the figure, the unmanned physical distribution order processing system 100 realizes on-demand supply type physical distribution work by determining the specifications of the packaging material to be the target of the unfolding work after receiving the order data 61a and 61b. ..

The system estimates the total volume of the entire product based on order data, determines the packaging material to be selected from the size, and then develops the packaging material to form a container. In other words, the system. Then, decide the packaging material to be developed according to the needs. Since the packaging material occupies a small volume before deployment (generally because it is a sheet-shaped corrugated cardboard), and if the space is the same, dozens of packaging materials can be placed in the space for one carton. Storage efficiency is greatly improved. Moreover, since the packaging material can be unfolded to form a three-dimensional container, and then loading, sealing, and shipping can be performed, the usage time of the storage facility is short. By providing the automatic deployment module and the automatic sealing module, on-demand supply can be realized without human intervention, packaging efficiency is effectively improved, and storage space is saved.

10 Storage facility 11, 12, 13, 14 Shelf 12 Vertical wall 13 Multiple cavities 20 Automatic deployment module 21 Holding area 22 First output area 23 Deployment device 24 First packaging material 25 Second packaging material 26 Container 26a First container 26b Second container 30 Automatic picking module 30a Collection side 30b Picking side 31 Picking table 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d Picking robot 40 Automatic sealing module 41 Accepting area 42 Second output area 43 Sealing device 44 Sealed box body 51 First transfer robot 511,512,513,514 1st transfer robot 52 2nd transfer robot 60 Computer device 61 Order data 61a 1st order data 61b 2nd order data 70 Passage area 71 Collection passage 72 Shipping passage
100 Order processing system 111, 121, 131, 141 Subshelf A, B, C, D products

Claims (4)

A storage facility that includes multiple movable sub-shelf for placing different types of goods, and each said sub-shelf holds a plurality of the same goods.
The holding area includes a first output area, a deploying device located between the holding area and the first output area, and the holding area contains a first packaging material and a second packaging material having different sizes. The unfolding device expands one of the first packaging material and the second packaging material to obtain a container, and the selection of the first packaging material or the second packaging material is the quantity of the product and the product. An auto-deployment module based on at least one piece of order data selected from the group consisting of the type of goods, the size of the goods and the volume of the goods.
An automatic sealing module including a receiving area, a second output area, and a sealing device located between the receiving area and the second output area.
An automatic picking module including a picking table and a plurality of picking robots provided on the picking table.
A plurality of first transfer robots movably arranged between the automatic picking module and the storage facility, and movably arranged between the automatic picking module, the automatic deployment module, and the automatic picking module. The first transfer robot includes the plurality of second transfer robots, the first transfer robot moves the subshelf selected from the storage facility based on the order data to the automatic picking module, and the second transfer robot moves the order data. Includes a plurality of transfer robots that move the container selected from the automatic deployment module to the automatic picking module based on.
Before receiving the order data, the selected packaging material is an unmolded sheet-like paper material, and after receiving the order data, the selected packaging material is expanded into a three-dimensional container. The automatic picking module is characterized by putting the product of the subshelf into the container based on the order data, and the second transfer robot moves the container after packing to the automatic sealing module. An on-demand (on-demand) supply-type unmanned logistics order processing system. The unmanned physical distribution order processing system according to claim 1, wherein the picking robot is a robot arm fixed to the picking table. The storage facility further includes at least one shelf including the sub-shelf, and each of the sub-shelf has an independent identification symbol corresponding to the product, and the first transfer robot has an identification component for identifying the identification symbol. The unmanned physical distribution order processing system according to claim 1, wherein the unmanned physical distribution order processing system is characterized by having. The unmanned operation according to claim 1, further comprising a computer device that receives the order data and communicates with and controls the automatic deployment module, the automatic picking module, and the automatic sealing module. Logistics order processing system.

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