WO2023061009A1 - 一种立体仓库调度系统 - Google Patents

一种立体仓库调度系统 Download PDF

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WO2023061009A1
WO2023061009A1 PCT/CN2022/110912 CN2022110912W WO2023061009A1 WO 2023061009 A1 WO2023061009 A1 WO 2023061009A1 CN 2022110912 W CN2022110912 W CN 2022110912W WO 2023061009 A1 WO2023061009 A1 WO 2023061009A1
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李洪波
卢泓翰
李考准
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    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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  • the present application relates to the technical field of warehousing and logistics, in particular to a three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system.
  • a four-way shuttle vehicle (hereinafter referred to as the four-way vehicle) and a special three-dimensional vehicle for the operation of the four-way vehicle are designed for intensive storage warehouses.
  • warehouse as shown in Figure 1a ⁇ 1b.
  • Figure 1a is a cross-sectional view of the three-dimensional warehouse. It can be seen that each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse contains several adjacent storage spaces for storing goods, interspersed with a number of roadways for four-way vehicles to carry goods, and each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse includes four-way vehicles.
  • the track, each storage position is equipped with a bracket for holding the carrier, and the storage positions share the support of the column.
  • Figure 1b is a top view of the three-dimensional warehouse. It can be seen that the densely stacked goods can save a lot of space, and the smaller four-way vehicle can flexibly travel between each storage space, consign the goods to the storage space, or transport the goods to the warehouse. The connection point is out of the warehouse.
  • the four-way vehicle is a high-cost handling equipment, and must run on the track, so that in the warehouse that uses the four-way vehicle to store and retrieve goods, it is difficult to change the warehouse layout flexibly due to the setting of the track, and the warehouse construction and use costs are high.
  • the current four-way vehicles usually carry pallets and other bulk cargo containers, which makes it difficult to achieve intensive storage of non-bulk cargo.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse dispatching system provided by the embodiment of this specification is used to partially solve the dense storage warehouse using four-way shuttle vehicles existing in the prior art. Since the bottom layer needs to arrange tracks, only four-way shuttle vehicles can perform handling tasks. , resulting in high warehouse operating costs, and the warehouse layout cannot be changed flexibly and it is difficult to realize the dense storage of non-bulk goods.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system includes: one or more control servers, one or more first handling equipment, one or more second handling equipment, at least one three-dimensional warehouse, at least one lifting equipment and one or a plurality of container handling equipment, one of the three-dimensional warehouse is provided with at least two floors, and the at least one lifting equipment is connected to each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse, and the control server is connected with the first handling equipment and the The second handling equipment communication, wherein:
  • At least part of the storage positions on the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse are arranged with movable carriers, and the movable carriers are used to carry one or more containers;
  • Each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse except the bottom floor is provided with at least one high-rise connecting point, and the high-rises are respectively provided with tracks for the operation of the first handling equipment, and at least part of the high-rises in the high-rises
  • the storage position is arranged with a movable carrier;
  • the control server is used to determine the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment, and the lifting equipment for performing the transport task according to the transport task, and send the information for executing the transport task to the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment, and the lifting equipment respectively.
  • a handling instruction for the handling task and determine the container handling equipment for loading and unloading the container, and send an operation instruction for performing the picking task or inventory task corresponding to the handling task to the container handling equipment;
  • the first transporting device is used to take out or place the movable carrier indicated by the transporting instruction in the high-level storage position according to the transporting command sent by the control server, and to transfer between the high-level storage position and the high-level moving the movable carrier indicated by the moving instruction between connection points;
  • the second transporting device is used to take out or place the movable carrier indicated by the transporting instruction in the bottom storage position according to the transporting command sent by the control server, and to transfer between the lifting device and the bottom storage Move the movable carrier indicated by the handling instruction between the positions, between the lifting device and the container handling device, or between the bottom storage position and the container handling device;
  • the lifting equipment is used to ascend or descend to a designated floor according to the transport instruction sent by the control server, and transport at least the movable carrier indicated by the transport instruction, the first transport equipment and the one or more combinations of the second handling equipment;
  • the container loading and unloading device is used to take out the container from the movable carrier carried by the second conveying device according to the operation instruction sent by the control server, or place the container on the movable carrier carried by the second conveying device tool.
  • the container handling equipment includes a first sensor, the first sensor is used to determine whether there is a container in the corresponding container position in the movable carrier when the container is taken out from the movable carrier, Or when the container is placed on the movable carrier, it is determined whether the corresponding container position in the movable carrier is empty.
  • the container handling equipment includes a second sensor, and the second sensor is used to determine a pose deviation between the container handling equipment and a corresponding container location in the movable carrier.
  • the container handling equipment is further configured to adjust the pose of the container handling equipment according to the pose deviation between the container handling equipment and the corresponding container position determined by the second sensor, to eliminate all The above pose deviation.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor are the same sensor.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor are image sensors.
  • control server is also used to schedule at least one of the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment and the lifting equipment to return the movable carrier to the original storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse or other storage bit.
  • control server is further configured to determine the movable carrier according to at least one of the cargo loading and unloading frequency and the quantity of cargo stored on the movable carrier. activity, and according to the sorting of the activity of the movable carrier, determine the storage position of the movable carrier when it returns to the three-dimensional warehouse.
  • control server is further configured to determine the storage position of the movable carrier when it returns to the three-dimensional warehouse according to the distance order between the container handling equipment and the free storage position.
  • control server is further configured to, in response to a tally task, schedule at least one of the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment, and the lifting equipment to move the movable carrier from the
  • the original storage location of the three-dimensional warehouse is adjusted to another storage location or the original storage location remains unchanged.
  • control server is further configured to determine the movable carrier according to at least one of the cargo loading and unloading frequency and the quantity of cargo stored on the movable carrier. activity, and according to the sorting of the activity of the movable carrier, determine the storage position of the movable carrier after its position is adjusted during tallying.
  • the container handling equipment is located in the bottom work station, and the work station also includes a transmission line and a picking station, the entrance and exit of the transmission line are respectively provided with the container handling equipment, and the picking station is located at the bottom of the transmission line. in the transmission path;
  • said container handling equipment located at the entrance of said conveying line is also adapted to remove containers from a movable carrier situated at said entrance and place them on said conveying line;
  • the container handling equipment located at the exit of the transmission line is also used to take the containers transported by the transmission line and place them in the movable carrier located at the exit.
  • the height of the track for storing the movable carrier is greater than the height of the first transport device when the movable carrier is not loaded; the first transport device is further used to drive into the under the high-level storage position, and carry the movable carrier in a piggyback manner from under the high-level storage position and leave the high-level storage position.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse includes multiple lifting devices, there is at least overlap between designated floors that the multiple lifting devices can reach.
  • rails are provided in the lifting device for connecting with the rails provided in the high-rise, so that the first transport device can travel into the lifting device.
  • control server is further configured to determine, at least in part, the quantity of first handling equipment required by each high-level according to the handling tasks to be performed by each high-level, and the number of first handling equipment required by each high-level and the current quantity of the first handling equipment of each high-level, determine the first handling equipment that each high-level needs to call, and send the calling instruction to the first handling equipment that needs to be called;
  • the first conveying device is further configured to, according to the received calling instruction, drive into the lifting device, and pass through the lifting device to reach the upper floor specified by the calling instruction.
  • the high-level connection point is set to be located in the lifting device
  • the first transport equipment is further used to drive to the high-level connection point in the lifting device, place the movable carrier on the high-level connection point, or, from the high-level connection point
  • the removable carrier is taken out.
  • the container handling equipment is also provided on at least part of the high-rise floors, and the high-rise connection point is set to be located near the position of the container handling equipment on the high-rise and in the lifting equipment;
  • the first handling equipment is further used to transport the movable carrier between the high-level storage location and the high-level connection point near the position of the container handling equipment, or, the high-level connection point near the position of the container handling equipment Carrying the collection carrier between the connection point and the high-level connection point in the lifting equipment;
  • the container handling apparatus is also adapted to remove containers from the movable carrier and place them in a cargo carrier, or remove containers from a cargo carrier and place them in the movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier includes legs, and the height of the opening formed by the legs of the movable carrier is higher than the height of the second handling device when the movable carrier is not loaded;
  • the second handling device is further used to selectively pass under the at least part of the movable carrier when it is not carrying the movable carrier, or to carry it on its back from under the at least part of the movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier is transported in a manner and leaves the bottom storage location.
  • the interval between the uprights of at least part of the bottom storage spaces on the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse is greater than the width of the second handling equipment, and at least part of the distance between two adjacent uprights on the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse
  • the height of the lowest point of the connecting piece is higher than the height of the second handling device when it is not carrying the movable carrier; the second handling device is further used to, when not carrying the movable carrier, can selectively passing between at least partially adjacent two uprights in the ground floor.
  • the second transport equipment is used to enter the bottom storage position at a laneway position adjacent to the bottom storage position, and take out the movable carrier from the bottom storage position to the second transporting device. equipment, or place the movable carrier on the second handling equipment in the bottom storage location.
  • the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse is provided with at least one bottom connection point;
  • the second transporting device is also used for transporting the storage space between the bottom storage position and the bottom connection point or between the lifting device and the bottom connection point according to the transportation instruction sent by the control server.
  • At least one ground floor connection point is provided in a designated area on the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse
  • the second handling device is used to take out the movable carrier from the bottom storage position or the lifting device, and transport the movable carrier to the connection point on the bottom layer, and move the movable carrier or place the movable carrier in the designated area; or take out the movable carrier from the connection point on the ground floor of the designated area, and transport the movable carrier to the storage space on the lower floor or the lifting device.
  • the system further includes: one or more external buffer areas, the external buffer areas are in the form of at least one of stereoscopic storage or planar storage;
  • the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse share at least part of the second handling equipment, or the second handling equipment carries and/or connects between the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse the movable vehicle;
  • the control server is further configured to store inventory information of goods in the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse.
  • the container handling equipment takes out the container from the movable carrier or puts the container on the in a movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier is a movable shelf
  • the movable shelf includes at least one layer of partitions, and the at least one layer of partitions divides the movable shelf into at least two layers, and the movable At least one storage position is provided on the partition of the shelf, and each storage position can carry at least one first container capable of accommodating stored goods.
  • the container loading and unloading equipment includes a frame body, on which a fetching container assembly and a carrying assembly are arranged, and the fetching container assembly is configured to move on the frame body;
  • the frame body includes X-axis track and Y-axis track with directions perpendicular to each other;
  • the Y-axis track is configured to move along the X-axis track, and the fetching container assembly is configured to move along the Y-axis track;
  • the fetching container assembly can Taking out the container from the carrier along the Z-axis direction and loading it on the carrier assembly or unloading the container from the carrier assembly and placing it on the carrier.
  • the frame body includes a door frame assembly
  • the X-axis track includes a ground rail structure and a sky rail structure arranged on the door frame assembly; the two ends of the Y-axis track are respectively connected to the ground rail structure and the sky rail Structure guides fit together.
  • At least two Y-axis tracks there are at least two Y-axis tracks, and at least one pick-and-deliver container assembly is set on each Y-axis track.
  • the fetching container assembly takes out the container from the carrier or puts the container on the carrier by at least one of sucking, pushing, clamping, grabbing, hooking, picking up, and lifting. tool.
  • the transportation scheduling method for the three-dimensional warehouse provided in this manual is characterized in that there are at least one or more three-dimensional warehouses, the three-dimensional warehouse is provided with at least two floors, and the three-dimensional warehouse is connected to the three-dimensional warehouse by at least one lifting device.
  • Each floor of the warehouse, one or more container loading and unloading equipment is arranged in the bottom floor, at least part of the bottom floor storage positions in the bottom floor are arranged with movable carriers, and each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse in other high floors except the bottom floor
  • At least one high-level connecting point is provided respectively, and the high-level is respectively provided with tracks for the operation of the first transport equipment, and at least some of the high-level storage positions in the high-level are arranged with the movable carrier, and the method includes:
  • the handling task determine the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment and the lifting equipment for performing the handling task, and determine the container handling equipment for loading and unloading the container;
  • the transportation instruction is used to make the first transportation equipment, the second transportation equipment and the lifting equipment cooperate to transport the movable carrier from the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse to the bottom layer
  • the container handling equipment provided, or from the container handling equipment provided on the bottom floor, the movable carrier is transported to the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse;
  • the operation instruction is used to make the container handling equipment take out the container in the movable carrier or place the container in the movable carrier.
  • the first handling equipment and the second handling equipment can cooperate to carry the movable carrier in the dense storage warehouse, through Set the container handling equipment to take or place goods from the movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier can place multiple containers to improve the utilization of storage space.
  • the container handling equipment can be used to efficiently access containers from the movable carrier, which can Increase the sorting efficiency of goods in the three-dimensional warehouse, reduce the operating cost of the warehouse, and realize the improvement of handling efficiency.
  • Fig. 1 a is the structural schematic diagram of the section view of existing warehouse
  • Fig. 1b is a top view structural schematic diagram of an existing warehouse
  • Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a movable carrier provided in this specification.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic top view of the three-dimensional warehouse provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • FIGS 5a-5b are schematic diagrams of the warehouse layout provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a transmission line provided by an example of this specification.
  • Figure 7a is a schematic diagram of the container loading and unloading mechanism provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 7b is a schematic diagram of the first handling equipment provided by the embodiment of this specification to take and place the movable carrier from the side;
  • Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the distribution of lifting equipment provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of tracks provided in the lifting equipment of the three-dimensional warehouse provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the disconnected area of the three-dimensional warehouse provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 11a and Fig. 11b are schematic diagrams of interconnection of two three-dimensional warehouses on the ground provided by the embodiment of this specification;
  • Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the transfer equipment in the system provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of the designated area of the system provided by the embodiment of this specification as the connection point on the bottom layer;
  • Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling process provided by the embodiment of this specification.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system provided by the embodiment of this specification, the system includes: one or more control servers 100, one or more first handling equipment 102, one or more second handling equipment 104, at least one Three-dimensional warehouse 106, at least one lifting device 108 and one or more container handling equipment 105, and one three-dimensional warehouse 106 is provided with at least two floors, and each floor of this three-dimensional warehouse 106 is connected by at least one lifting device 108, and the control server 100 is respectively In communication with the first handling device 102 and the second handling device 104 . That is to say, in this specification, the three-dimensional warehouse 106 can be divided into at least one bottom floor and one high floor. Of course, the purpose of the three-dimensional warehouse is to improve the space utilization rate in the vertical direction, so generally speaking, the three-dimensional warehouse 106 has multiple layers, that is, a bottom floor and several high floors.
  • the storage places arranged on the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 are the bottom storage places, and the storage places arranged on the upper floors are the high-level storage places.
  • Movable carriers 107 are arranged on at least part of the bottom storage positions in the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 , and similarly, movable carriers 107 are also arranged on at least part of the high-level storage positions in the upper layers of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 .
  • FIG. 2 only one control server 100 and one three-dimensional warehouse 106 are included for easy understanding.
  • the purpose of storing goods in the warehouse is to store a variety of large quantities of goods in a centralized manner, for example, to facilitate picking out the required goods according to the needs of the order
  • the goods in the three-dimensional warehouse in the system provided by this manual are carried by containers, and the containers are placed on a movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier 107 needs to be transported by the first transport equipment 102, the second transport equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108, so the transport task in this specification is also to realize the picking of goods, and can be controlled by the control server 100 according to the order Sure.
  • the container needs to be taken out from the movable carrier 107 before the goods carried or contained in the container can be operated.
  • the container handling equipment 105 needs to operate on the movable carrier 107, The container is removed, or placed in the removable carrier 107 .
  • the operation instructions for the container loading and unloading equipment 105 can also be determined by the control server 100 according to the order.
  • the movable carrier 107 can be specifically in the form of a shelf, that is, a movable shelf, or the movable carrier 107 can also be in the form of a pallet support, a cage car, a pallet support, etc., as long as it is movable, it can be used It only needs to be placed on the container (carrying or accommodating goods) or the carrier of the goods, and this specification does not limit the specific form of the movable carrier 107 .
  • the movable carrier 107 can be used to place a single container, or can also be used to place multiple containers, which is not limited in this specification.
  • the container used to hold goods may specifically be any form of container that can accommodate goods, such as a material box, a carton, or a pallet, and this specification does not make a limitation here.
  • the movable carrier 107 When the movable carrier 107 is used to place multiple containers, in order to improve the space utilization rate of the movable carrier 107, the movable carrier 107 is a movable shelf, and the movable shelf includes at least one layer of partitions, at least one layer The partition divides the movable shelf into at least two layers, and at least one storage position is arranged on the partition of the movable shelf, and each storage position can carry at least one first container (for example, a cargo box) capable of accommodating stored goods.
  • a first container for example, a cargo box
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a movable carrier provided in this specification. This figure shows the front view of the movable carrier 107. It can be seen from FIG. 3 that the container positions of the movable carrier 107 are closely arranged to improve the space utilization ratio of the movable carrier 107. It can be seen that the movable carrier 107 has legs, and several container positions are separated in the movable carrier 107; In, or take out from the front or the back side of mobile rack 107. The gap left between the container position and the placed container is not enough to take out the goods in the container, that is to say, if you want to take out the goods in the container, you need to take the container out of the movable carrier 107 first.
  • the movable carrier 107 is a carrier with its own wheels (such as a cage car), it can be considered that wheels are installed under the supporting columns of the cage car, and since the supporting columns jointly realize the function of supporting the vehicle body, So belong to the legs mentioned above. That is to say, this specification does not limit the form of the outrigger, as long as it is a structure for supporting the platform on which the container is placed in the carrier, it can be regarded as the outrigger.
  • the control server 100 when sorting goods, is used to determine the handling task corresponding to the order according to the received order, and determine the transport task corresponding to the handling task according to the handling task.
  • the first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment 104, and the lifting equipment 108 and send the handling instructions for performing the handling task to the determined first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment 104, and the lifting equipment 108 respectively, and determine
  • the container handling equipment 105 is used for loading and unloading the container, and sends to the container handling equipment 105 an operation instruction for performing a picking task or an inventory task corresponding to the handling task.
  • the storage position is the position where the movable carrier 107 is placed, and several storage positions can be set as required on each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse for placing the movable carrier 107 .
  • the handling tasks are performed by each handling equipment, so that the goods stored in the container in the movable carrier 107 are delivered to the container handling equipment 105, and the container handling equipment 105 will move The container in the carrier 107 is taken out so that the goods contained in the container are sorted.
  • the container with the remaining goods is loaded into the movable carrier 107 by the container handling equipment 105.
  • the equipment transports the movable carrier 107 into the warehouse for storage. Therefore, the transport task in this specification is the task of transporting the movable carrier 107 loaded with goods to realize the sorting of goods.
  • the movement of the movable carrier 107 on the upper floor can be realized by the first conveying device 102
  • the movement of the movable carrier 107 on the lower floor can be realized by the second conveying device 104 .
  • the first transport device 102 can be used to take out or place the movable carrier 107 indicated by the transport instruction in the high-level storage position according to the transport command sent by the control server 100, and transport the mobile carrier 107 between the high-level storage position and the high-level connection point 112.
  • the movable carrier 107 indicated by the handling instruction can be used to take out or place the movable carrier 107 indicated by the transport instruction in the high-level storage position according to the transport command sent by the control server 100, and transport the mobile carrier 107 between the high-level storage position and the high-level connection point 112.
  • the second transport device 104 is used to take out or place the movable carrier 107 indicated by the transport instruction in the bottom storage position according to the transport command sent by the control server, and between the lifting device 108 and the bottom storage position, between the lifting device 108 and the container
  • the movable carrier 107 indicated by the transport instruction is transported between the loading and unloading equipment 105 or between the bottom storage location and the container loading and unloading equipment 105 .
  • the container loading and unloading device 105 is used to take out the container from the movable carrier 107 carried by the second conveying device 104 according to the operation instruction sent by the control server 100, or place the container on the movable carrier carried by the second conveying device 104. Tool 107.
  • the container handling equipment 105 needs to take out the containers containing goods from the movable carrier 107 transported by the second handling equipment 104 according to the operation instructions, and after the picking of the goods to be taken out is completed, the The container loading and unloading equipment 105 places the remaining containers with goods into the corresponding movable carrier 107, and then the second handling device 104 transports the movable carrier 107 to the corresponding bottom storage position. 107 storage, or the second transport device 104 transports the movable carrier 107 to the lifting device 108, and the first transport device 102 transports the movable carrier 107 to a high-level storage location for storage.
  • control server 100 is also used to determine the movable carrier 107 in which the remaining containers containing goods need to be stored. Moreover, when the movable carrier 107 can be used to place a plurality of containers, the control server 100 is also used to determine the specific container positions in the movable carrier 107 where the remaining containers containing goods are stored. Of course, the control server 100 is also used to determine the position of the current storage position where the movable carrier 107 of each remaining container containing goods is placed, and the first transport device 102 and/or the second transport device will place the movable carrier Tool 107 is transported to this container handling equipment 105 place.
  • the container handling equipment 105 further places the remaining containers containing goods on the second handling equipment 104 for handling.
  • the control server 100 can determine the storage location where the movable carrier 107 needs to be stored, so as to determine the path for transporting the movable carrier 107, and determine the first transport equipment 102 and the second transport equipment 102 to perform the transport task according to the route.
  • the equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 respectively send handling instructions to the first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment 104, and the lifting equipment 108 to perform the handling tasks, and the three-dimensional warehouse 106 completes the sorting of goods through the above process.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse 106 and the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system for realizing goods picking in this specification are not only applicable to the picking of goods in the storage scene, but also suitable for finished products, semi-finished products or semi-processed goods in the factory production scene
  • the picking of goods such as products, the picked goods are used to realize a certain production link or for a certain production node. This manual does not specifically limit the application scenarios of cargo picking.
  • the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is provided with at least one bottom storage location, and the bottom storage location is used for placing the movable carrier 107 carried by the second transportation device 104 .
  • the bottom storage bit can be set on the bottom layer as required, when selecting different positions to set the bottom storage bit, different areas for placing the movable carrier 107 can be formed at the bottom layer, and the vacancy between the areas for placing the movable carrier 107 can be adjusted.
  • a roadway it is used for the passage of the second transport equipment 104 when carrying the movable carrier 107 .
  • each high-rise in the other high-rises of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 except the bottom layer is respectively provided with at least one high-level connecting point 112, and each high-level is respectively provided with a track 118 for the operation of the first handling equipment 102, and at least one of the high-level Some of the high-level storage locations are arranged with movable carriers 107 .
  • the container in the movable carrier 107 may contain goods stored in a warehouse, or may be an idle container without containing goods, that is to say, not all containers in the movable carrier 107 need to be filled.
  • the goods are placed, and the storage positions arranged on each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 can also be placed with a movable carrier 107, or the movable carrier 107 is not placed in an idle state.
  • the occupancy rate of each layer of storage bits that is, the ratio of the number of storage bits arranged with the movable carrier 107 to the total number of storage bits, can be configured as required.
  • the container occupancy rate of each movable carrier 107 is then the ratio of the container containing goods in the movable carrier 107 to the total container quantity in the movable carrier 107, and the occupancy of the container position of each movable carrier 107
  • the occupancy rate is the ratio of the containers stored in the movable carrier 107 to the total number of container positions, and both occupancy rates can be configured as required.
  • the occupancy rate of the high-level storage bits of the upper layer can be set between 0-100%
  • the occupancy rate of the bottom-layer storage bits of the bottom layer can be set between 0-100%.
  • the container occupancy rate of each movable carrier 107 and the container space occupancy rate can also be set as required. Therefore, for a movable carrier 107, each container stored in the movable carrier 107 can be stored with goods or can be idle, and there may also be container positions in which no container is stored in the container positions of the movable carrier 107. .
  • each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is provided with a roadway for the passage of the first transport equipment 102 or the second transport equipment 104 when supporting the movable carrier 107 .
  • the second handling device 104 is also used to enter the bottom storage position at the adjacent roadway position of the bottom storage position, and take out the movable carrier 107 from the bottom storage position to the second handling device 104, or transfer the carrier 107 from the second handling device 104
  • the removable carrier 107 is placed in the underlying storage location.
  • Figure 4 provided in this manual is a schematic top view of a three-dimensional warehouse, wherein the left side is a schematic diagram of a high-rise, it can be seen that the high-rise contains a rail 118, so that the first handling equipment 102 can travel on the rail 118, and the right is a schematic diagram of the bottom layer, It can be seen that the bottom layer does not contain track 118 . Moreover, it can be seen from a plan view that each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is provided with an aisle for the passage of the first transport equipment 102 or the second transport equipment 104 .
  • the roadway layouts of different floors may not be exactly the same, which can be specifically set according to needs.
  • the movable carrier 107 in the storage position that is not adjacent to the roadway needs to be transported in the intensive storage warehouse, it is necessary to carry out the movable carrier 107 in the storage position adjacent to the roadway first, so that it is not in contact with the roadway. Adjacent storage spaces become temporary lanes, and the goods in storage spaces that are not adjacent to the lanes are transported out by the handling equipment.
  • the stock keeping unit (Stock keeping Unit, SKU) of the goods stored in the container in the movable carrier 107 in the storage position is the same.
  • the arrangement order of storage slots and lanes in the warehouse is: 1 lane, 4 storage slots, and 1 lane, as shown in Figure 5a, which can increase the storage density of goods without affecting the operating efficiency of the warehouse.
  • the layout shown in Figure 5a may affect the efficiency of warehouse operations, so the layout shown in Figure 5b can usually be used, that is, in the warehouse
  • the arrangement order of storage places and lanes is: 1 lane, 2 storage places, 1 lane.
  • each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse can adopt the layout shown in Figure 5a or Figure 5b, or a combination of the two layouts, which is not limited in this specification.
  • different layouts can be adopted on each floor according to the requirements for storing goods. For example, what is stored in layer A is that the goods occupy a large space, and a single SKU has enough goods that require more than two storage slots corresponding to the movable carrier 107 for storage, then layer A can all adopt the layout of Figure 5a, The A+1 layer stores products that occupy a small space, so the A+1 layer can all adopt the layout in Figure 5b.
  • the first transport equipment 102 may specifically be a transport equipment traveling on rails, for example, a four-way shuttle.
  • the second transport device 104 may specifically be a transport device that travels on a plane, for example, an AGV.
  • the present application does not limit the specific forms of the first transport equipment 102 and the second transport equipment 104, which can be set according to needs, as long as the first transport equipment 102 can travel along the track and transport the movable carrier in the high-level storage space 107, the second conveying device 104 can drive on the bottom floor, and only need to carry the movable carrier 107 in the storage space on the bottom floor.
  • the lifting device 108 is used to ascend or descend to a designated floor according to the handling instruction sent by the control server 100, and At least a combination of one or more of the movable carrier 107 , the first transport device 102 and the second transport device 104 indicated by the transport instruction is transported between layers.
  • the designated floor is the floor that the lifting device 108 needs to reach when carrying out the carrying task.
  • the control server 100 can send two carrying instructions to the lifting device 108 respectively, The handling device 108 arrives at the third floor (that is, the designated floor indicated by the first receiving handling instruction) according to the first received handling instruction. Arrive at the bottom floor (that is, the designated floor indicated by the second received transportation instruction) according to the second received transportation instruction.
  • the control server 100 can also send only one transport instruction, and the designated floors are respectively 3 floors and the bottom floor in order, so that the lifting device 108 can reach the 3 floors and the bottom floor successively according to the transportation instruction. , transport the 3-layer movable carrier 107 to the ground floor.
  • the movable carrier 107 since the movable carrier 107 includes legs, the opening formed by the legs makes the distance between the movable carrier 107 and the rail 118 larger than that of the first transport device 102 when the movable carrier 107 is not carried.
  • the height further enables the first conveying equipment 102 to drive into the bottom of the high-level storage space, and carry the movable carrier 107 from the bottom of the high-level storage space in a piggyback manner and leave the high-level storage space. That is, the leg height of the movable carrier 107 is greater than the height of the first transport device 102 when the movable carrier 107 is not loaded.
  • the second handling device 104 is further used to selectively pass under at least part of the bottom storage position when the movable carrier 107 is not carried, or to piggyback from under at least part of the bottom storage position Transport the movable carrier 107 . Therefore, the height of the opening formed by the legs of the movable carrier 107 is higher than the height of the second conveying device 104 when the movable carrier 107 is not loaded.
  • the second handling device 104 is further used to selectively pass under at least part of the movable carrier 107 when not carrying the movable carrier 107, or carry the movable carrier in a piggyback manner from under at least part of the movable carrier 107.
  • the carrier 107 is moved away from the underlying storage location.
  • the storage position can be surrounded by several columns, the spacing between the columns between at least part of the bottom storage positions in the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is greater than the width of the second handling equipment 104, and at least some of the bottom layers of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 are adjacent
  • the height of the lowest point of the connecting piece between the two uprights is higher than the height of the second transport device 104 when the movable carrier 107 is not loaded.
  • the second handling device 104 is further used for selectively passing between at least partially adjacent two columns in the ground floor when the movable carrier 107 is not carried.
  • the movable carrier 107 can stand on its own legs, the columns in this specification are used to support the three-dimensional warehouse 106 instead of the movable carrier 107 . Then the high-level storage positions and the bottom storage positions may not be surrounded by columns, but the storage positions may be set as required. For example, it is configured to locate the two-dimensional code, so that the first conveying device 102 and the second conveying device 104 determine the location of the storage position for placing the movable carrier 107 .
  • a work station may be set in the three-dimensional warehouse 106, and the container handling equipment 105 provided in the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 may be located in the bottom work station, and the work station may also include a transmission line and a picking station, and the entrance and exit of the transmission line are respectively The container handling device 105 is provided.
  • the picking station in the workstation is located in the transfer path of the transfer line.
  • the container handling equipment 105 located at the entrance of the transfer line is also used to remove containers from the movable carrier 107 located at the entrance and place them on the transfer line.
  • the container handling equipment 105 located at the exit of the transmission line is also used to pick up the containers transported by the transmission line and place them in the movable carrier 107 located at the exit.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a transmission line provided in this specification. As shown in the figure: the container is transported by the transmission line, and the container handling equipment 105 takes the container in the movable carrier 107 to the transmission line at the exit of the transmission line.
  • the obliquely filled rectangle in the figure represents the sorting station. It can be seen that a picking station is set in the transmission path of the transmission line for sorting the containers transported by the transmission line. At the entrance of the transfer line, the container handling equipment 105 places the remaining containers after sorting into the movable carrier 107 next to it.
  • the transmission line in FIG. 6 is only an example, and may also be in other forms, for example, it may be a circular transmission line, and the entrance and exit of the transmission line may be located at the same position.
  • the container handling device 105 may comprise a first sensor.
  • the first sensor is used to determine whether there is a container at the corresponding container position in the movable carrier 107 when the container is taken out from the movable carrier 107, or when the container is placed on the movable carrier 107, to determine the Whether the corresponding container position in the movable carrier 107 is empty.
  • the corresponding container location is the container location where the container containing the goods needs to be taken, or the container location where the container containing the goods needs to be placed.
  • the container handling equipment 105 needs to adjust the posture when taking the containers in different container positions or storing the containers in different container positions, so as to align the corresponding containers bit. Therefore, the container handling equipment 105 may also include a second sensor, which is used to determine the pose deviation between the container handling equipment 105 and the corresponding container position in the movable carrier 107, so as to adjust the pose, so that the The container handling device 105 is aligned with the container location of the movable carrier 107 .
  • the container handling equipment 105 is also used to adjust the pose of the container handling equipment 105 according to the pose deviation between the container handling equipment 105 and the corresponding container position determined by the second sensor, so as to eliminate the pose deviation. After eliminating the pose deviation, the container is placed in the corresponding container position, or the container is taken out from the corresponding container position.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor may be different sensors, or the first sensor and the second sensor may be the same sensor.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor may be image sensors.
  • the first sensor may also be a distance sensor, and the second sensor may be an image sensor.
  • the first sensor can determine whether there is a container at the container location, for example, it can be an ultrasonic radar, a laser radar, etc.
  • the second sensor only needs to be able to determine the distance between the container handling equipment 105 and the corresponding container location.
  • the pose deviation is enough, for example, it can be a laser radar, a binocular vision system, a depth sensor, and the like.
  • the movable carrier 107 may only be used to carry one container, and the first sensor provided on the container handling equipment 105 is used to determine whether the movable carrier 107 carries a container.
  • the movable carrier 107 can only be used to carry a container, generally speaking, it is not necessary to judge whether a container is placed on the movable carrier 107 through a sensor, but only need to determine the position deviation according to the sensor, and adjust the container
  • the pose of the loading and unloading equipment 105 eliminates the pose deviation (for example, when the pose deviation is less than or equal to a certain preset tolerance value of the deviation, it is considered that the pose deviation is eliminated). Therefore, when the movable carrier 107 is used to carry a container, the sensor provided on the container handling device 105 can only be used to realize the function of the second sensor.
  • the container handling equipment 105 can also not align the container position when taking the container, but align the container, and the container can be provided with information that facilitates the identification of the first sensor, for example, the information used for alignment can be The first sensor recognizes the two-dimensional code.
  • the container handling equipment 105 when determining and eliminating the posture deviation, there is no limitation on whom the container handling equipment 105 is aligned with, for example, it can be aligned with the container, the container position, the movable carrier 107, and the like.
  • the container handling equipment 105 can be taken out from the movable carrier 107 by at least one of sucking, pushing, clamping, grabbing, hooking, picking up, and lifting.
  • the container or the container is placed in the movable carrier 107.
  • This specification does not limit the specific method used by the container handling equipment 105 to pick and place the container. Due to the different forms of the movable carrier 107 , the operation of picking and placing the container will also be limited, so at least the container handling equipment 105 in the three-dimensional warehouse 106 takes and places the container in a manner that matches the movable carrier 107 .
  • Figure 7a shows a schematic view of the container loading and unloading mechanism
  • the container loading and unloading mechanism includes a frame body 7, the frame body 7 is provided with a fetching container assembly 2 and a carrying assembly, and the frame body 7 includes mutually perpendicular X axes
  • the track 71 and the Y-axis track 72 , the X-axis track 71 and the Y-axis track 72 are arranged on a vertical plane.
  • the Y-axis track is configured to move along the X-axis track
  • the fetching container assembly is configured to move along the Y-axis track.
  • the fetching container component 2 can take out the container from the carrier along the Z-axis direction and load it on the carrier component or unload the container from the carrier component and put it on the carrier.
  • the X axis, the Y axis and the Z axis constitute a three-dimensional coordinate system.
  • the frame body 7 includes a door frame assembly
  • the X-axis track 71 includes a ground rail structure and a sky rail structure arranged on the door frame assembly.
  • the X-axis rail 71 extends in the horizontal direction
  • the Y-axis rail 72 extends in the vertical direction.
  • the Y-axis track 72 can be a column structure, and the two ends of the Y-axis track 72 are respectively guided and matched with the ground rail structure and the sky rail structure, and the Y-axis track 72 moves horizontally along the ground rail structure and the sky rail structure.
  • the two X-axis rails 71 are respectively provided with X-axis moving plates, which can move horizontally along the X-axis rails 71, and the two ends of the Y-axis rails 72 are respectively fixedly connected to the two X-axis moving plates superior.
  • the Y-axis track 72 is provided with a Y-axis moving plate, and the Y-axis moving plate can move vertically along the Y-axis track 72, and the fetching container assembly 2 is fixedly connected to the Y-axis moving plate.
  • the X-axis moving plate and the Y-axis moving plate can be further installed with guide assemblies, and slide along the corresponding X-axis rails 71 and Y-axis rails 72 through the guide assemblies.
  • a drive system is also provided on the frame body 7, and the drive system includes an X-axis drive unit and a Y-axis drive unit.
  • the X-axis drive unit is used to drive the Y-axis track 72 to move along the X-axis track 71
  • the Y-axis drive unit is used to drive the fetching and delivery container assembly to move along the Y-axis track 72, so that the fetching and delivery container assembly 2 can be moved to the corresponding location, eg corresponding to the target location on the vehicle.
  • the driving system may include a driving motor, a transmission gear, a transmission chain, a lead screw assembly, etc., and those skilled in the art can make settings based on the prior art to realize the above-mentioned functions of the driving system.
  • At least two Y-axis rails 72 may be provided, and at least two Y-axis rails 72 relatively independently move between the upper and lower X-axis rails 71 .
  • Each Y-axis track is provided with at least one pick-and-deliver container assembly, and the pick-and-deliver container assembly 2 on each Y-axis track can move independently, which improves the working efficiency of the container loading and unloading mechanism.
  • the container loading and unloading mechanism is used to transfer the containers on the carrier, and the fetching container assembly 2 can move on the frame body 7 along the X-axis track 71 and the Y-axis track 72 to the target position of the carrier.
  • the carrier may be a movable shelf
  • the container may be a container on the movable shelf
  • the fetching and delivery container assembly 2 picks and places the container by at least one of sucking, pushing, clamping, grabbing, hooking, picking up, and lifting.
  • control server 100 determines the transportation task according to the order, controls at least one of the first transportation equipment 102, the second transportation equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108, and transports the movable carrier 107 to the container loading and unloading equipment. After the 105 takes out the container or puts the container in the movable carrier 107, the control server 100 can also determine the transport task of putting the movable carrier 107 back into the storage position.
  • control server 100 can also schedule at least one of the first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 to put the movable carrier 107 back into the three-dimensional warehouse, and the movable carrier 107 The original storage position, or this movable carrier 107 is put back to other storage positions. That is to say, the system can still put the movable carrier 107 back to its original position after carrying the movable carrier 107 for picking and other operations.
  • the control server 100 can send a transport instruction to the second transport device 104 , dispatching the second handling device 104 from the container handling device 105 to return the movable carrier 107 to the bottom storage location A1.
  • the control server 100 can determine the free storage position closest to the distance from the movable carrier 107 to determine that the movable carrier 107 needs to be put back into the storage position, and by scheduling the first transport equipment 102, the second transport equipment 104 and the lift At least one of the devices 108 places the movable carrier 107 in the determined free storage location. That is to say, when the system wants to place the movable carrier 107 in a storage place, it can adopt the strategy of placing it nearby, and determine the storage place by controlling the server 100 .
  • a plurality of workstations can be set in the three-dimensional warehouse 106, that is to say, there will be multiple tasks such as picking, tallying, and delivery performed in parallel, so it can also occur that the movable carrier 107 moves out of the storage position.
  • other movable carriers 107 are placed in the storage position.
  • the control server 100 determines that other movable carriers 107 have been placed in the original storage location, so the control server 100 can determine other storage locations, and call the first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment At least one of the equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 places the movable carrier 107 in other storage positions.
  • control center 100 can also determine the storage location for placing the movable carrier 107 from any free storage locations (including high-level storage locations and bottom storage locations), And call at least one of the first transport equipment 102, the second transport equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 to transport the movable carrier 107 to the storage position.
  • the control center 100 can store the movable carrier 107 according to the The activity of the movable carrier 107 is determined by at least one of the cargo loading and unloading frequency of the cargo and the cargo access quantity. Therefore, according to the ranking of the activity of the movable carrier 107 , the storage position of the movable carrier 107 when returning to the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is determined.
  • the control center 100 can firstly determine the possible The activity of the mobile vehicle 107 is stored. After that, sort the movable carriers 107 according to the stored activities of the movable carriers 107 to determine the ranking of the movable carriers 107 . Finally, the storage position for placing the movable carrier 107 is determined according to the sorting of the movable carrier 107 from the free storage positions on each floor.
  • the control center 100 can place the movable carriers 107 with high activity in the bottom storage positions for different layers, and put the movable carriers 107 with low activity in the high-level storage positions.
  • the ranking range of the movable carrier 107 placed on each layer can be determined according to the number of storage bits in each layer.
  • the first 100 movable carriers 107 in the sorting can be placed in the bottom storage position, and the sorting
  • the movable carriers 107 of positions 101-150 in the middle can be placed in the storage positions of the second floor in the upper layers, and so on.
  • the workstation since operations such as picking and shipping goods need to be performed at the workstation (the workstation is provided with container handling equipment 105), the closer the movable carrier 107 placed on the bottom layer is placed to the workstation, the The operation of the goods stored in the tool 107 takes less time. Similarly, for the movable carrier 107 placed on the same high floor, the closer the movable carrier 107 is to the high-level connecting point 112 at the lifting device 108, the more time-consuming the operation of the goods stored in the movable carrier 107 will be. few.
  • control center 100 determines the storey of the movable carrier 107, if the storey is at the bottom, according to the storage positions of the storey and the position of the workstation, It is determined that the movable carrier 107 with high activity is placed in a storage position close to the workstation, and the movable carrier 107 with low activity is placed in a storage position far from the workstation.
  • the layer is a high-level
  • it is determined that the movable carrier 107 with high activity is placed in the storage position close to the high-level connection point 112 of the layer, and the The movable carrier 107 with low activity is placed in the storage location far away from the high-level connection point 112 .
  • the highly active movable carrier 107 in a storage location close to the lifting equipment 108 on the floor, that is, use the lifting equipment 108 instead of the high-level connecting point 112 .
  • the high-level connection point 112 and the lifting device 108 can also be considered simultaneously.
  • control server 100 determines the storage slot to be placed by the movable carrier 107, it may first determine the location of the movable carrier 107 according to the order of activity of the movable carrier 107 from each layer with free storage slots. with 107 layers. Afterwards, among the free storage slots of the determined layers, the storage slots stored by the movable carrier 107 are determined according to the sorting of the activity of the movable carrier 107 .
  • the control server 100 can determine the "hotness" of different storage positions on each floor according to the positions of multiple workstations or multiple high-rise connection points 112 or multiple lifting devices 108, and the movable load placed on the "hotter" storage position. 107 has higher activity ranking.
  • the heat of a storage location can be determined based on its distance from the multiple workstations/high-rise connection points 112/lifting equipment 108.
  • the control server 100 can determine the heat distribution corresponding to each workstation according to the Gaussian distribution of preset parameters, and the heat distribution covers at least part of the bottom storage bits of the bottom layer, and then superimpose the heat distribution corresponding to each workstation, Determine the heat to buy an underlying storage bit.
  • the control server 100 can judge whether the determined storage location is free, and if so, call the first transport device 102 and the second transport device 104 and at least one of the lifting equipment 108, the movable carrier 107 is placed in the storage position, if not, the position of the movable carrier 107 is exchanged with other movable carriers 107 that have been placed in the storage position. Change, that is, take the other movable carrier 107 out of the storage position, and place the movable carrier 107 in the storage position. As for the other movable carrier 107 taken out, the server can use the same method to re-determine the storage position of the movable carrier 107 .
  • control server 100 when the control server 100 determines that the storage location is not free, it may also determine the free storage location closest to the storage location, and place the movable carrier 107 on the re-determined out of free memory.
  • the container for a certain cargo can be placed in different movable carriers 107 .
  • the container can then be removed from one movable carrier 107 before picking and placed in another movable carrier 107 after picking. Therefore, the control server 100 can also determine the activity of different containers according to at least one of the frequency of cargo loading and unloading and the quantity of cargo access, and according to the order of the activity of each container, send them to the first handling equipment 102 and the second handling equipment 102 respectively.
  • the equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 send a handling instruction for performing the handling task, so as to adjust at least some of the containers in the movable carrier 107, so that the activity of the containers in the movable carrier 107 of the bottom storage position is higher than that of the upper layer
  • the activity of the container in the movable carrier 107 of the storage location can be performed during the container sorting process, and can also be performed during other tasks, as long as the container needs to be taken out from the movable carrier 107, adjustments can be made.
  • control server 100 can also determine the activity of the movable carrier 107 according to the activity of each container in the movable carrier 107, and adopt the above-mentioned method based on the movable carrier 107 Either way the activity sort determines the storage slot, put the movable carrier 107 back into the storage slot.
  • the specific process is similar to the above process, and will not be repeated in this specification.
  • the current warehouse also has tally tasks, that is, to sort out the goods in at least two storage locations, which may include goods merging, goods exchange, etc.
  • the tally task can be performed at the workstation, so the control server 100 can also respond to the tally task, and schedule at least one of the first handling equipment 102, the second handling equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108 to be able to
  • the mobile carrier 107 is adjusted from the original storage location of the three-dimensional warehouse 10 to another storage location or keeps the original storage location unchanged.
  • control server 100 responds to the tally task, determines the movable carrier 107 that has completed the tally at the workstation, determines the original storage location of the movable carrier 107, and calls the first handling device 102, the second handling device 104 and at least one of the lifting device 108 to put the movable carrier 107 back into the original storage position. Or, determine the activity ranking of the movable carrier 107 after tallying, determine other storage positions of the put-back of the movable carrier 107, and call the At least one, put the movable carrier 107 in the other storage position
  • the method for determining the activity of the movable carrier 107 may be consistent with the aforementioned method, that is, according to at least one of the cargo loading and unloading frequency and the quantity of cargo stored on the movable carrier 107, determine the Activity of the movable vehicle 107 . Subsequently, according to the sorting of the activity of the movable carrier 107, determine the storage position of the movable carrier 107 after adjusting its position during tallying.
  • a tallying task can also be performed for a movable carrier 107 .
  • a tallying task can also be performed for a movable carrier 107 .
  • goods in at least two containers of the movable carrier 107 may be tallied.
  • the workstation can also tally the goods in the container placed on the movable carrier 107 according to the goods stored by itself.
  • the control server 100 calls at least one of the first transport equipment 102, the second transport equipment 104, and the lifting equipment 108 according to the tally task, and when the movable carrier 107 is transported to the workstation for tally, it can be determined that the The storage position where the mobile carrier 107 returns to the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is placed. That is to say, the tally task may include sorting the goods corresponding to at least one movable carrier 107 and adjusting the storage position of the movable carrier 107 . That is, the adjustment of the goods and the adjustment of the storage position, at least one of the two can determine the tally task.
  • the tally task can be completed by changing the storage position of the movable carrier 107, or by arranging the cargo of the movable carrier 107, or the tally task can be completed by changing the storage position of the movable carrier 107.
  • the sorting of the goods is also the adjustment of the storage position of the movable carrier 107 to complete the tallying task.
  • the process of carrying the movable carrier 107 from any high-level storage location to the bottom layer for goods out of the warehouse is taken as an example to describe the process of carrying out the transport task by the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system.
  • the control server 100 of the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system when determining that the goods in the movable carrier 107 located in the high-level storage position needs to be transported to the bottom layer for outbound, first, it can determine the layer where the high-level storage position is located.
  • Each of the first handling equipment 102 Each of the first handling equipment 102.
  • the first transportation equipment 102 that executes the transportation task is determined from the determined first transportation equipment 102, and a transportation instruction is sent.
  • the control server 100 may determine the first transportation equipment 102 to perform the transportation task from among the first transportation equipment 102 according to whether each first transportation equipment 102 is idle or the number of transportation instructions to be executed.
  • the present application does not limit the strategy used to select the first transport equipment 102, which can be set according to needs.
  • the control server 100 can simply select a first transport equipment from all idle first transport equipment 102. 102, as the first transport equipment 102 for performing the transport task.
  • the first transportation device 102 closest to the high-level storage location where the movable carrier 107 of the transportation task is located is determined from the idle first transportation equipment 102 as the first transportation equipment 102 for performing the transportation task.
  • control server 100 when it sends a transport instruction to the first transport device 102, it can also send a transport command to the lifting device 108 asynchronously, so that the lifting device 108 rises or descends to the layer where the high-level storage location is located (i.e., the specified layer), that is, The floor where the movable carrier 107 of the transport task is located. Then the lifting device 108 can move to the floor according to the transfer instruction, wait for the first transfer device 102 to transfer the movable carrier 107 to the high-level connection point 112 , and receive the movable carrier 107 through the high-level connection point 112 .
  • the transport instructions sent by the control server 100 to different transport devices are not completely the same.
  • the first transport equipment 102 travels through the roadway of the floor to the high-level storage position where the movable carrier 107 of the transport task is located, and carries it from the high-level storage position in a piggyback manner. Take out the movable carrier 107, and drive to the high-level connection point 112 of the layer through the roadway of the layer again, and place the movable carrier 107 in the lifting device 108 through the high-level connection point 112. And after the placing is completed, the information that the execution of the transport instruction is completed is sent to the control server 100 .
  • the transport instruction sent to the first transport device 102 includes the identification of the high-level storage location where the movable carrier 107 to be transported is located, the identification of the high-level connection point 112, and the The path of the connection point 112, when the three-dimensional warehouse 106 contains multiple high-level connection points 112, the control server 100 can determine the identification and path of the high-level connection point 112 through path optimization, and send it to The first handling device 102 .
  • the first transport device 102 transports the movable carrier 107 to the high-level connection point 112 according to the optimized path.
  • the control server 100 determines that the lifting equipment 108 has obtained the movable carrier 107 through the high-level connection point 112 according to the information that the conveying instruction sent by the first conveying device 102 is completed, and according to the corresponding
  • the transport task sends a transport command to the lifting device 108, and the transport command includes a designated floor that the lifting device 108 needs to reach in the next step.
  • the designated floor is the bottom layer.
  • the lifting device 108 can determine to transport the currently transported movable carrier 107 to the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 according to the transport command sent again by the control server 100 , and send information to the control server 100 that the transport command has been executed.
  • the control server 100 determines that the movable carrier 107 has been transported to the ground floor according to the information that the transport instruction sent by the lifting device 108 has been executed. Afterwards, the second transportation equipment 104 that performs the transportation task may be determined from the second transportation equipment 104 , and a transportation instruction may be sent to the determined second transportation equipment 104 . Wherein, the logic of determining the second transportation equipment 104 that performs the transportation task from the second transportation equipment 104 may be the same as the logic of determining the first transportation equipment 102 that performs the transportation task from the first transportation equipment 102. More on that.
  • the second conveying device 104 travels to the lifting device 108 through the roadway on the ground floor according to the conveying instruction sent by the control server 100 , and carries the movable carrier 107 carried by the lifting device 108 . Afterwards, travel to the corresponding storage space on the bottom floor again through the roadway on the bottom floor, place the movable carrier 107 on the storage location on the bottom floor, and send information to the control server 100 that the execution of the handling instruction is completed.
  • control server 100 may determine that the carrying task has been executed according to the execution completion information sent by the second carrying device 104 .
  • the second conveying device 104 can transport the movable carrier 107 to the container handling device 105 , and send information to the control server 100 that the execution of the transport instruction has been completed.
  • the container loading and unloading device 105 takes out from the movable carrier 107 the container containing the goods that need to be picked according to the operation instruction sent by the control server 100, so as to pass the picking station to the storage in the movable carrier 107. Goods in containers are picked.
  • the container handling equipment 105 may send information to the control server 100 that the execution of the operation instruction has been completed.
  • cargo carriers may be provided on high floors
  • container handling equipment 105 may also be provided on at least part of the high floors
  • high-rise connection points 112 may be set to be respectively located at the positions of container handling equipment 105 on high floors. near and within the lifting equipment 108.
  • the first handling equipment 102 is further used to transport the movable carrier 107 between the high-level storage position and the high-level connection point 112 near the position of the container handling equipment 105, or, the high-level connection point 112 near the position of the container handling equipment 105
  • the collection carrier is transported between the high-level connection point 112 in the lifting device 108 .
  • the container handling device 105 is also used for removing containers from the movable carrier 107 and placing them in the cargo carrier, or removing containers from the cargo carrier and placing them in the movable carrier 107 .
  • the form of the cargo carrier is not limited in this specification, and the cargo carrier may include shelves (such as partition shelves, container shelves, etc.), pallet supports, cage cars, pallets, etc. Supports and other forms, and what kind of moving cargo carrier is used, can be set according to needs.
  • the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 may be provided with at least one connection point on the bottom floor.
  • the second transport device 104 is also used for transporting the movable carrier 107 indicated by the transport instruction between the bottom storage location and the bottom connection point or between the lifting device 108 and the bottom connection point according to the transportation instruction sent by the control server 100 .
  • the bottom connection point of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 is the connection point for docking with the outside of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 .
  • a forklift or other handling equipment can take out the movable carrier 107 that needs to go out of the warehouse or the container that stores the goods taken out from the movable carrier 107 from the bottom connection point, or the movable carrier 107 that needs to be put in the warehouse Or transport the container with goods to the connection point on the ground floor, and at least one of the first transport equipment 102, the second transport equipment 104 and the lifting equipment 108, according to the transport instruction sent by the control center 100, move the movable carrier 107 is transported from the bottom connection point to the bottom storage location or the high-level storage location.
  • the specified area on the bottom of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 (such as the picking area, or the packing area, etc.) an area.
  • the second transport device 104 is used to take out the movable carrier 107 from the bottom storage space or the lifting device 108 , and transport the movable carrier 107 to the connection point of the bottom layer, and place the movable carrier in a designated area.
  • the movable carrier 107 is taken out from the connection point on the ground floor of the designated area, and the movable carrier 107 is transported to the storage space or the lifting device 108 on the ground floor.
  • control server 100 can control the process from each second handling device 104 Determine the second transport device 104 that performs the transport task, and send a transport instruction to the determined second transport device 104 .
  • the second conveying device 104 travels to the storage position on the ground floor through the roadway on the ground floor according to the transport instruction received, and transports the movable carrier 107 stored in the storage position on the ground floor.
  • the second transport equipment 104 travels to the connection point on the ground floor again through the roadway on the ground floor, places the movable carrier 107 on the connection point on the ground floor, and sends information to the control server 100 that the execution of the transport instruction is completed.
  • control server 100 determines that the movable carrier 107 has been correctly transported to the connection point on the ground floor after receiving the information that the transport instruction is completed sent by the second transport device 104 , and the transport task is completed.
  • the process of carrying the movable carrier 107 from the connection point on the bottom floor to any high-level storage location for storage is taken as an example to describe the process of the three-dimensional warehouse dispatching system performing the carrying task.
  • control server 100 of the system determines that the movable carrier 107 that has been transported to the connection point 110 on the bottom floor needs to be transported to the high-level storage location according to the transport task to be performed, firstly, it can start from each second transport Among the devices 104, the second transport device 104 that performs the transport task is determined, and a transport instruction is sent to the determined second transport device 104 .
  • the logic of determining the second transport device 104 to perform the transport task will not be repeated in this specification.
  • the second transport equipment 104 travels through the bottom roadway to the corresponding bottom node to carry the movable carrier 107, and travels through the bottom roadway to the lifting device 108 again, and moves the movable carrier Tool 107 is placed on lifting device 108. And after the placing is completed, the information that the execution of the transport instruction is completed is sent to the control server 100 .
  • control server 100 when the control server 100 sends a transport instruction to the second transport device 104, it can also send a transport command to the lifting device 108 asynchronously, so that the lifting device 108 moves to the bottom layer (i.e., the designated floor), that is, the movable carrier that needs to be transported. 107 corresponds to the layer where the storage bit is located. Then the lifting device 108 can move to the bottom floor according to the transport instruction, and wait for the second transporting device 104 to transport the movable carrier 107 to the lifting device 108 .
  • the bottom layer i.e., the designated floor
  • the lifting device 108 can move to the bottom floor according to the transport instruction, and wait for the second transporting device 104 to transport the movable carrier 107 to the lifting device 108 .
  • control server 100 After the control server 100 receives the information that the execution of the transportation instruction sent by the second transportation equipment 104 is completed, it can continue to send the information to the lifting equipment 108 according to the information that the transportation instruction has been executed and the layer where the high-level storage location of the goods included in the transportation task needs to be stored.
  • the designated layer corresponding to the handling instruction is the layer where the high-level storage location where the goods need to be stored is located.
  • the lifting device 108 transports the movable carrier 107 to the layer where the high-level storage location is located according to the transport instruction received again from the control server 100 , and sends information to the control server 100 that the execution of the transport instruction is completed. In addition, when the lifting device 108 reaches a designated floor, the movable carrier 107 can be transported out of the lifting device 108 through the high-level connection point 112 .
  • the control server 100 determines the first transportation equipment 102 that performs the transportation task from among the first transportation equipment 102 on the floor where the high-level storage location is located according to the information that the transportation instruction sent by the lifting equipment 108 is completed, and sends a report to the determined first transportation equipment 102.
  • the device 102 sends a handling instruction.
  • the first transport equipment 102 travels to the high-level connection point 112 through the roadway of the floor according to the transport instruction received, and the movable carrier 107 lifted by the lifting equipment 108 from the bottom layer travels to the high-level connection point 112 through the roadway of the floor again. Below the high-level storage positions, the movable carrier 107 is placed on the high-level storage positions.
  • the first transport device 102 places the movable carrier 107, it can send information to the control server 100 that the execution of the transport instruction has been completed. , it is determined that the movable carrier 107 is correctly transported to the high-level storage location, and the carrying task is completed.
  • the movable carrier 107 can be transported to the position of the container handling equipment 105 by the second handling equipment 104, and the container loading and unloading equipment 105 can move from The container is picked up from the movable carrier 107 , or the container is placed on the movable carrier 107 .
  • the first transporting device 102 may transport the movable carrier 107 from the high-level storage space or store the movable carrier 107 in various ways.
  • control server 100 determines the high-level storage location corresponding to the transportation task according to the transportation task.
  • the high-level storage position when tool 107 is put into storage can also be regarded as the high-level storage position corresponding to the handling task.
  • control server 100 may send a transport instruction to the determined first transport device 102 according to the position of the high-level storage location and the position of the roadway adjacent to the high-level storage position.
  • the first transporting device 102 can take out the movable carrier 107 from the side of the high-level storage position to the first transporting device 102 at the track position adjacent to the high-level storage position according to the transporting instruction sent by the control center 100, or , place the movable carrier 107 transported on the first transport device 102 in the high-level storage position from the side of the high-level storage position.
  • Figure 7b is a schematic diagram of the first handling equipment provided in this specification for taking and placing the movable carrier from the side. It can be seen that the first handling equipment 102 is located in the roadway adjacent to the high-level storage position, and the storage space is taken from the side of the high-level storage position. Containers for goods.
  • control server 100 sends a transport instruction to the determined first transportation device 102 according to the position of the high-level storage location and the positions of other storage locations above the high-level storage location.
  • the first transport device 102 can take out the movable carrier 107 from above the high-level storage position into the first transport device 102 according to the transport command sent by the control server 100, or, from the first transport device 102, move the movable carrier 107 into the first transport device 102. 107 is placed in the high-level storage bit from the top of the high-level storage bit.
  • the second transporting device 104 can transport the movable carrier 107 from the storage space at the bottom layer or store the movable carrier 107 in various ways.
  • control server 100 determines the underlying storage location corresponding to the transportation task according to the transportation task.
  • the bottom storage location when the tool 107 is stored in the warehouse can also be regarded as the bottom storage location corresponding to the handling task.
  • control server 100 may send a transport instruction to the determined second transport device 104 according to the position of the bottom storage bit and the position of the aisle adjacent to the bottom storage bit.
  • the second transport device 104 can take out the movable carrier 107 from the side of the bottom storage position to the second transport device 104 at the laneway position adjacent to the bottom storage position according to the transport instruction sent by the control server 100, or , place the movable carrier 107 carried on the second transport device 104 in the bottom storage location from the side of the bottom storage location.
  • control server 100 sends the transport instruction to the determined second transport device 104 according to the position of the underlying storage bit.
  • the second transport device 104 can enter the bottom of the bottom storage position at the laneway position adjacent to the bottom storage position according to the transport instruction sent by the control server 100, and take out the movable carrier 107 from the bottom of the bottom storage position to the second transport device 104, or from the second handling device 104, place the movable carrier 107 indicated by the handling instruction in the bottom storage location.
  • At least one lifting device 108 can be set in the three-dimensional warehouse 106, so in order to make the movable carrier 107 can be placed on any floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106, when When the three-dimensional warehouse 106 contains multiple lifting devices 108, there is at least overlap between the specified floors that the multiple lifting devices 108 can reach.
  • each lifting device 108 can communicate with each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 through overlapping floors.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse 106 has 4 floors in total, and 3 lifting devices 108 are connected respectively, the ground floor and the 1st floor, the 1st floor and the 2nd floor, and the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor.
  • each lifting device 108 may be located at different positions of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 .
  • the control server 100 can transport the movable carrier 107 to any floor in the three-dimensional warehouse 106 through one or more lifting devices 108 .
  • the server can respectively call the first handling equipment 102 on the first to third floors and the corresponding lifting equipment 108, so that each lifting equipment 108 and the first moving equipment on each floor
  • a transport device 102 transports goods from the third floor to the ground floor in the form of relay, and the second transport device 104 on the ground floor can further transport the movable carrier 107 .
  • a track 118 can be provided, so that the track 118 in the lifting device 108 can be connected with the track 118 provided in the high-rise of the three-dimensional warehouse 106, then the first handling device 102 moves along the track 118 at a high level , can be driven into the lifting device 108, and the movable carrier 107 is directly placed in the lifting device 108, or the first transport device 102 is transported to another floor by the lifting device 108.
  • the movable carrier 107 can also be a carrier for placing one container.
  • control server 100 can also transfer the first transport device 102 between different floors through the lifting device 108.
  • the control server 100 may determine the number of first transportation devices 102 required by each high-rise according to the to-be-executed transportation tasks corresponding to some high-rises or all high-rises. Wherein, the control server 100 may use the layer where the high-level storage bit involved in the transport task is located as the high-level layer corresponding to the transport task. For example, if task A needs to transport the movable carrier 107 from the 3rd floor, then the 3rd floor is the upper level corresponding to the task A, or the task B needs to transport the movable carrier 107 to a high-level storage in the 3rd floor. position, then the third layer is the upper layer corresponding to the B handling task.
  • control server 100 can determine the number of first transport equipment 102 required by each high-level according to the number of transport tasks to be performed corresponding to each high-level. The more the number of first transport equipment 102 required. Of course, due to the limited space on each floor in the warehouse, too many first transport equipment 102 may lead to a reduction in the path that the equipment can travel or congestion of the path. A maximum number of transport equipment 102, which determines the number of first transport equipment 102 required by each high-level. Wherein, the maximum number of the first transport equipment 102 may vary according to the layout of each floor. When the number of movable carriers 107 arranged in a high floor is less, it means that the first transport equipment 102 can pass through more areas.
  • control server 100 can determine the first transportation equipment 102 that each high-level needs to call according to the quantity of the first transportation equipment 102 required by each high-level and the current number of the first transportation equipment 102 of each high-level, and send the calling instruction to the user. Call the first handling device 102 .
  • the first transporting device 102 is also used to travel along the track 118 into the lifting device 108 according to the received calling command sent by the control server 100 , and reach the upper level specified by the calling command through the lifting device 108 .
  • the high-level connecting points 112 respectively set up for each high-level are all independently outside the lifting equipment 108.
  • the movable carrier 107 needs to be transported to the lifting device 108 by the high-level connection point 112, and then the movable carrier 107 is transported to the designated floor by the lifting device 108.
  • the high-level connection point 112 can also be set to be located in the lifting device 108 in this specification.
  • the first transportation device 102 is further used to drive to the high-level connection point 112 in the lifting device 108 according to the transportation instruction sent by the control server 100, and place the movable carrier 107 on the high-level connection point 112, or, from The removal of the movable carrier 107 from the high-level access point 112.
  • the high-level connection point 112 can also be set to be located in the lifting device 108 .
  • the first transport equipment 102 can also be further used to travel to the high-level connection point in the lifting device 108, place the movable carrier 107 on the high-level connection point 112, or take out the movable carrier 107 from the high-level connection point 112 Vehicle 107 .
  • control server 100 can be used for:
  • the control server 100 is used to determine the layers of all areas connected by the tracks closest to this layer as the intermediate layer.
  • the control server 100 sends a calling instruction to the first transport equipment 102 in the departure area, sends a transport instruction to the lifting equipment 108 connecting the middle floor and the departure area, and sends a transport instruction to the lifting equipment 108 connecting the middle floor and the destination area, so that the first The transport equipment 102 arrives at the destination area from the departure area after passing through the two lifting equipment 108 and the track 118 on the middle layer.
  • FIG. 11a is a simple schematic diagram corresponding to the interconnection of the ground of the two three-dimensional warehouses in Fig. 10, indicating that the two three-dimensional warehouses only have the bottom layer connected, so they can be regarded as a whole.
  • Fig. 11b is a detailed schematic diagram, and it can be seen that the two three-dimensional warehouses are independent are respectively arranged on the bottom surface, wherein, as can be seen, the bottom layer is provided with a bottom connection point 110 .
  • control server 100 can determine the quantity of the first transportation equipment 102 required by each three-dimensional warehouse 106 according to at least part of the transportation tasks to be performed corresponding to the three-dimensional warehouses 106 .
  • the first transportation equipment 102 that each three-dimensional warehouse 106 needs to call is determined.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse 106 that calls out the first transportation equipment 102 is used as the departure warehouse, and the three-dimensional warehouse 106 that is transferred into the first transportation equipment 102 is used as the destination warehouse, and sends a calling instruction to the first transportation equipment 102 in the departure warehouse, and sends a call instruction to the second transportation equipment 102 in the departure warehouse.
  • the transportation device 104, the lifting device 108 of the departure warehouse and the lifting device 108 of the destination warehouse send a transportation instruction, so that the first transportation device 102 is transferred from the departure warehouse to the destination warehouse through the two lifting devices 108 and the second transportation device 104.
  • the second transport equipment 104 is also used to transport the first transport equipment 102 from the bottom floor of the departure warehouse to the bottom floor of the destination warehouse according to the calling instruction.
  • the second transport device 104 can regard the first transport device 102 in the lifting device 108 as a carrier in the lifting device 108 , and transport the first transport device 102 out of the lifting device 108 in the same manner as transporting the movable carrier 107 .
  • the second transport equipment 104 can reach another three-dimensional warehouse 106 from one three-dimensional warehouse 106 through the bottom floor, realizing the transfer of the first transport equipment 102 between different three-dimensional warehouses 106 .
  • the lifting device 108 is provided with a powered transfer device 120, and the high-level connection point 112 at least includes the transfer device 120 located in the lifting device.
  • the powered transfer device 120 can actively move the movable carrier 107 placed on the transfer device 120 , for example, a roller line, a transport line, a two-way telescopic fork, etc., and the specific form is not limited.
  • the first transport equipment 102 is further used to travel to the transfer equipment 120 as the high-level connection point 112 in the lifting equipment 108, and place the movable carrier 107 on the transfer equipment 120, or The movable carrier 107 is taken out from the transfer equipment 120 at the high-level connection point 112 .
  • the high floors of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 are provided with powered transfer equipment 120 outside the position where the lifting equipment 108 docks with the high floors. Then the high-level connection point in this specification also includes at least the transfer equipment located outside the lifting equipment. As shown in Figure 12.
  • the transfer device 120 located outside the lifting device 108 docks with the transfer device 120 located in the lifting device 108, and the movable carrier 107 is transported from the transfer device 120 in the lifting device 108 to the transfer device 120 outside the lifting device 108 , or transport the movable carrier 107 from the transfer device 120 outside the lifting device 108 to the transfer device 120 inside the lifting device 108 .
  • the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse 106 can also be provided with a powered transfer equipment 120, so that when the lifting equipment 108 is located on the bottom floor, the bottom transfer equipment 120 120 is docked with the transfer device 120 located inside the lifting device 108, and is used to transport the movable carrier 107 from the transfer device 120 in the lifting device 108 to the transfer device 120 on the bottom layer, so that the second handling device 104 can be moved from Take out the movable carrier 107 in the transplanting equipment 120 of the bottom layer, or, when the second handling device 104 places the movable carrier 107 on the transplanting equipment 120 of the bottom layer, the transfer device 120 of the bottom layer can move the carrier The tool 107 is transported from the transfer device 120 on the ground floor to the transfer device 120 in the lifting device 108 .
  • the second handling device 104 in this specification is further used to take out the movable carrier 107 from the transfer device 120 on the bottom layer, and transport the movable carrier 107 to the connection point 110 on the bottom layer, and transfer the movable carrier 107 Tool 107 is placed in the designated area.
  • the second transport device 104 can take out the movable carrier 107 from the connection point 110 on the ground floor of the designated area, and transport the movable carrier 107 to the transfer device 120 on the ground floor.
  • the dotted line represents the moving path of the movable carrier 107 .
  • the control server 100 can send a handling instruction to the second handling equipment 104 to a designated area outside the three-dimensional warehouse 106 as needed, then the second handling equipment 104 can command, transport the movable carrier 107 to the designated area. That is to say, in this description, it is not limited that the second handling equipment 104 can only operate in the three-dimensional warehouse 106. Since the second handling equipment 104 operates on the bottom platform, it is not limited by the track and can be more flexible. It is docked with equipment outside the system or outside the three-dimensional warehouse 106 to transport the movable carrier 107 out or into the movable carrier 107 .
  • the external equipment may be a forklift controlled by the staff, a roller line for conveying the movable carrier 107, a production line, an area where the staff sorts goods, etc., and this specification does not limit it.
  • the system may further include: at least one external buffer area 122, and the external buffer area 122 is in the form of at least one of three-dimensional storage or planar storage, which is not limited in this specification.
  • the external buffer area 122 may also be provided with a lifting device 108 for communicating with each layer of the external buffer area 122 .
  • the movable carrier 107 in the upper layer of the external buffer area 122 can also be transported by three-dimensional transport equipment, such as a forklift, and the layout structure of the external buffer area 122 is also It can be in the form shown in the above-mentioned Fig. 2, Fig. 4, Fig. 5a, Fig. 5b.
  • the external buffer area 122 may share at least part of the second handling equipment 104 with at least one three-dimensional warehouse 106, or the second handling equipment 104 carries and/or connects between the external buffer area 122 and at least one three-dimensional warehouse 106 Movable carrier 107 .
  • the control server 100 can send a transport instruction to the second transport equipment, and the second transport equipment 104 can send the goods to the external buffer area 122.
  • the movable carrier 107 is transported to the external buffer area 122 for buffering.
  • the external buffer area 122 can be used to store goods with high frequency of outbound and inbound goods, reduce the frequency of outbound and inbound goods in the three-dimensional warehouse 106, and reduce the handling equipment occupied by goods with high inbound frequency. time.
  • the storage capacity of the external buffer area 122 is smaller than that of the three-dimensional warehouse 106, and the structure is simpler, as long as the storage of goods can be realized.
  • the system provided in this manual uses the first handling equipment and the second handling equipment in the three-dimensional warehouse to make use of the lifting equipment in the three-dimensional warehouse.
  • the handling function enables the first handling equipment and the second handling equipment to cooperate to carry the movable carrier in a dense storage warehouse.
  • the movable carrier can Place multiple containers to improve the utilization of storage space, and realize efficient access to containers from movable carriers through container handling equipment, which can increase the sorting efficiency of goods in the three-dimensional warehouse, reduce warehouse operating costs, and improve handling efficiency .
  • this specification also provides a three-dimensional warehouse scheduling method, as shown in FIG. 14 .
  • Figure 14 is a schematic flow chart of the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling method provided in this specification.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse is connected to each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse by at least one lifting device.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse is provided with at least two floors.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse Each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse is connected by at least one lifting device.
  • One or more container handling equipment is arranged on the bottom floor, and at least part of the bottom storage positions in the bottom floor are arranged with movable carriers.
  • At least one high-level connection point is set on each level of the warehouse, and tracks for the first transport equipment are respectively set on the high levels, and at least some high-level storage positions in the high levels are arranged with movable carriers.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling process may specifically include The following steps:
  • the handling task is used for sorting goods in the three-dimensional warehouse, so that the task of handling the movable carrier by the handling equipment can be determined according to the received order.
  • the three-dimensional warehouse scheduling can be performed by a server.
  • the server can determine the handling tasks to be performed.
  • S202 According to the conveying task, determine the first conveying equipment, the second conveying equipment, and the lifting equipment for performing the conveying task, and determine the container loading and unloading equipment used for loading and unloading the container.
  • the server can determine the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment, and the lifting equipment for performing the transport task according to the transport task, and determine the container handling equipment for loading and unloading containers.
  • S204 Send a transport instruction to the determined first transport equipment, second transport equipment, and lifting equipment and send an operation instruction to the container handling equipment.
  • the server can send handling instructions to the determined first handling equipment, second handling equipment, and lifting equipment, and send operations on the goods in the movable carrier to the container handling equipment instruction.
  • the transport instruction is used to make the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment and the lifting equipment cooperate to transport the movable carrier from the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse to the container handling equipment set on the bottom layer, Or move the movable carrier from the container handling equipment set on the bottom floor to the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse.
  • the operation instruction is used to make the container handling equipment take out the container in the movable carrier or place the container in the movable carrier.
  • the first conveying device, the second conveying device and the lifting device can cooperatively convey the movable carrier according to the conveying instruction.
  • the container handling equipment can take out the container in the movable carrier or put the container in the movable carrier according to the operation instruction.
  • the server can be one piece of equipment or multiple devices, such as a distributed server composed of multiple servers.
  • warehouse handling tasks, and dispatch equipment to perform the handling tasks, or multiple servers can determine different handling tasks separately, and schedule equipment to perform the handling tasks.
  • each server can share a certain transport task, so that multiple servers can cooperate to complete multiple transport tasks.
  • the first handling equipment and the second handling equipment can cooperate in dense storage warehouses It avoids the laying of tracks on the bottom of the warehouse, so that the layout of the warehouse can be changed flexibly, and the number of first handling equipment requirements can be reduced, the operating cost of the warehouse can be reduced, and the handling efficiency can be improved.
  • the improvement of a technology can be clearly distinguished as an improvement in hardware (for example, improvements in circuit structures such as diodes, transistors, and switches) or improvements in software (improvement in method flow).
  • improvements in circuit structures such as diodes, transistors, and switches
  • improvements in software improvement in method flow
  • the improvement of many current method flows can be regarded as the direct improvement of the hardware circuit structure.
  • Designers almost always get the corresponding hardware circuit structure by programming the improved method flow into the hardware circuit. Therefore, it cannot be said that the improvement of a method flow cannot be realized by hardware physical modules.
  • a programmable logic device Programmable Logic Device, PLD
  • PLD Programmable Logic Device
  • FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
  • HDL Hardware Description Language
  • ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language
  • AHDL Altera Hardware Description Language
  • HDCal JHDL
  • Lava Lava
  • Lola MyHDL
  • PALASM RHDL
  • VHDL Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language
  • Verilog Verilog
  • the controller may be implemented in any suitable way, for example the controller may take the form of a microprocessor or processor and a computer readable medium storing computer readable program code (such as software or firmware) executable by the (micro)processor , logic gates, switches, application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), programmable logic controllers and embedded microcontrollers, examples of controllers include but are not limited to the following microcontrollers: ARC 625D, Atmel AT91SAM, Microchip PIC18F26K20 and Silicone Labs C8051F320, the memory controller can also be implemented as part of the control logic of the memory.
  • controller in addition to realizing the controller in a purely computer-readable program code mode, it is entirely possible to make the controller use logic gates, switches, application-specific integrated circuits, programmable logic controllers, and embedded The same function can be realized in the form of a microcontroller or the like. Therefore, such a controller can be regarded as a hardware component, and the devices included in it for realizing various functions can also be regarded as structures within the hardware component. Or even, means for realizing various functions can be regarded as a structure within both a software module realizing a method and a hardware component.
  • a typical implementing device is a computer.
  • the computer may be, for example, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a camera phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, an email device, a game console, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or Combinations of any of these devices.
  • the embodiments of the present invention may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Accordingly, the present invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
  • computer-usable storage media including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.
  • These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to operate in a specific manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising instruction means, the instructions
  • the device realizes the function specified in one or more procedures of the flowchart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.
  • a computing device includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.
  • processors CPUs
  • input/output interfaces network interfaces
  • memory volatile and non-volatile memory
  • Memory may include non-permanent storage in computer-readable media, in the form of random access memory (RAM) and/or nonvolatile memory such as read-only memory (ROM) or flash RAM. Memory is an example of computer readable media.
  • RAM random access memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • flash RAM flash random access memory
  • Computer-readable media including both permanent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media, can be implemented by any method or technology for storage of information.
  • Information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data.
  • Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Flash memory or other memory technology, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or other optical storage, Magnetic tape cartridge, tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device.
  • computer-readable media excludes transitory computer-readable media, such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.
  • program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.
  • the present description may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network.
  • program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including storage devices.
  • the present invention includes:
  • a three-dimensional warehouse scheduling system characterized in that the system includes: one or more control servers, one or more first handling equipment, one or more second handling equipment, at least one three-dimensional warehouse, at least one Lifting equipment and one or more container loading and unloading equipment, one of the three-dimensional warehouses is provided with at least two floors, and the at least one lifting equipment is connected to each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse, and the control server is connected with the first transporting a device in communication with said second handling device, wherein:
  • At least part of the storage positions on the bottom floor of the three-dimensional warehouse are arranged with movable carriers, and the movable carriers are used to carry one or more containers;
  • Each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse except the bottom floor is provided with at least one high-rise connecting point, and the high-rises are respectively provided with tracks for the operation of the first handling equipment, and at least part of the high-rises in the high-rises
  • the storage position is arranged with a movable carrier;
  • the control server is used to determine the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment, and the lifting equipment for performing the transport task according to the transport task, and send the information for executing the transport task to the first transport equipment, the second transport equipment, and the lifting equipment respectively.
  • a handling instruction for the handling task and determine the container handling equipment for loading and unloading the container, and send an operation instruction for performing the picking task or inventory task corresponding to the handling task to the container handling equipment;
  • the first transporting device is used to take out or place the movable carrier indicated by the transporting instruction in the high-level storage position according to the transporting command sent by the control server, and to transfer between the high-level storage position and the high-level moving the movable carrier indicated by the moving instruction between connection points;
  • the second transporting device is used to take out or place the movable carrier indicated by the transporting instruction in the bottom storage position according to the transporting command sent by the control server, and to transfer between the lifting device and the bottom storage Move the movable carrier indicated by the handling instruction between the positions, between the lifting device and the container handling device, or between the bottom storage position and the container handling device;
  • the lifting equipment is used to ascend or descend to a designated floor according to the transport instruction sent by the control server, and transport at least the movable carrier indicated by the transport instruction, the first transport equipment and the one or more combinations of the second handling equipment;
  • the container loading and unloading device is used to take out the container from the movable carrier carried by the second conveying device according to the operation instruction sent by the control server, or place the container on the movable carrier carried by the second conveying device tool.
  • said container handling device includes a first sensor for determining that said movable Whether there is a container at the corresponding container position in the carrier, or determine whether the corresponding container position in the movable carrier is empty when the container is placed on the movable carrier.
  • A5. The system according to claim A3, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are the same sensor.
  • A6 The system according to claim A1 or A2, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are image sensors.
  • control server is further used to schedule at least one of the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment and the lifting equipment to be movable
  • the carrier returns to the original storage position or other storage positions of the three-dimensional warehouse.
  • control server is further configured to determine the The activity of the movable carrier determines the storage position of the movable carrier when it returns to the three-dimensional warehouse according to the ranking of the activity of the movable carrier.
  • control server is further configured to determine that the movable carrier returns to The storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse.
  • control server is further configured to, in response to a tally task, schedule the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment, and the lifting equipment At least one of them adjusts the movable carrier from the original storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse to another storage position or keeps the original storage position unchanged.
  • control server is further configured to determine the The activity of the movable carrier is determined according to the sorting of the activity of the movable carrier, and the storage position of the movable carrier is adjusted during tallying.
  • A12 The system according to claim A1, wherein the container handling equipment is located in the bottom workstation, and the workstation also includes a transmission line and a picking station, and the entrance and exit of the transmission line are respectively provided with the container handling equipment , the picking station is located in the transmission path of the transmission line;
  • said container handling equipment located at the entrance of said conveying line is also adapted to remove containers from a movable carrier situated at said entrance and place them on said conveying line;
  • the container handling equipment located at the exit of the transmission line is also used to take the containers transported by the transmission line and place them in the movable carrier located at the exit.
  • A13 The system according to claim A1, wherein the height of the track for storing the movable carrier is greater than the height of the first transport device when the movable carrier is not loaded; the The first conveying device is further used to drive into the bottom of the high-level storage space, and carry the movable carrier from under the high-level storage space in a piggyback manner and leave the high-level storage space.
  • A14 The system according to claim A1, characterized in that, when the three-dimensional warehouse contains multiple lifting devices, there is at least overlap between designated floors that the multiple lifting devices can reach.
  • A15 The system according to claim A1, wherein a track is provided in the lifting device, which is used to connect with the track set in the high-rise, so that the first transporting device travels into the lifting device .
  • control server is further configured to, at least in part, determine the quantity of first transport equipment required by each high-level according to the transport tasks to be performed by each high-level, and according to The quantity of the first handling equipment required by each high-level and the current number of first handling equipment of each high-level, determine the first handling equipment that each high-level needs to call, and send a calling instruction to the first handling equipment that needs to be called;
  • the first conveying device is further configured to, according to the received calling instruction, drive into the lifting device, and pass through the lifting device to reach the upper floor specified by the calling instruction.
  • A17 The system according to claim A15, wherein the high-level connection point is set to be located in the lifting device;
  • the first transport equipment is further used to drive to the high-level connection point in the lifting device, place the movable carrier on the high-level connection point, or, from the high-level connection point
  • the removable carrier is taken out.
  • the system according to claim A15 characterized in that the container handling equipment is also provided on at least part of the high-rise floors, and the high-rise connection points are set to be respectively located near the positions of the container handling equipment on the high floors and within said lifting equipment;
  • the first handling equipment is further used to transport the movable carrier between the high-level storage location and the high-level connection point near the position of the container handling equipment, or, the high-level connection point near the position of the container handling equipment Carrying the collection carrier between the connection point and the high-level connection point in the lifting equipment;
  • the container handling apparatus is also adapted to remove containers from the movable carrier and place them in a cargo carrier, or remove containers from a cargo carrier and place them in the movable carrier.
  • the movable carrier includes legs, and the height of the opening formed by the legs of the movable carrier is higher than that of the second handling device when the movable carrier is not carrying the movable carrier.
  • the height when the carrier is moved; the second handling device is further used to selectively pass under the at least part of the movable carrier when it is not carrying the movable carrier, or, from the at least part of the movable carrier
  • the movable carrier is carried piggyback under the movable carrier and out of the bottom storage space.
  • A20 The system according to claim A19, characterized in that the spacing between the uprights between at least part of the bottom storage spaces in the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse is greater than the width of the second handling equipment, and the bottom layer of the three-dimensional warehouse At least part of the height of the lowest point of the connection between two adjacent columns is higher than the height of the second handling device when the movable carrier is not loaded; the second handling device is further used to, When the movable carrier is not supported, it can selectively pass between at least partially adjacent two columns in the bottom layer.
  • A21 The system according to claim A1, wherein the second handling device is used to enter the bottom storage location at a roadway position adjacent to the bottom storage location, and take out the bottom storage location from the bottom storage location. moving the carrier onto the second handling device, or placing the movable carrier on the second handling device in the bottom storage position.
  • the second transporting device is also used for transporting the storage space between the bottom storage position and the bottom connection point or between the lifting device and the bottom connection point according to the transportation instruction sent by the control server.
  • connection point on the ground floor is provided in the designated area of the bottom of the three-dimensional warehouse
  • the second handling device is used to take out the movable carrier from the bottom storage position or the lifting device, and transport the movable carrier to the connection point on the bottom layer, and move the movable carrier or place the movable carrier in the designated area; or take out the movable carrier from the connection point on the ground floor of the designated area, and transport the movable carrier to the storage space on the lower floor or the lifting device.
  • system characterized in that the system further comprises: one or more external buffer areas, and the form of the external buffer areas is at least one of three-dimensional storage or planar storage;
  • the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse share at least part of the second handling equipment, or the second handling equipment carries and/or connects between the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse the movable vehicle;
  • the control server is further configured to store inventory information of goods in the external buffer area and the at least one three-dimensional warehouse.
  • the container handling equipment is at least one of sucking, pushing, gripping, grasping, hooking, picking up, and lifting from the movable carrier remove the container from the carrier or place the container in said removable carrier.
  • the movable carrier is a movable shelf
  • the movable shelf includes at least one layer of partitions, and the at least one layer of partitions divides the movable
  • the shelf is divided into at least two layers, and at least one storage position is arranged on the partition of the movable shelf, and each storage position can carry at least one first container capable of accommodating stored goods.
  • a transportation scheduling method for a three-dimensional warehouse characterized in that there are at least one or more three-dimensional warehouses, the three-dimensional warehouse is provided with at least two floors, and the three-dimensional warehouse is connected to the three-dimensional warehouse by at least one lifting device
  • Each floor of the warehouse, one or more container loading and unloading equipment is arranged in the bottom floor, at least part of the bottom floor storage positions in the bottom floor are arranged with movable carriers, and each floor of the three-dimensional warehouse in other high floors except the bottom floor
  • At least one high-level connecting point is provided respectively, and the high-level is respectively provided with tracks for the operation of the first transport equipment, and at least some of the high-level storage positions in the high-level are arranged with the movable carrier, and the method includes:
  • the handling task determine the first handling equipment, the second handling equipment and the lifting equipment for performing the handling task, and determine the container handling equipment for loading and unloading the container;
  • the transportation instruction is used to make the first transportation equipment, the second transportation equipment and the lifting equipment cooperate to transport the movable carrier from the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse to the bottom layer
  • the container handling equipment provided, or from the container handling equipment provided on the bottom floor, the movable carrier is transported to the high-level storage position or the bottom storage position of the three-dimensional warehouse;
  • the operation instruction is used to make the container handling equipment take out the container in the movable carrier or place the container in the movable carrier.

Abstract

本说明书公开了一种立体仓库调度系统,通过在立体仓库混合使用第一搬运设备以及第二搬运设备,利用立体仓库中的升降设备搬运功能,使得第一搬运设备和第二搬运设备可协作在密集存储仓库中搬运可移动载具,通过设置容器装卸设备从可移动载具中拿取或向其中放置货物,可移动载具可放置多个容器,提高存储空间利用率,通过容器装卸设备实现从可移动载具高效存取容器,能够增加对立体仓库中货物的分拣效率,降低了仓库运行成本,实现了搬运效率的提升。

Description

一种立体仓库调度系统
本申请要求于2021年10月15日提交中国专利局、申请号为202122496421.6、发明名称为“一种立体仓库调度系统”、2021年10月26日提交中国专利局、申请号为202122588578.1、发明名称为“一种立体仓库调度系统”以及2021年10月26日提交中国专利局、申请号为202111250003.7、发明名称为“一种立体仓库调度系统及方法”的中国专利申请的优先权,其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本申请涉及仓储物流技术领域,尤其涉及一种立体仓库调度系统。
背景技术
目前,随着物流业的高速发展,为了提高仓库的运行效率,通常采用诸如自动导引车(Automated Guided Vehicle,AGV)或自动移动机器人(Autonomous Mobile Robot,AMR)等自动化搬运设备,用于实现对货物的自动化运输。同时,由于仓库占地面积通常有限,土地的取得成本和使用成本较高,为了尽可能提高空间使用率,降低运行成本,现有仓库也会采用密集存储的方式存放货物。
现有技术中,为了能够同时解决自动化运输提高效率,以及密集存储降低成本两个问题,设计有一种密集存储仓库使用的四向穿梭车(以下简称四向车)以及四向车运行的专用立体仓库,如图1a~1b所示。图1a为立体仓库的剖视图,可见立体仓库每层包含数个相邻的存储货物的存储位,其中穿插有若干供四向车搬运货物的巷道,并且立体仓库中每层包括供四向车行驶的轨道,每个存储位上设置托放载具的支架,存储位间共用立柱支撑。图1b为立体仓库俯视图,可见货物通过密集堆放,可以节省大量空间,而通过体型较小的四向车可以灵活在各存储位间穿行,托运货物运输到存储位,或者将货物运输至仓库的接驳点出库。
但是,四向车属于成本较高的搬运设备,并且必须在轨道上行驶,使得采用四向车存取货物的仓库中,由于轨道的设置使仓库布局难以灵活改变,仓库建设以及使用成本较高。另外,目前四向车通常搬运的是托盘等大宗货物的容器,难以实现非大宗货物的密集存储。
发明内容
本说明书实施例提供的一种立体仓库调度系统,用于部分解决现有技术中存在的应用四向穿梭车的密集存储仓库,由于底层需要布置轨道,导致只能由四向穿梭车执行搬运任务,导致仓库运行成本较高,且仓库布局不能灵活改变以及难以实现非大宗货物的密集存储的问题。
本说明书实施例采用下述技术方案:
本说明书提供的立体仓库调度系统,所述系统包括:一个或多个控制服务器、一个或多个第一搬运设备、一个或多个第二搬运设备、至少一个立体仓库、至少一个升降设备以及一个或多个容器装卸设备,一个所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,并由所述至少一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述控制服务器分别与所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备通信,其中:
所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述可移动载具用于承载一个或多个容器;
所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供所述第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且所述高层中的至少部分高层存储位布置有可移动载具;
所述控制服务器用于根据搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,并分别向所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备发送用于执行所述搬运任务的搬运指令,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备,并向所述容器装卸设备发送用于执行与所述搬运任务对应的取货任务或者存货任务的操作指令;
所述第一搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述高层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述高层存储位与所述高层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
所述第二搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述升降设备与所述底层存储位之间、所述升降设备与所述容器装卸设备之间或所述底层存储位与所述容器装卸设备之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
所述升降设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令上升或下降至指定层,并在各层之间至少搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具、所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备中的一种或多种的组合;
所述容器装卸设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的操作指令,从所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中取出容器,或将容器放在所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备包括第一传感器,所述第一传感器用于在从所述可移动载具中取出容器时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否有容器,或者在将容器放在所述可移动载具时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否为空。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备包括第二传感器,所述第二传感器用于确定所述容器装卸设备与所述可移动载具中对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备还用于根据所述第二传感器确定出的所述容器装卸设备与对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差,调整所述容器装卸设备的位姿,消除所述位姿偏差。
可选地,所述第一传感器和第二传感器为同一个传感器。
可选地,所述第一传感器以及所述第二传感器为图像传感器。
可选地,所述控制服务器还用于,调度所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具返回至所述立体仓库的原存储位或其他存储位。
可选地,所述控制服务器,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
可选地,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述容器装卸设备与空闲的存储位之间的距离排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
可选地,所述控制服务器还用于,响应于理货任务,调度所述第一搬运设备、所述第二搬运设备和所述升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具从所述立体仓库的原存储位调整至其他存储位或者保持原存储位不变。
可选地,所述控制服务器,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在理货时调整位置后的存储位。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备位于底层工作站中,所述工作站还包括传输线以及拣选工位,所述传输线的入口以及出口分别设置所述容器装卸设备,所述拣选工位位于所述传输线的传输路径中;
位于所述传输线的入口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于从位于所述入口处的可移动载具中取出容器,放在所述传输线上;
位于所述传输线的出口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于获取所述传输线运输来的容器,并放在位于所述出口处的所述可移动载具中。
可选地,所述用于存放可移动载具的轨道的高度大于所述第一搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第一搬运设备进一步用于驶入所述高层存储位下方,并从所述高层存储位的下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开高层存储位。
可选地,当所述立体仓库中包含多个升降设备时,所述多个升降设备所能到达的指定层之间至少存在重叠。
可选地,所述升降设备内设置有轨道,用于与所述高层中设置的轨道连接,使所述第一搬运设备行驶至所述升降设备内。
可选地,所述控制服务器还用于,至少部分地根据各高层待执行的搬运任务,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量,以及根据各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量和当前各高层的第一搬运设备的数量,确定各高层需要调用的第一搬运设备,并发送调用指令给需要调用的第一搬运设备;
所述第一搬运设备还用于,根据接收到的调用指令,行驶至所述升降设备内,通过所述升降设备到达所述调用指令指定的高层。
可选地,所述高层接驳点设置为位于所述升降设备内;
所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,行驶至所述升降设备内的高层接驳点处,将所述可移动载具放置于所述高层接驳点,或者,从所述高层接驳点的取出所述可移动载具。
可选地,在高层中的至少部分层还设置有所述容器装卸设备,所述高层接驳点设置为分别位于高层的所述容器装卸设备位置附近和所述升降设备内;
所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,在高层存储位与所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点之间搬运所述可移动载具,或者,在所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点与所述升降设备内的高层接驳点之间搬运集货载具;
所述容器装卸设备还用于,从所述可移动载具中取出容器并放在集货载具中,或将容器从集货载具中取出并放在所述可移动载具中。
可选地,所述可移动载具包括支腿,所述可移动载具的支腿形成的开口的高度高于所述第二搬运设 备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述至少部分可移动载具下方穿行,或者,从所述至少部分可移动载具下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开底层存储位。
可选地,所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位间立柱的间隔大于所述第二搬运设备的宽度,以及,所述立体仓库的底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间的连接件的最低点的高度高于所述第二搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间穿行。
可选地,所述第二搬运设备用于在所述底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,进入所述底层存储位,从所述底层存储位取出所述可移动载具至所述第二搬运设备上,或者将所述第二搬运设备上的所述可移动载具放在所述底层存储位中。
可选地,所述立体仓库的底层设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
所述第二搬运设备还用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位与所述底层接驳点之间或所述升降设备与所述底层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具。
可选地,所述立体仓库的底层的指定区域设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
所述第二搬运设备用于从所述底层存储位或所述升降设备取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层接驳点,将所述可移动载具放置于所述指定区域内;或者,从所述指定区域的底层接驳点取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层存储位或所述升降设备。
可选地,所述系统还包括:一个或多个外部缓存区,所述外部缓存区的形式为立体存储或平面存储中的至少一种;
所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库共用至少部分第二搬运设备,或,所述第二搬运设备在所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库之间搬运和/或接驳所述可移动载具;
所述控制服务器还用于,存储所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库中的货物库存信息。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种从所述可移动载具中取出容器或者将容器放在所述可移动载具中。
可选地,所述可移动载具为可移动货架,所述可移动货架包括至少一层隔板,所述至少一层隔板将所述可移动货架分割为至少两层,所述可移动货架的隔板上设置有至少一个存储位,每个存储位可承载至少一个可容纳仓储货物的第一容器。
可选地,所述容器装卸设备包括架体,所述架体上设置有取送容器组件和承载组件,所述取送容器组件被配置为在所述架体上移动;所述架体包括方向相互垂直的X轴轨道和Y轴轨道;所述Y轴轨道被构造为沿着X轴轨道运动,所述取送容器组件被构造为沿着Y轴轨道运动;所述取送容器组件可延沿Z轴方向从载具上取出容器并装载至所述承载组件上或者从所述承载组件卸载容器并放在载具上。
可选地,所述架体包括门架组件,所述X轴轨道包括地轨结构和设置在门架组件上的天轨结构;所述Y轴轨道的两端分别与地轨结构和天轨结构导向配合在一起。
可选地,所述Y轴轨道设置有至少两个,每个Y轴轨道上设置有至少一个所述取送容器组件。
可选地,所述取送容器组件通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种从所述载具中取出容器或者将容器放在所述载具中。
本说明书提供的用于立体仓库搬运调度方法,其特征在于,所述立体仓库至少存在一个或多个,所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,所述立体仓库至少由一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述底层中设置有一个或多个容器装卸设备,所述底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且所述高层中至少部分高层存储位布置有所述可移动载具,所述方法包括:
确定待执行的搬运任务;
根据所述搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备;
向确定出的所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备分别发送搬运指令以及向所述容器装卸设备发送操作指令;
其中,所述搬运指令用于使所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备配合将所述可移动载具从所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中搬运至所述底层设置的容器装卸设备,或从所述底层设置的容器装卸设备处,将可移动载具搬运至所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中;
所述操作指令用于使所述容器装卸设备将所述可移动载具中的容器取出或将容器放在所述可移动载具中。
本说明书实施例采用的上述至少一个技术方案能够达到以下有益效果:
通过在立体仓库混合使用第一搬运设备以及第二搬运设备,利用立体仓库中的升降设备搬运功能,使得第一搬运设备和第二搬运设备可协作在密集存储仓库中搬运可移动载具,通过设置容器装卸设备从可移动载具中拿取或向其中放置货物,可移动载具可放置多个容器,提高存储空间利用率,通过容器装卸设备实现从可移动载具高效存取容器,能够增加对立体仓库中货物的分拣效率,降低了仓库运行成本,实现了搬运效率的提升。
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图6为本说明书实例例提供的一种传输线示意图;
图7a为本说明书实施例提供的容器装卸机构的示意图;
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图8为本说明书实施例提供的升降设备分布示意图;
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图12为本说明书实施例提供的系统中移载设备的示意图;
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图2为本说明书实施例提供的立体仓库调度系统的示意图,该系统包括:一个或多个控制服务器100、一个或多个第一搬运设备102、一个或多个第二搬运设备104,至少一个立体仓库106、至少一个升降设备108以及一个或多个容器装卸设备105,并且一个立体仓库106设置有至少两层,并由至少一个升降设备108连通该立体仓库106的各层,控制服务器100分别与第一搬运设备102和第二搬运设备104通信。也就是说,在本说明书中该立体仓库106最少可划分为一个底层以及一个高层。当然,立体仓库的目的就是提高对垂直方向的空间利用率,因此一般来说立体仓库106为多层,也就是一个底层以及若干高层。
并且,在该立体仓库106的底层上设置的存储位为底层存储位,高层上设置的存储位为高层存储位。该立体仓库106的底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具107,同理,该立体仓库106的高层中的至少部分高层存储位也布置有可移动载具107。
图2中为了方便理解,仅包含了一个控制服务器100,以及一个立体仓库106。
由于仓库存储货物的目的是通过集中存储多种大量货物,例如,方便根据订单需要拣选出所需货物,而本说明书提供的系统中立体仓库的货物是由容器承载的,容器放置于可移动载具107中,可移动载具107需要通过第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108来运输,因此在本说明书中的搬运任务也是为了实现货物拣选,并且可由控制服务器100根据订单确定。同理,本说明书中容器需要从可移动载具107中取出后,才可对容器承载或容纳的货物进行操作,因此为了实现货物拣选,该容器装卸设备105需要对可移动载具107操作,取出容器,或将容器放在可移动载具107中。当然,对容器装卸设备105的操作指令,也可由控制服务器100根据订单确定。
另外,该可移动载具107具体可以是货架形式的,即可移动货架,或者该可移动载具107还可以是托盘支架、笼车、托板支架等形式,只要属于可被移动的,用于放置容器(承载或容纳货物)或货 物的载具即可,本说明书不限制该可移动载具107的具体形式。并且,该可移动载具107既可以用于放置单个容器,或者也可也可用于放置多个容器,本说明书也不做限制。
在本说明书中,用于盛放货物的容器具体可以是料箱、纸箱、托盘等可容纳货物的任何一种形式的容器,本说明书在此不做限制。
当可移动载具107用于放置多个容器,为了提高可移动载具107的空间利用率,该可移动载具107为可移动货架,该可移动货架包括至少一层隔板,至少一层隔板将可移动货架分割为至少两层,可移动货架的隔板上设置有至少一个存储位,每个存储位可承载至少一个可容纳仓储货物的第一容器(例如,货箱)。
图3为本说明书提供的一种可移动载具的示意图。该图展示的是可移动载具107的正视图,通过图3可见该可移动载具107中的放置容器的容器位紧密排列,以提高可移动载具107的空间利用率。可见该可移动载具107具有支腿,该可移动载具107中隔出若干容器位,各容器位形成阵列紧密排布,容器可被从可移动载具107的正面或背面放在容器位中,或从移动货架107的正面或背面取出。容器位与放在的容器之间留下的空隙不足将容器中的货物取出,也就是说,若想取放容器中的货物,需要先将容器从可移动载具107中取出。
进一步地,当可移动载具107为自带轮子形式的载具(如,笼车)时,可视为该笼车的支撑柱下面安装有轮子,由于支撑柱共同实现了支撑车身的作用,因此属于上述的支腿。也就是说,本说明书对于支腿的形式不做限制,只要是用于支撑载具中放置容器的平台的结构,便可视为是支腿。
在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,在进行货物分拣时,该控制服务器100用于根据接收到的订单,确定该订单对应的搬运任务,以及根据该搬运任务,确定执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108,并分别向确定出的第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108发送用于执行该搬运任务的搬运指令,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备105,并向该容器装卸设备105发送用于执行与该搬运任务对应的取货任务或存货任务的操作指令。
具体的,在立体仓库106进行容器中货物的拣选时,需要先根据需要拣选的货物,确定货物存放的可移动载具107所在的存储位。该存储位为该可移动载具107放置的位置,在该立体仓库的每层可根据需要设置若干存储位,用于放置可移动载具107。确定出货物存放的可移动载具107后,通过各搬运设备执行搬运任务,使存放在可移动载具107内容器中的货物出库到达容器装卸设备105处,由容器装卸设备105将可移动载具107中容器取出,以便于对容器中盛放的货物进行分拣,在分拣完成后再由容器装卸设备105将盛有剩余货物的容器装入可移动载具107中,由各搬运设备将可移动载具107搬运入库存储。于是,在本说明书中的搬运任务,是为了实现货物分拣而执行的将载有货物的可移动载具107进行搬运的任务。
在本说明书中,可移动载具107在高层的移动可通过第一搬运设备102实现,可移动载具107在底层的移动可通过第二搬运设备104实现。
则第一搬运设备102可用于根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,在高层存储位中取出或放置搬运指令指示的可移动载具107,以及在高层存储位与高层接驳点112之间搬运该搬运指令指示的可移动载具107。
第二搬运设备104用于根据控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在底层存储位中取出或放置搬运指令指示的可移动载具107,以及在升降设备108与底层存储位之间、升降设备108与容器装卸设备105之间或底层存储位与容器装卸设备105之间搬运该搬运指令指示的可移动载具107。
容器装卸设备105则用于根据控制服务器100发送的操作指令,从第二搬运设备104搬运的可移动载具107中取出容器,或将容器放在所述第二搬运设备104搬运的可移动载具107中。
在拣选货物的过程中,容器装卸设备105需根据操作指令,将第二搬运设备104搬运而来的可移动载具107中的存放有货物的容器取出,待取出的货物拣选结束后,再由容器装卸设备105再将剩余的装有货物的容器放置到对应的可移动载具107中,然后由第二搬运设备104将可移动载具107搬运到相应的底层存储位中对可移动载具107存储,或由第二搬运设备104将可移动载具107搬运到升降设备108中,由第一搬运设备102将该可移动载具107搬运到高层存储位中存储。
于是,控制服务器100还用于确定需要将剩余的存放有货物的容器存放其中的可移动载具107。并且,当该可移动载具107可用于放置多个容器时,该控制服务器100还用于确定剩余的存放有货物的容器具体存放在可移动载具107中的容器位。当然,该控制服务器100还用于确定放置各剩余存放有货物的容器的可移动载具107当前所在的存储位的位置,由第一搬运设备102和/或第二搬运设备将该可移动载具107搬运至该容器装卸设备105处。
如此,在货物由容器装卸设备105从可移动载具107中拿出,在拣选工位分拣完成后,容器装卸 设备105进一步将剩余的存放有货物的容器放在第二搬运设备104搬运而来的可移动载具107中。之后,控制服务器100则可确定该可移动载具107需要存放的存储位位置,以确定搬运该可移动载具107的路径,并根据路径确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108,分别向第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108发送用于执行该搬运任务的搬运指令,经上述过程立体仓库106完成货物分拣。
还需要说明的是,本说明书中的实现货物拣选的立体仓库106及该立体仓库调度系统不仅适用于在仓储场景下商品货物的拣选,也同样适用于工厂生产场景下的成品、半成品或半加工品等货物的拣选,拣选出的货物用于实现某个生产环节或用于某个生产节点。本说明书对货物拣选的应用场景不做具体限定。
另外,在本说明书中,立体仓库106的底层设置有至少一个底层存储位,底层存储位用于放置由第二搬运设备104搬运的可移动载具107。其中,底层存储位可根据需要在底层设置,当选择不同位置设置底层存储位时,可以在底层形成不同的放置可移动载具107的区域,放置可移动载具107的区域之间的空位可作为巷道,供第二搬运设备104承载可移动载具107时通行。
由图2可见,立体仓库106除底层外的其它高层中的各高层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点112,各高层分别设置有供第一搬运设备102运行的轨道118,并且高层中的至少部分高层存储位布置有可移动载具107。
进一步地,在本说明书中,该可移动载具107中的容器可盛放有仓库存储的货物,或者作为闲置容器未盛放货物,也就是说可移动载具107中的容器并非需要全部盛放货物,而立体仓库106各层布置的存储位中也可放置有可移动载具107,或者处于闲置状态未放置可移动载具107。每层存储位的占用率,即布置有可移动载具107的存储位与总存储位数量之比,可根据需要配置。每个可移动载具107的容器占用率,则为可移动载具107中盛放货物的容器与可移动载具107中总容器数量之比,每个可移动载具107的容器位的占用率,则为可移动载具107中存放的容器与容器位总数之比,两种占用率皆可根据需要配置。则高层的高层存储位的占用率可在0~100%之间设置,底层的底层存储位的占用率可在0~100%之间设置。同理,每个可移动载具107的容器占用率以及容器位的占用率也可根据需要设置。因此,对于一个可移动载具107而言,存放于该可移动载具107的各容器可存放有货物也可闲置,该可移动载具107的容器位中也可存在未存放容器的容器位。
由于立体仓库的106中的各存储位内密集存储着可移动载具107,使第一搬运设备102或第二搬运设备104在承托可移动载具107时无法从一个存储位直接行驶到相邻的另一个存储位。因此立体仓库106的各层中均设置有巷道,用于第一搬运设备102或第二搬运设备104在承托可移动载具107时通行。第二搬运设备104还用于在底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,进入底层存储位,从底层存储位取出可移动载具107至第二搬运设备104上,或者从第二搬运设备104上将可移动载具107放在底层存储位中。
本说明书提供的图4为立体仓库的俯视示意图,其中,左侧为高层的示意图,可见该高层中包含轨道118,使第一搬运设备102可在轨道118上行驶,右侧为底层的示意图,可见底层不包含轨道118。并且,在俯视图中可见该立体仓库106每层都设置有巷道,用于第一搬运设备102或第二搬运设备104通行。
另外,需要说明的是在本说明书中,不同层的巷道布局可以不完全相同,具体可根据需要设置。其中,由于密集存储式仓库中若需要搬运不与巷道相邻的存储位中的可移动载具107,需要先将与巷道相邻的存储位中的可移动载具107搬运出来,使与巷道相邻的存储位成为临时巷道,再由搬运设备将不与巷道相邻的存储位中的货物搬运出来,因此通常为了搬运效率考虑,不与巷道相邻的存储位和与其相邻的巷道旁的存储位中可移动载具107内存放在容器中的货物的库存保有单位(Stock keeping Unit,SKU)相同。此时,仓库中存储位与巷道的排列顺序为:1巷道、4存储位、1巷道,如图5a所示,既可以增加货物存储密度,也不影响仓库运行效率。
但是,当单一的SKU没有足够多的货物需要两个以上的存储位进行存储时,图5a所示的布局则可能影响仓库运行效率,因此通常可以采用图5b所示的布局,也就是仓库中存储位与巷道的排列顺序为:1巷道、2存储位、1巷道。
在本说明书中,立体仓库每层都可以采用如图5a或图5b所示的布局,或者两种布局混用的方式进行布局,本说明书对此不做限定。并且,还可根据存放货物的需求,每层采用不完全相同的布局。例如,A层存储的是商品占用空间较大,单一的SKU便有足够多的货物需要两个以上的存储位对应的可移动载具107进行存储,则A层可以全部采用图5a的布局,而A+1层存储的是商品占用空间小,则A+1层可以全部采用图5b的布局。
在本说明书中,该第一搬运设备102具体可以是在轨道上行驶的搬运设备,例如,四向穿梭车。该第二搬运设备104具体可以是在平面上行驶的搬运设备,例如,AGV。当然,本申请对于第一搬运设备102和第二搬运设备104的具体形式不作限制,具体可根据需要设置,只要第一搬运设备102可以沿轨道行驶,并搬运高层存储位中的可移动载具107,第二搬运设备104可以在底层行驶,并搬运底层存储位中的可移动载具107即可。
在本说明书中,由于可移动载具107可能需要被搬运着在该立体仓库106的不同层间移动,因此,升降设备108用于根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令上升或下降至指定层,并在各层之间至少搬运该搬运指令指示的可移动载具107、第一搬运设备102和第二搬运设备104中的一种或多种的组合。
其中,指定层即为执行搬运任务时,升降设备108所需到达的层,例如,从3层搬运可移动载具107至底层,则控制服务器100可分别发送两个搬运指令至升降设备108,搬运设备108根据第一次接收的搬运指令到达3层(即,第一次接收的搬运指令指示的指定层),当可移动载具107已经搬运至该升降设备108中时,搬运设备108可以根据第二次接收的搬运指令到达底层(即,第二次接收的搬运指令指示的指定层)。当然,上述仅为一种示例,上述举例过程中该控制服务器100也可仅发送一个搬运指令,则指定层按照顺序分别为3层以及底层,使升降设备108根据搬运指令先后达到3层以及底层,将3层的可移动载具107搬运至底层。
并且,在本说明书中,由于可移动载具107包括支腿,支腿形成的开口使得可移动载具107与轨道118之间的距离大于第一搬运设备102在未承载可移动载具107时的高度,进一步使得第一搬运设备102可驶入高层存储位下方,并从高层存储位的下方以背驮方式搬运可移动载具107并离开高层存储位。即可移动载具107的支腿高度大于第一搬运设备102在未承载可移动载具107时的高度。
在本说明书中,第二搬运设备104进一步用于,在未承载可移动载具107时可选择性地在至少部分底层存储位下方穿行,或者,从至少部分底层存储位的下方以背驮方式搬运可移动载具107。因此,可移动载具107的支腿形成的开口的高度高于第二搬运设备104在未承载可移动载具107时的高度。第二搬运设备104进一步用于,在未承载可移动载具107时可选择性地在至少部分可移动载具107下方穿行,或者,从至少部分可移动载具107下方以背驮方式搬运可移动载具107并离开底层存储位。
在本说明书中,存储位可由若干立柱围成,立体仓库106的底层中的至少部分底层存储位间立柱的间隔大于第二搬运设备104的宽度,以及,立体仓库106的底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间的连接件的最低点的高度高于第二搬运设备104在未承载可移动载具107时的高度。第二搬运设备104还进一步用于,在未承载可移动载具107时可选择性地在底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间穿行。
当然,由于该可移动载具107是可以通过自身的支腿自立的,因此本说明书中立柱用于支撑立体仓库106,而可以不用于支撑可移动载具107。则高层存储位以及底层存储位也可以不由立柱围成,而是根据需要设置存储位。例如设置用于定位二维码,使第一搬运设备102和第二搬运设备104确定放置可移动载具107的存储位的位置。
在本说明书中,立体仓库106中可设置有工作站,立体仓库106的底层中设置的容器装卸设备105可位于底层工作站中,该工作站还可包括传输线以及拣选工位,该传输线的入口以及出口分别设置该容器装卸设备105。工作站中的拣选工位位于传输线的传输路径中。
在本说明书中,位于传输线的入口的容器装卸设备105,还用于从位于入口处的可移动载具107中取出容器,放在传输线上。位于传输线的出口的容器装卸设备105,还用于获取传输线运输来的容器,并放在位于出口处的可移动载具107中。
图6为本说明书提供的一种传输线示意图。如图:容器由传输线运输,容器装卸设备105在传输线的出口拿取可移动载具107中的容器物到传输线上。图中斜线填充矩形表示拣选工位,可见,在传输线的传输路径中设置有拣选工位,用于对传输线传输的容器进行分拣。在传输线的入口处,容器装卸设备105将分拣后剩余的容器放置到旁边的可移动载具107中。图6中传输线仅是示例,也可以为其他形式,例如,可以是环状传输线,则传输线的入口和出口可位于同一位置。
另外,由于在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,可移动载具107中可存放多个装有货物的容器,而容器装卸设备105需要对存放在可移动载具107中的容器单独进行拿取或存入可移动载具107的操作。因此,容器装卸设备105可包括第一传感器。该第一传感器用于在从可移动载具107中取出容器时,确定该可移动载具107中对应的容器位是否有容器,或者在将容器放在该可移动载具107时,确定该可移动载具107中对应的容器位是否为空。对应的容器位,即需要拿取的装有货物的容器所在的容器位,或需要将装有货物的容器放置其中的容器位。
而当可移动载具107包含多个容器位时,该容器装卸设备105在拿取不同容器位中的容器时或将 容器存放到不同容器位时,需要调整位姿,以对准对应的容器位。因此,容器装卸设备105还可包括第二传感器,该第二传感器用于确定容器装卸设备105与可移动载具107中对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差,以便于调整位姿,使该容器装卸设备105对准可移动载具107的容器位。
进一步地,容器装卸设备105则还用于根据第二传感器确定出的容器装卸设备105与对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差,调整容器装卸设备105的位姿,消除该位姿偏差。在消除位姿偏差后,再将容器放在该对应的容器位中,或将容器从该对应的容器位中取出。
在本说明书中,第一传感器与第二传感器可以是不同的传感器,或者,第一传感器和第二传感器可为同一个传感器。第一传感器与第二传感器具体可以是图像传感器。或者,当第一传感器与第二传感器是不同的传感器时,第一传感器还可以是距离传感器,而第二传感器为图像传感器。当然,只要第一传感器可以确定容器位是否存在容器即可,例如可以是超声波雷达、激光雷达等等,同理,第二传感器也只需能够确定容器装卸设备105与对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差即可,例如,可以是激光雷达、双目视觉系统、深度传感器等。
更进一步地,在本说明书中,该可移动载具107可仅用于承载一个容器,容器装卸设备105上设置的第一传感器,用于确定可移动载具107是否承载容器。
但是,由于可移动载具107也可仅用于承载一个容器,则一般来说无需通过传感器判断该可移动载具107上是否放置有容器,而只需要根据传感器确定位姿偏差,并调整容器装卸设备105的位姿,消除该位姿偏差(例如,当位姿偏差小于或等于某一个预设的偏差容忍值时,即认为消除了该位姿偏差)。因此,当可移动载具107用于承载一个容器时,容器装卸设备105上设置的传感器可仅用于实现第二传感器的功能。
在本说明书中,容器装卸设备105还可在拿取容器时,不对准容器位,而是对准容器,容器上可设置有便于第一传感器识别的信息,例如,用于对准的可被第一传感器识别二维码。当然,在确定位姿偏差以及消除位姿偏差时,不限制容器装卸设备105具体与谁对准,例如可与容器、容器位、可移动载具107等进行对准。
在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该容器装卸设备105可通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种,从可移动载具107中取出容器或者将容器放在可移动载具107中,本说明书对于容器装卸设备105具体采用何种方式取放容器不做限制。由于不同形式的可移动载具107,进行取放容器的操作也会有所限制,因此至少该立体仓库106中的容器装卸设备105取放容器的方式与该可移动载具107是匹配的。
如图7a所述,图7a示出了容器装卸机构的示意图,该容器装卸机构包括架体7,架体7上设置有取送容器组件2和承载组件,架体7包括相互垂直的X轴轨道71和Y轴轨道72,X轴轨道71和Y轴轨道72设置在竖直的平面上。具体地,Y轴轨道被构造为沿着X轴轨道运动,取送容器组件被构造为沿着Y轴轨道运动。取送容器组件2可延沿Z轴方向从载具上取出容器并装载至所述承载组件上或者从所述承载组件卸载容器并放在载具上。X轴、Y轴和Z轴构成三维坐标系。
在一种实施方式中,架体7包括门架组件,X轴轨道71包括地轨结构和设置在门架组件上的天轨结构。X轴轨道71沿水平方向延伸,Y轴轨道72沿竖直方向延伸。Y轴轨道72可以是立柱结构,Y轴轨道72的两端分别与地轨结构和天轨结构导向配合在一起,Y轴轨道72沿着地轨结构和天轨结构水平运动。
具体地,两个X轴轨道71上分别设置有X轴移动板,X轴移动板能够沿着X轴轨道71水平方向移动,Y轴轨道72的两端分别固定连接于两个X轴移动板上。Y轴轨道72设置有Y轴移动板,Y轴移动板能够沿着Y轴轨道72在竖直方向移动,取送容器组件2固定连接在Y轴移动板上。X轴移动板、Y轴移动板上可以进一步安装导向组件,并且通过导向组件沿着相应的X轴轨道71、Y轴轨道72滑动。
架体7上还设置有驱动系统,驱动系统包括X轴驱动单元以及Y轴驱动单元。其中,X轴驱动单元用于驱动Y轴轨道72沿着X轴轨道71运动,Y轴驱动单元用于驱动取送容器组件沿着Y轴轨道72运动,由此可将取送容器组件2运动至相应的位置,例如与载具上的目标位置相对应。驱动系统可以包括驱动电机、传动齿轮、传动链,丝杠组件等,本领域技术人员能够基于现有技术进行设置,以实现驱动系统的上述功能。
在本公开一个实施方式中,Y轴轨道72可以设置有至少两个,至少两个Y轴轨道72在上下两条X轴轨道71之间相对独立运动。每个Y轴轨道上设置有至少一个取送容器组件,每个Y轴轨道上的取送容器组件2均可以独立运动,提高了容器装卸机构的工作效率。
本实施例中,容器装卸机构用于转运载具上的容器,取送容器组件2能够沿着X轴轨道71和Y 轴轨道72在架体7上移动,移动至载具的目标位置。
在一种可实现方式中,该载具可以是可移动货架,容器可以是位于可移动货架上的货箱。
在实际应用中,取送容器组件2通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种取放容器。
另外,在本说明书中,控制服务器100,在根据订单确定搬运任务,控制第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108的至少之一,将可移动载具107搬运至容器装卸设备105进行取出容器,或将容器放在可移动载具107中后,该控制服务器100,还可确定将可移动载具107放回存储位的搬运任务。
则该控制服务器100,还可调度第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108中的至少之一,将可移动载具107放回至该立体仓库的,该可移动载具107的原存储位,或者将该可移动载具107放回至其他存储位。也就是说,该系统可在搬运可移动载具107进行拣货等操作后,仍将该可移动载具107放回原位。例如,假设第二搬运设备104将底层存储位A1的可移动载具107,搬运至容器装卸设备105进行拣货,则在拣货结束后,控制服务器100可向第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令,调度第二搬运设备104从该容器装卸设备105处,将该可移动载具107放回该底层存储位A1。
或者,为了减少第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108的运行压力,将更多的运力用于将可移动载具107运至工作站,而非用于将可移动载具107运回原存储位。则该控制服务器100对确定需要放回存储位可移动载具107,可确定距离该可移动载具107路程最近的空闲存储位,并通过调度第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108的至少之一,将该可移动载具107放置于确定出的空闲存储位。也就是说,该系统对于想存储位放置可移动载具107时,可以采用就近放置的策略,通过控制服务器100确定存储位。
或者,由于该立体仓库106中可设置多个工作站,也就是说会有多个并行执行的拣货、理货、出库等任务在执行,因此也能出现可移动载具107移出存储位后,在其他搬运任务调度下,将其他可移动载具107放置与该存储位的情况。则在放回可移动载具107时,控制服务器100确定原存储位已经放置了其他可移动载具107,于是该控制服务器100可确定其他存储位,并调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108至少之一,将该可移动载具107放置于其他存储位。
当然,在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该控制中心100还可以从空闲的任一存储位(包括高层存储位以及底层存储位)中,确定放置该可移动载具107的存储位,并调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108的至少之一,将可移动载具107的运至该存储位。
进一步地,为了进一步提高立体仓库106的运行效率,在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该控制中心100对于需要放回存储的可移动载具107,可根据该可移动载具107上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定该可移动载具107的活跃度。从而根据该可移动载具107的活跃度的排序,确定该可移动载具107在返回至该立体仓库106时的存储位。
具体的,该控制中心100对于需要放回存储的可移动载具107,首先可根据该可移动载具107上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定该可移动载具107的活跃度,并存储。之后根据已经存储的各可移动载具107的活跃度,对各可移动载具107进行排序,以确定该可移动载具107的该排序。最后,从各层的空闲货位中,根据该可移动载具107的排序,确定放置该可移动载具107的存储位。
其中,由于第二搬运设备104无需沿轨道行驶,灵活度高于第一搬运设备102。并且通常来说工作站设置在底层,所以底层存储位的货物进行出库或者拣选所需的时间更少,搬运任务耗时更少,并且,层数越高的则升降设备108搬运所需的时间越长。因此,该控制中心100可针对不同层,将活跃度高可移动载具107的放在底层存储位,将活跃度低的可移动载具107放在高层存储位。其中,由于不同层的存储位数量不一致,因此可按照每层存储位的数量,确定每层放置的可移动载具107的排名范围。
例如,假设立体仓库106的底层设置有100个存储位,二层和三层分别设置有50和30个存储位,则排序中前100位的可移动载具107可放置于底层存储位,排序中101~150位的可移动载具107可放置于高层中的二层的高层存储位,依次类推。
更进一步地,由于对货物拣选出货等操作,均需要在工作站进行(工作站设置有容器装卸设备105),因此在底层放置的可移动载具107放置距离工作站越近,则对该可移动载具107存放的货物的操作耗时越少。类似的,对于同一高层放置的可移动载具107,该可移动载具107距离升降设备108处的高层接驳点112越近,则对该可移动载具107存放的货物的操作耗时越少。
于是,在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该控制中心100可在确定该可移动载具107存放的层之 后,若该层位底层,则根据该层的各存储位以及工作站的位置,确定将活跃度高的可移动载具107的放在距离工作站近的存储位,将将活跃度低的可移动载具107的放在距离工作站远的存储位。若该层为高层则根据该层的各存储位以及高层接驳点112的位置,确定将活跃度高的可移动载具107的放在距离该层高层接驳点112近的存储位,将活跃度低的可移动载具107的放在距离高层接驳点112远的存储位。
其中,对于高层来说,也可以确定将活跃度高的可移动载具107的放在距离该层升降设备108近的存储位,也就是用升降设备108代替高层接驳点112。或者也可以同时考虑高层接驳点112以及升降设备108。
具体的,该控制服务器100在确定可移动载具107放置的存储位时,可以先从具有空闲存储位的各层中,根据该可移动载具107的活跃度排序,确定放置该可移动载具107的层。之后,在从确定出的层的空闲存储位中,根据可移动载具107的活跃度排序,确定该可移动载具107存放的存储位。
需要说明的是,由于对于立体仓库106来说底层可以设置多个工作站,而高层可以设置多个高层接驳点112或连接多个升降设备108。因此控制服务器100可根据多个工作站或多个高层接驳点112或多个升降设备108的位置,确定每层不同的存储位的“热度”,越“热”的存储位放置的可移动载具107活跃度排序越高。当然,对于存在多个工作站/高层接驳点112/升降设备108的情况来说,一个存储位的热度,可基于其与多个工作站/高层接驳点112/升降设备108的距离来确定。
例如,对于底层来说,该控制服务器100可按照预设参数的高斯分布确定每个工作站对应的热度分布,该热度分布覆盖底层至少部分底层存储位,然后将各工作站对应的热度分布进行叠加,确定买个底层存储位的热度。
进一步地,由于根据热度确定出存储位可能已经放置有其他可移动载具107,则该控制服务器100可判断确定出的存储位是否空闲,若是,则调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108中的至少一个,将该可移动载具107放在该存储位,若否,则将该可移动载具107与该存储位已放置的其他可移动载具107进行位置互换,也就是将该其他可移动载具107取出该存储位,并将该可移动载具107放在该存储位。而对于取出的其他可移动载具107,该服务器可以采用相同的而方式,重新确定该可移动载具107的存储位。
或者,在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该控制服务器100在确定存储位非空闲时,也可以是确定距离该存储位最近的空闲存储位,将该可移动载具107放在重新确定出的空闲存储位中。
或者,将其他可移动载具107从该存储位取出后,放置于距离该存储位最近的其他空闲存储位中。
当然,由于本说明书中,容器与可移动载具107不存在绑定关系,因此放置某一货物的容器可以放置在不同可移动载具107中。则在拣货前容器可以从一个可移动载具107中取出,在拣货后该容器可放置于另一个可移动载具107中。于是,该控制服务器100还可根据货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定不同容器的活跃度,根据各容器的活跃度的排序,分别向第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108发送用于执行搬运任务的搬运指令,以对至少部分可移动载具107中的容器进行调整,使得底层存储位的可移动载具107中容器的活跃度,高于高层存储位的可移动载具107中容器的活跃度。当然,上述过程可以在容器分拣的过程中进行,也可以在其他任务过程中执行,只要容器需要从可移动载具107中取出,就可以进行调整。
在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,控制服务器100也可根据可移动载具107中各容器的活跃度,确定该可移动载具107的活跃度,并采用上述基于可移动载具107的活跃度排序确定存储位的任一方法,将该可移动载具107放回存储位中。具体过程与上述过程类似,本说明书中不再赘述。
由于目前仓库除了拣货、出库等任务,还存在理货任务,即将至少两个存储位中的货物进行整理,可包括货物合并、货物互换等内容。而在本说明书中,理货任务可以在工作站进行,于是该控制服务器100还可响应于理货任务,调度第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108中的至少之一将可移动载具107从立体仓库10的原存储位调整至其他存储位或者保持原存储位不变。
具体的,该控制服务器100响应于理货任务,确定在工作站完成理货的可移动载具107,确定该可移动载具107的原存储位,调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108中的至少之一,将该可移动载具107放回该原存储位。或者,确定理货之后可移动载具107的活跃度排序,确定该可移动载具107的放回的其他存储位,并调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108中的至少之一,将该可移动载具107放在该其他存储位
具体的,确定该可移动载具107的活跃度的方法可与前述方式一致,即,根据可移动载具107上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定该可移动载具107的活跃度。后 续,则可根据可移动载具107的活跃度的排序,确定可移动载具107在理货时调整位置后的存储位。
另外,在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,也可针对一个可移动载具107执行理货任务。例如,当可移动载具107用于放置多个容器时,可以对该可移动载具107的至少两个容器中的货物进行理货。或者,当可移动载具107用于放置一个容器时,该工作站也可根据自身存放的货物,对该可移动载具107放置的容器的货物进行理货。
于是,控制服务器100根据理货任务,调用第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104和升降设备108中的至少之一,将可移动载具107运至工作站进行理货时,可确定该可移动载具107返回该立体仓库106后放置的存储位。也就是说,理货任务可包括对至少一个可移动载具107对应的货物的整理,以及对该可移动载具107的存储位的调整。即,货物的调整和存储位的调整,两者至少包含一种便可确定理货任务。也就是说,可以通过对可移动载具107的存储位的改变,完成理货任务,或者通过对可移动载具107的货物的整理,完成理货任务,或者既对可移动载具107的货物的整理,也对可移动载具107的存储位的调整,以完成理货任务。
当然,如何对可移动载具107的存储位的调整,上文中已经进行过详细描述,可以参考上述内容,本说明书在此不再赘述。
在本说明书提供的一个实施例中,以从任一高层存储位中搬运可移动载具107至底层进行货物出库的过程为例,对该立体仓库调度系统执行搬运任务的过程进行说明。
该立体仓库调度系统的控制服务器100根据待执行的搬运任务,当确定需要将位于高层存储位的可移动载具107中的货物搬运至底层出库时,首先,可确定该高层存储位所在层的各第一搬运设备102。
之后,从确定出的各第一搬运设备102中确定执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102,并发送搬运指令。其中,该控制服务器100可以根据各第一搬运设备102是否空闲,或者待执行搬运指令的数量,从各第一搬运设备102中确定执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102。
当然,本申请对于采用何种策略选择第一搬运设备102不做限制,具体可根据需要设置,例如该控制服务器100可简单的从各空闲的第一搬运设备102中任选一个第一搬运设备102,作为执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102。或者进一步的,从各空闲的第一搬运设备102中确定距离该搬运任务的可移动载具107所在的高层存储位最近的第一搬运设备102,作为执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102。
并且,控制服务器100在向第一搬运设备102发送搬运指令时,还可以异步向升降设备108发送搬运指令,使升降设备108上升或下降至该高层存储位所在层(即指定层),也就是该搬运任务的可移动载具107所在层。则升降设备108可根据该搬运指令移动至该层,等待第一搬运设备102将可移动载具107搬运至高层接驳点112,并通过高层接驳点112接收可移动载具107。需要说明的是,在本说明书中该控制服务器100向不同的搬运设备发送的搬运指令不完全相同。
然后,第一搬运设备102在根据接收到的搬运指令,经所在层的巷道行驶至该搬运任务的可移动载具107所在的高层存储位下方,并以背驮的方式从高层存储位中搬运出可移动载具107,并再次经所在层的巷道行驶至所在层的高层接驳点112处,通过高层接驳点112将可移动载具107放置于升降设备108中。并在放置完成后,向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
需要说明的是,该向第一搬运设备102发送的搬运指令包含有需要搬运的可移动载具107所在的高层存储位的标识、高层接驳点112的标识,以及从高层存储位到达高层接驳点112的路径,当该立体仓库106包含多个高层接驳点112时,控制服务器100可通过路径优化确定高层接驳点112的标识以及路径,作为第一搬运指令包含的信息,发送至第一搬运设备102。使第一搬运设备102按照优化后的路径搬运可移动载具107至高层接驳点112。
控制服务器100根据该第一搬运设备102发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息,确定该升降设备108已经通过高层接驳点112取得可移动载具107,并根据当前搬运的可移动载具107对应的搬运任务,向该升降设备108发送搬运指令,该搬运指令包含有该升降设备108下一步需要达到的指定层,以该示例为例指定层为底层。
则升降设备108可根据控制服务器100再次发送的搬运指令,确定将当前搬运的可移动载具107运至立体仓库106的底层,并向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
控制服务器100根据升降设备108发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息,确定可移动载具107已经运送至底层。之后,可从各第二搬运设备104中确定执行搬运任务的第二搬运设备104,并向确定出的第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令。其中,从各第二搬运设备104中确定执行搬运任务的第二搬运设备104的逻辑,可以与从各第一搬运设备102中确定执行该搬运任务的第一搬运设备102的逻辑相同,本说明书对此再赘述。
第二搬运设备104根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,经底层的巷道行驶至升降设备108处,并搬运该升降设备108搬运的可移动载具107。之后,再次经底层的巷道行驶至相应的底层存储位,将可移动载具107放置于底层的存储位上,并向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
最后控制服务器100可根据第二搬运设备104发送的执行完毕的信息,确定该搬运任务执行完毕。
或者,若需要将货物在拣选工位进行拣选出库,则在搬运该升降设备108搬运的可移动载具107后,该第二搬运设备104可将可移动载具107搬运至容器装卸设备105处,并向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
然后,该容器装卸设备105根据控制服务器100发送的操作指令,从该可移动载具107中取出需要盛放有需要进行拣选货物的容器,以通过拣选工位对可移动载具107中的存放在容器中的货物进行拣选。该容器装卸设备105可向控制服务器100发送操作指令执行完毕的信息。
另外,在本说明书中,高层中可设置有集货载具,在高层中的至少部分层还可设置有容器装卸设备105,高层接驳点112可设置为分别位于高层的容器装卸设备105位置附近和升降设备108内。第一搬运设备102进一步用于,在高层存储位与容器装卸设备105位置附近的高层接驳点112之间搬运可移动载具107,或者,在容器装卸设备105位置附近的高层接驳点112与升降设备108内的高层接驳点112之间搬运集货载具。该容器装卸设备105还用于,从可移动载具107中取出容器并放在集货载具中,或将容器从集货载具中取出并放在可移动载具107中。
需要说明的是,在本说明书中对该集货载具的形式不做限制,该集货载具可包括货架(如,隔板货架、货箱货架等)、托盘支架、笼车、托板支架等形式,具体采用何种行驶的集货载具,可根据需要设置。
在本说明书中,立体仓库106的底层可设置有至少一个底层接驳点。第二搬运设备104还用于根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,在底层存储位与底层接驳点之间或升降设备108与底层接驳点之间搬运该搬运指令指示的可移动载具107。该立体仓库106的底层接驳点为与立体仓库106外的对接的接驳点。例如,叉车或者其他搬运设备可从底层接驳点取出需要出库的可移动载具107或从可移动载具107中取出的存放有货物的容器,或者将需要入库的可移动载具107或存放有货物的容器搬运至底层接驳点,再由第一搬运设备102、第二搬运设备104以及升降设备108中的至少一种,根据控制中心100发送的搬运指令,将可移动载具107从底层接驳点搬运至底层存储位或者高层存储位。
在本说明书中,立体仓库106的底层的指定区域(如,拣货区域,或者打包区域等)可设置有至少一个底层接驳点,也就是说底层接驳点也可以是底层中的指定的一块区域。第二搬运设备104用于从底层存储位或升降设备108取出可移动载具107,并将可移动载具107搬运至底层接驳点,将可移动载具放置于指定区域内。或者,从指定区域的底层接驳点取出可移动载具107,并将可移动载具107搬运至底层存储位或升降设备108。
在本说明书的另一实施例中,以当需要出库的货物所在的可移动载具107位于底层存储位时进行货物出库的过程为例,该控制服务器100可从各第二搬运设备104中确定执行搬运任务的第二搬运设备104,并向确定出的第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令。
第二搬运设备104根据接收到的搬运指令,经底层的巷道行驶至底层存储位处,并搬运底层存储位存放的可移动载具107。
之后,第二搬运设备104再次经底层的巷道行驶至底层接驳点处,将可移动载具107放置于底层接驳点处,并向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
最后,控制服务器100在接收到第二搬运设备104发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息后,确定可移动载具107被正确的搬运至底层接驳点,搬运任务执行完毕。
在本说明书提供的一个实施例中,以从底层接驳点搬运可移动载具107至任一高层存储位进行入库的过程为例,对立体仓库调度系统执行搬运任务的过程进行说明。
首先,该系统的控制服务器100根据待执行的搬运任务,当确定需要将已经运输至底层接驳点110的可移动载具107搬运至高层存储位入库时,首先,可从各第二搬运设备104中确定执行搬运任务的第二搬运设备104,并向确定出的第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令。当然,确定执行搬运任务的第二搬运设备104的逻辑,本说明书不再赘述。
之后,第二搬运设备104根据接收到的搬运指令,经底层巷道行驶至相应的底层节驳点处搬运可移动载具107,并再次经底层的巷道行驶至升降设备108处,将可移动载具107放置于升降设备108上。并在放置完成后,向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。
并且,控制服务器100在向第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令时,还可以异步向升降设备108发送 搬运指令,使升降设备108移动至底层(即指定层),也就是需要搬运的可移动载具107对应的存储位所在层。则升降设备108可根据该搬运指令移动至底层,等待第二搬运设备104搬运可移动载具107至升降设备108处。
控制服务器100在接收到第二搬运设备104发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息后,可根据搬运指令执行完毕的信息以及搬运任务包含的货物需要存放的高层存储位所在层,继续向升降设备108发送搬运指令,该搬运指令对应的指定层为货物需要存放的高层存储位所在层。
升降设备108根据再次接收到的控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,将可移动载具107运至高层存储位所在层,并向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息。另外,该升降设备108在到达指定层时,还可通过高层接驳点112将可移动载具107运出该升降设备108。
控制服务器100根据升降设备108发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息,从该高层存储位所在层的各第一搬运设备102中确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备102,并向确定出的第一搬运设备102发送搬运指令。
第一搬运设备102根据接收到的搬运指令,经所在层的巷道行驶至高层接驳点112处,搬运升降设备108从底层提升上来的可移动载具107,并再次经所在层的巷道行驶至高层存储位下方,将可移动载具107放置于高层存储位处。
最后,第一搬运设备102在放置可移动载具107后,可向控制服务器100发送搬运指令执行完毕的信息,控制服务器100在接收到该第一搬运设备102发送的搬运指令执行完毕的信息后,确定可移动载具107被正确的运输至高层存储位,搬运任务执行完毕。
在本说明书中,不论是从底层接驳点到底层存储位入库、从底层接驳点到高层存储位入库、从高层存储位到底层接驳点出库,还是从底层存储位到底层接驳点出库的过程中,只要有分拣存放在容器中的货物的需求,便可由第二搬运设备104将可移动载具107搬运到容器装卸设备105的位置,由容器装卸设备105从可移动载具107中拿取容器,或者将容器放置到可移动载具107。
进一步地,在本说明书中,第一搬运设备102可以采用多种方式从高层存储位中搬运出可移动载具107或者存放可移动载具107。
具体的,控制服务器100根据搬运任务,确定搬运任务对应的高层存储位,例如,可移动载具107入库的高层存储位,可视为搬运任务对应的高层存储位,或者确定将可移动载具107入库存放时的高层存储位,也可视为搬运任务对应的高层存储位。
之后,控制服务器100可根据高层存储位的位置以及高层存储位相邻的巷道位置,向确定出的第一搬运设备102发送搬运指令。
则第一搬运设备102可根据控制中心100发送的搬运指令,在与高层存储位相邻的轨道位置,从高层存储位的侧方取出可移动载具107至该第一搬运设备102上,或者,将第一搬运设备102上搬运的可移动载具107从高层存储位的侧方放在高层存储位中。如图7b所示。图7b为本说明书提供的第一搬运设备从侧方取放可移动载具的示意图,可见,第一搬运设备102位于高层存储位相邻的巷道位置,从高层存储位侧方取放存放有货物的容器。
或者,控制服务器100在确定搬运任务对应的高层存储位后,根据高层存储位的位置以及高层存储位的上方的其他存储位的位置,向确定出的第一搬运设备102发送搬运指令。
则第一搬运设备102可根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,从高层存储位的上方取出可移动载具107至第一搬运设备102中,或者,从第一搬运设备102中将可移动载具107从高层存储位的上方放在至高层存储位中。
更进一步地,在本说明书中,第二搬运设备104页可以采用多种方式从底层存储位中搬运出可移动载具107或者存放可移动载具107。
具体的,控制服务器100根据搬运任务,确定搬运任务对应的底层存储位,例如,可移动载具107入库的底层存储位,可视为搬运任务对应的底层存储位,或者确定将可移动载具107入库存放时的底层存储位,也可视为搬运任务对应的底层存储位。
之后,控制服务器100可根据底层存储位的位置以及底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,向确定出的第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令。
则第二搬运设备104可根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,在与底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,从底层存储位的侧方取出可移动载具107至该第二搬运设备104上,或者,将第二搬运设备104上搬运的可移动载具107从底层存储位的侧方放在底层存储位中。
或者,控制服务器100在确定搬运任务对应的底层存储位后,根据底层存储位的位置,向确定出的第二搬运设备104发送搬运指令。
则第二搬运设备104可根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,在底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,进入底层存储位的下方,从底层存储位的下方取出可移动载具107至第二搬运设备104上,或者从第二搬运设备104上将搬运指令指示的可移动载具107放在底层存储位中。
另外,在本说明书中,由于针对每个立体仓库106,该立体仓库106中可设置有至少一个升降设备108,因此为了使可移动载具107可以放置于该立体仓库106的任一层,当立体仓库106中包含多个升降设备108时,多个升降设备108所能到达的指定层之间至少存在重叠。
也就是通过重叠的层,各升降设备108可以实现联通该立体仓库106的各层。如图8所示,其中,该立体仓库106一共有4层,以及3个升降设备108分别联通,底层与1层、1层与2层、2层与3层。当然,各升降设备108可位于立体仓库106的不同位置。
控制服务器100可通过一个或多个升降设备108,将可移动载具107运输至该立体仓库106中的任一层。例如,上述图8中,若想将3层的货物运输至底层,则服务器可以分别调用1~3层的第一搬运设备102以及相应的升降设备108,使各升降设备108和各层的第一搬运设备102,以接力的形式将货物从3层运输至底层,底层的第二搬运设备104则可进一步搬运可移动载具107。
在本说明书中的升降设备108中可以设置有轨道118,使得升降设备108内的轨道118可以与立体仓库106的高层中设置的轨道118连接,则第一搬运设备102在高层沿轨道118移动时,可以行使至升降设备108内,并直接将可移动载具107放置于升降设备108内,或者由升降设备108将该第一搬运设备102搬运至其他层。如图9所示。其中,图8和图9中均以可移动载具107用于放置多个容器为例进行展示,如本说明书前述的,该可移动载具107也可为用于放置一个容器的载具。
更进一步地,在本说明书中,当升降设备108中也设置有的轨道118时,该控制服务器100还可通过升降设备108将第一搬运设备102在从不同层之间调用。
具体的,在本说明书中,控制服务器100可根据部分高层或者所有高层对应的待执行的搬运任务,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备102的数量。其中,控制服务器100可将搬运任务涉及到的高层存储位所在的层,作为与搬运任务对应的高层。例如,A搬运任务需要从3层搬运出可移动载具107,则3层就是对应该A搬运任务的高层,或者B搬运任务需要将可移动载具107搬运至3层中的某个高层存储位,则3层就是对应该B搬运任务的高层。另外,该控制服务器100可根据各高层对应的待执行的搬运任务的多少,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备102的数量,当高层对应的待执行的搬运任务越多,则该高层所需的第一搬运设备102的数量越多。当然,由于仓库中每层空间有限,数量过多的第一搬运设备102可能导致设备可行驶路径减少或者路径拥堵,因此在本说明书中该控制服务器100还可根据预设的每层高层的第一搬运设备102的最大数量,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备102的数量。其中,该第一搬运设备102的最大数量可以根据每层布局的不同而不同,当高层中布置的可移动载具107的数量越少时,说明第一搬运设备102可通行的区域越多。
之后,控制服务器100可根据各高层所需的第一搬运设备102的数量和当前各高层的第一搬运设备102的数量,确定各高层需要调用的第一搬运设备102,并发送调用指令给需要调用的第一搬运设备102。
则第一搬运设备102还用于,根据接收到的控制服务器100发送的调用指令,沿轨道118行驶至升降设备108内,通过升降设备108到达调用指令指定的高层。
另外,在本说明书上述对立体仓库106的结构描述中,各高层分别设置的高层接驳点112都是独立在升降设备108外的,这是由于若第一搬运设备102无法到达升降设备108内,需要由高层接驳点112将可移动载具107运至升降设备108内,再由升降设备108将可移动载具107搬运至指定层。
而若升降设备108内也设置有轨道118,并且第一搬运设备102可以驶入升降设备108内,则在本说明书中也可将高层接驳点112设置为位于升降设备108内。
于是第一搬运设备102进一步用于,根据控制服务器100发送的搬运指令,行驶至升降设备108内的高层接驳点112处,将可移动载具107放置于高层接驳点112,或者,从高层接驳点112的取出可移动载具107。
在本说明书一个或多个实施例中,该高层接驳点112还可以设置为位于升降设备108内。第一搬运设备102还可进一步用于,行驶至升降设备108内的高层接驳点处,将可移动载具107放置于高层接驳点112,或者,从高层接驳点112的取出可移动载具107。
进一步地,在本说明书中,由于仓库建设时可能会受到各方面的影响,导致每层布局不同,而当立体仓库106的高层中存在无法由轨道连通的所有区域的层时,如图10所示,若需要在两个区域间调用第一搬运设备102,则该控制服务器100可用于:
针对无法由轨道118连通的所有区域的层,当需要在该层的不同区域间调用第一搬运设备102 时,将调出第一搬运设备102区域作为出发区,将调入第一搬运设备102区域作为目的区,控制服务器100用于确定距离该层最近的由轨道连通的所有区域的层,作为中间层。
控制服务器100向出发区中的第一搬运设备102发送调用指令、向联通中间层与出发区的升降设备108发送搬运指令以及向联通中间层与目的区的升降设备108发送搬运指令,使第一搬运设备102通过两个升降设备108以及中间层的轨道118后,从出发区到达目的区。
更进一步地,本说明书提供的系统中,当存在两个以上的立体仓库106时,各立体仓库106的底面互相连通。如图11a和图11b所示。其中,图11a为对应图10的两立体仓库地面互相连通的简单示意图,表示两个立体仓库只有底层由于连通,因此可视为是一个整体,图11b为详细示意图,可见两个立体仓库是独立分别在底面上设置的,其中,可见,底层设置有底层接驳点110。
并且控制服务器100可根据至少部分立体仓库106对应的待执行的搬运任务,确定各立体仓库106所需的第一搬运设备102的数量。
根据各立体仓库106所需的第一搬运设备102的数量和当前各立体仓库106的第一搬运设备102的数量,确定各立体仓库106需要调用的第一搬运设备102。
将调出第一搬运设备102的立体仓库106作为出发仓库,将调入第一搬运设备102的立体仓库106作为目的仓库,并向出发仓库中的第一搬运设备102发送调用指令、向第二搬运设备104、出发仓库的升降设备108以及目的仓库的升降设备108发送搬运指令,使第一搬运设备102通过两个升降设备108以及第二搬运设备104从出发仓库调用至目的仓库。
其中,第二搬运设备104还用于,根据调用指令从出发仓库的底层将第一搬运设备102搬运至目的仓库的底层。
需要说明的是,由于第一搬运设备102可通过轨道118行驶至升降设备108内,因此第二搬运设备104可将升降设备108内的第一搬运设备102视为是升降设备108内的载具,并以搬运可移动载具107相同的方式,将第一搬运设备102从升降设备108内搬运出来。而且由于各立体仓库106的底层是联通,因此第二搬运设备104可以通过底层从一个立体仓库106到达另一个立体仓库106,实现第一搬运设备102的在不同立体仓库106间的调用。
另外,在本说明书中,升降设备108内设置有有动力的移载设备120,高层接驳点112至少包括位于升降设备内的移载设备120。其中,有动力的移载设备120可主动移动置于移载设备120上的可移动载具107,例如,辊筒线、运输线、双向伸缩叉等等,具体形式不限。
第一搬运设备102进一步用于,行驶至该升降设备108内的作为高层接驳点112的移载设备处120,将可移动载具107放置于所述移载设备120上,或者,从作为高层接驳点112的移载设备120上取出可移动载具107。
进一步地,在本说明书中,立体仓库106的各高层中至少部分的在升降设备108与高层对接的位置外设置有有动力的移载设备120。则本说明书中的高层接驳点还至少包括位于升降设备外的移载设备。如图12所示。
当升降设备108位于高层时,位于升降设备108外的移载设备120与位于升降设备108内的移载设备120对接,并将可移动载具107从升降设备108内的移载设备120上输送至升降设备108外的移载设备120上,或者,将可移动载具107从位于升降设备108外的移载设备120上的输送至升降设备108内的移载设备120上。
另外,在本说明书中,在升降设备108内置有移载设备120时,该立体仓库106的底层也可设置有动力的移载设备120,以便当升降设备108位于底层时,底层的移载设备120与位于升降设备108内部的移载设备120对接,用于将可移动载具107从升降设备108内的移载设备120输送至底层的移载设备120上,使得第二搬运设备104可从底层的移栽设备120中取出可移动载具107,或者,第二搬运设备104在将可移动载具107放置于底层的移栽设备120时,该底层的移载设备120可将可移动载具107从底层的移载设备120输送至升降设备108内的移载设备120上。
于是,本说明书中的第二搬运设备104进一步用于,从底层的移载设备120上取出可移动载具107,并将可移动载具107搬运至底层接驳点110,并将可移动载具107放置于指定区域内。或者,第二搬运设备104可从指定区域的底层接驳点110取出可移动载具107,并将可移动载具107搬运至底层的移载设备120上。如图13所示,虚线表示了可移动载具107的移动路径。
在本说明书的另一种实施方式中,控制服务器100可以根据需要,向第二搬运设备104发送运输至该立体仓库106之外的指定区域的搬运指令,则该第二搬运设备104可以根据搬运指令,将可移动载具107搬运至指定区域。也就是说,在本说明书中不限制第二搬运设备104仅能在立体仓库106内运行,第二搬运设备104由于是在底层的平台上运行的,因此不受轨道的限制,可以更灵活的与系统 外或者立体仓库106外的设备对接,以运出可移动载具107或者运入可移动载具107。其中外部的设备可以是工作人员控制的叉车、输送可移动载具107的辊筒线、生产线、工作人员分拣货物的区域等等,本说明书对此不做限制。
进一步地,该系统还可包括:至少一个外部缓存区122,该外部缓存区122形式为立体存储或平面存储中的至少一种,本说明书对此不做限定。当该外部缓存区122为立体存储形式时,该外部缓存区122中也可设置有升降设备108,用于联通外部缓存区122各层。当然,若该外部缓存区122没有设置升降设备108,也可通过立体搬运设备,如叉车等,搬运外部缓存区122中高层的可移动载具107,并且,该外部缓存区122的布局结构也可为上述图2、图4、图5a、图5b所示的形式。
在本说明书中,外部缓存区122可与至少一个立体仓库106共用至少部分第二搬运设备104,或第二搬运设备104在外部缓存区122与至少一个立体仓库106之间搬运和/或接驳可移动载具107。例如,则当需要将立体仓库106中存放在可移动载具107中的货物搬运至外部缓存区122时,控制服务器100可向第二搬运设备发送搬运指令,则可由该第二搬运设备104将可移动载具107运输至外部缓存区122缓存。
该外部缓存区122可用于盛放中出库入库频率较高的货物,减少立体仓库106中货物的出库入库的频率,降低入库频率较高的货物在搬运时占用的各搬运设备的时间。通常来说,该外部缓存区122相对于该立体仓库106的存储量更小,结构更加简单,只要能实现货物的缓存即可。
基于图2所示的立体仓库调度系统,以及上述搬运任务执行过程的描述,可见本说明书提供的系统,通过在立体仓库混合使用第一搬运设备以及第二搬运设备,利用立体仓库中的升降设备搬运功能,使得第一搬运设备和第二搬运设备可协作在密集存储仓库中搬运可移动载具,通过设置容器装卸设备从可移动载具中拿取或向其中放置货物,可移动载具可放置多个容器,提高存储空间利用率,通过容器装卸设备实现从可移动载具高效存取容器,能够增加对立体仓库中货物的分拣效率,降低了仓库运行成本,实现了搬运效率的提升。
基于图2所示的系统,为了方便理解该系统的运行过程,本说明书还提供一种立体仓库调度方法,如图14所示。
图14为本说明书提供的立体仓库调度方法的流程示意图,立体仓库至少存在一个或多个,立体仓库至少由一个升降设备连通立体仓库的各层,该立体仓库设置有至少两层,该立体仓库至少由一个升降设备连通该立体仓库的各层,底层中设置有一个或多个容器装卸设备,该底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,该立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,高层分别设置有供第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且高层中至少部分高层存储位布置有可移动载具,该立体仓库调度流程具体可包括以下步骤:
S200:确定待执行的搬运任务。
需要说明的是,该搬运任务是用于立体仓库实现货物分拣,使搬运设备搬运可移动载具的任务,可根据接收到的订单确定。
在本说明书中,该立体仓库调度可由服务器执行。首先,该服务器可确定待执行的搬运任务。
S202:根据所述搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备。
在确定出待执行的搬运任务后,该服务器可根据该搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备。
S204:向确定出的所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备分别发送搬运指令以及向所述容器装卸设备发送操作指令。
在确定出各搬运设备以及升降设备后,该服务器可向确定出的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备分别发送搬运指令,以及向容器装卸设备发送对可移动载具中货物的操作指令。
其中,该搬运指令用于使该第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备配合将该可移动载具从该立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中搬运至底层设置的容器装卸设备,或从底层设置的容器装卸设备处,将可移动载具搬运至立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中。该操作指令用于使容器装卸设备将可移动载具中的容器取出或将容器放在可移动载具中。
第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备则可根据该搬运指令协作搬运可移动载具。容器装卸设备则可根据该操作指令将可移动载具中的容器取出或将容器放在可移动载具中。
该服务器可以是一台货或者多台设备,例如由多台服务器组成的分布式服务器,本说明书对此不做限定,当然由于立体仓库可以是一个或多个,可以设置一个服务器确定多个立体仓库的搬运任务,并调度设备执行搬运任务,或者也可由多个服务器分别确定不同的搬运任务,并调度设备执行搬运任 务。并且,当有多个服务器时,各服务器可共享确定的搬运任务,以便多个服务器可协同完成多个搬运任务。
另外,该方法的详细执行过程可参考上述立体仓库调度系统中对于执行搬运任务的过程的描述,本说明书对此不再赘述。
基于图14所示的方法,通过在立体仓库混合使用第一搬运设备以及第二搬运设备,利用立体仓库中的升降设备搬运功能,使得第一搬运设备和第二搬运设备可协作在密集存储仓库中搬运货物,避免了在仓库底层铺设轨道,使得仓库布局可以灵活改变,并可减少第一搬运设备需求数量,降低了仓库运行成本,实现了搬运效率的提升。
在20世纪90年代,对于一个技术的改进可以很明显地区分是硬件上的改进(例如,对二极管、晶体管、开关等电路结构的改进)还是软件上的改进(对于方法流程的改进)。然而,随着技术的发展,当今的很多方法流程的改进已经可以视为硬件电路结构的直接改进。设计人员几乎都通过将改进的方法流程编程到硬件电路中来得到相应的硬件电路结构。因此,不能说一个方法流程的改进就不能用硬件实体模块来实现。例如,可编程逻辑器件(Programmable Logic Device,PLD)(例如现场可编程门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA))就是这样一种集成电路,其逻辑功能由用户对器件编程来确定。由设计人员自行编程来把一个数字系统“集成”在一片PLD上,而不需要请芯片制造厂商来设计和制作专用的集成电路芯片。而且,如今,取代手工地制作集成电路芯片,这种编程也多半改用“逻辑编译器(logic compiler)”软件来实现,它与程序开发撰写时所用的软件编译器相类似,而要编译之前的原始代码也得用特定的编程语言来撰写,此称之为硬件描述语言(Hardware Description Language,HDL),而HDL也并非仅有一种,而是有许多种,如ABEL(Advanced Boolean Expression Language)、AHDL(Altera Hardware Description Language)、Confluence、CUPL(Cornell University Programming Language)、HDCal、JHDL(Java Hardware Description Language)、Lava、Lola、MyHDL、PALASM、RHDL(Ruby Hardware Description Language)等,目前最普遍使用的是VHDL(Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language)与Verilog。本领域技术人员也应该清楚,只需要将方法流程用上述几种硬件描述语言稍作逻辑编程并编程到集成电路中,就可以很容易得到实现该逻辑方法流程的硬件电路。
控制器可以按任何适当的方式实现,例如,控制器可以采取例如微处理器或处理器以及存储可由该(微)处理器执行的计算机可读程序代码(例如软件或固件)的计算机可读介质、逻辑门、开关、专用集成电路(Application Specific Integrated Circuit,ASIC)、可编程逻辑控制器和嵌入微控制器的形式,控制器的例子包括但不限于以下微控制器:ARC 625D、Atmel AT91SAM、Microchip PIC18F26K20以及Silicone Labs C8051F320,存储器控制器还可以被实现为存储器的控制逻辑的一部分。本领域技术人员也知道,除了以纯计算机可读程序代码方式实现控制器以外,完全可以通过将方法步骤进行逻辑编程来使得控制器以逻辑门、开关、专用集成电路、可编程逻辑控制器和嵌入微控制器等的形式来实现相同功能。因此这种控制器可以被认为是一种硬件部件,而对其内包括的用于实现各种功能的装置也可以视为硬件部件内的结构。或者甚至,可以将用于实现各种功能的装置视为既可以是实现方法的软件模块又可以是硬件部件内的结构。
上述实施例阐明的系统、装置、模块或单元,具体可以由计算机芯片或实体实现,或者由具有某种功能的产品来实现。一种典型的实现设备为计算机。具体的,计算机例如可以为个人计算机、膝上型计算机、蜂窝电话、相机电话、智能电话、个人数字助理、媒体播放器、导航设备、电子邮件设备、游戏控制台、平板计算机、可穿戴设备或者这些设备中的任何设备的组合。
为了描述的方便,描述以上装置时以功能分为各种单元分别描述。当然,在实施本说明书时可以把各单元的功能在同一个或多个软件和/或硬件中实现。
本领域内的技术人员应明白,本发明的实施例可提供为方法、系统、或计算机程序产品。因此,本发明可采用完全硬件实施例、完全软件实施例、或结合软件和硬件方面的实施例的形式。而且,本发明可采用在一个或多个其中包含有计算机可用程序代码的计算机可用存储介质(包括但不限于磁盘存储器、CD-ROM、光学存储器等)上实施的计算机程序产品的形式。
本发明是参照根据本发明实施例的方法、设备(系统)、和计算机程序产品的流程图和/或方框图来描述的。应理解可由计算机程序指令实现流程图和/或方框图中的每一流程和/或方框、以及流程图和/或方框图中的流程和/或方框的结合。可提供这些计算机程序指令到通用计算机、专用计算机、嵌入式处理机或其他可编程数据处理设备的处理器以产生一个机器,使得通过计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备的处理器执行的指令产生用于实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能的装置。
这些计算机程序指令也可存储在能引导计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备以特定方式工作的计算机可读存储器中,使得存储在该计算机可读存储器中的指令产生包括指令装置的制造品,该指令装置实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能。
这些计算机程序指令也可装载到计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备上,使得在计算机或其他可编程设备上执行一系列操作步骤以产生计算机实现的处理,从而在计算机或其他可编程设备上执行的指令提供用于实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能的步骤。
在一个典型的配置中,计算设备包括一个或多个处理器(CPU)、输入/输出接口、网络接口和内存。
内存可能包括计算机可读介质中的非永久性存储器,随机存取存储器(RAM)和/或非易失性内存等形式,如只读存储器(ROM)或闪存(flash RAM)。内存是计算机可读介质的示例。
计算机可读介质包括永久性和非永久性、可移动和非可移动媒体可以由任何方法或技术来实现信息存储。信息可以是计算机可读指令、数据结构、程序的模块或其他数据。计算机的存储介质的例子包括,但不限于相变内存(PRAM)、静态随机存取存储器(SRAM)、动态随机存取存储器(DRAM)、其他类型的随机存取存储器(RAM)、只读存储器(ROM)、电可擦除可编程只读存储器(EEPROM)、快闪记忆体或其他内存技术、只读光盘只读存储器(CD-ROM)、数字多功能光盘(DVD)或其他光学存储、磁盒式磁带,磁带磁磁盘存储或其他磁性存储设备或任何其他非传输介质,可用于存储可以被计算设备访问的信息。按照本文中的界定,计算机可读介质不包括暂存电脑可读媒体(transitory media),如调制的数据信号和载波。
还需要说明的是,术语“包括”、“包含”或者其任何其他变体意在涵盖非排他性的包含,从而使得包括一系列要素的过程、方法、商品或者设备不仅包括那些要素,而且还包括没有明确列出的其他要素,或者是还包括为这种过程、方法、商品或者设备所固有的要素。在没有更多限制的情况下,由语句“包括一个……”限定的要素,并不排除在包括所述要素的过程、方法、商品或者设备中还存在另外的相同要素。
本领域技术人员应明白,本说明书的实施例可提供为方法、系统或计算机程序产品。因此,本说明书可采用完全硬件实施例、完全软件实施例或结合软件和硬件方面的实施例的形式。而且,本说明书可采用在一个或多个其中包含有计算机可用程序代码的计算机可用存储介质(包括但不限于磁盘存储器、CD-ROM、光学存储器等)上实施的计算机程序产品的形式。
本说明书可以在由计算机执行的计算机可执行指令的一般上下文中描述,例如程序模块。一般地,程序模块包括执行特定任务或实现特定抽象数据类型的例程、程序、对象、组件、数据结构等等。也可以在分布式计算环境中实践本说明书,在这些分布式计算环境中,由通过通信网络而被连接的远程处理设备来执行任务。在分布式计算环境中,程序模块可以位于包括存储设备在内的本地和远程计算机存储介质中。
本说明书中的各个实施例均采用递进的方式描述,各个实施例之间相同相似的部分互相参见即可,每个实施例重点说明的都是与其他实施例的不同之处。尤其,对于系统实施例而言,由于其基本相似于方法实施例,所以描述的比较简单,相关之处参见方法实施例的部分说明即可。
以上所述仅为本说明书的实施例而已,并不用于限制本说明书。对于本领域技术人员来说,本说明书可以有各种更改和变化。凡在本说明书的精神和原理之内所作的任何修改、等同替换、改进等,均应包含在本说明书的权利要求范围之内。
本发明包括:
A1、一种立体仓库调度系统,其特征在于,所述系统包括:一个或多个控制服务器、一个或多个第一搬运设备、一个或多个第二搬运设备、至少一个立体仓库、至少一个升降设备以及一个或多个容器装卸设备,一个所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,并由所述至少一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述控制服务器分别与所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备通信,其中:
所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述可移动载具用于承载一个或多个容器;
所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供所述第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且所述高层中的至少部分高层存储位布置有可移动载具;
所述控制服务器用于根据搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,并分别向所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备发送用于执行所述搬运任务的搬运指令,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备,并向所述容器装卸设备发送用于执行与所述搬运任务对 应的取货任务或者存货任务的操作指令;
所述第一搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述高层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述高层存储位与所述高层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
所述第二搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述升降设备与所述底层存储位之间、所述升降设备与所述容器装卸设备之间或所述底层存储位与所述容器装卸设备之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
所述升降设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令上升或下降至指定层,并在各层之间至少搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具、所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备中的一种或多种的组合;
所述容器装卸设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的操作指令,从所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中取出容器,或将容器放在所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中。
A2、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备包括第一传感器,所述第一传感器用于在从所述可移动载具中取出容器时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否有容器,或者在将容器放在所述可移动载具时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否为空。
A3、如权利要求A1或A2所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备包括第二传感器,所述第二传感器用于确定所述容器装卸设备与所述可移动载具中对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差。
A4、如权利要求A3所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备还用于根据所述第二传感器确定出的所述容器装卸设备与对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差,调整所述容器装卸设备的位姿,消除所述位姿偏差。
A5、如权利要求A3所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第一传感器和第二传感器为同一个传感器。
A6、如权利要求A1或A2所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第一传感器以及所述第二传感器为图像传感器。
A7、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,调度所述第一搬运设备、所述第二搬运设备和所述升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具返回至所述立体仓库的原存储位或其他存储位。
A8、如权利要求A7所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
A9、如权利要求A7所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述容器装卸设备与空闲的存储位之间的距离排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
A10、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,响应于理货任务,调度所述第一搬运设备、所述第二搬运设备和所述升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具从所述立体仓库的原存储位调整至其他存储位或者保持原存储位不变。
A11、如权利要求A10所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在理货时调整位置后的存储位。
A12、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备位于底层工作站中,所述工作站还包括传输线以及拣选工位,所述传输线的入口以及出口分别设置所述容器装卸设备,所述拣选工位位于所述传输线的传输路径中;
位于所述传输线的入口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于从位于所述入口处的可移动载具中取出容器,放在所述传输线上;
位于所述传输线的出口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于获取所述传输线运输来的容器,并放在位于所述出口处的所述可移动载具中。
A13、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述用于存放可移动载具的轨道的高度大于所述第一搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第一搬运设备进一步用于驶入所述高层存储位下方,并从所述高层存储位的下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开高层存储位。
A14、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,当所述立体仓库中包含多个升降设备时,所述多个升降设备所能到达的指定层之间至少存在重叠。
A15、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述升降设备内设置有轨道,用于与所述高层中设置的轨道连接,使所述第一搬运设备行驶至所述升降设备内。
A16、如权利要求A15所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,至少部分地根据各高层待执行的搬运任务,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量,以及根据各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量和当前各高层的第一搬运设备的数量,确定各高层需要调用的第一搬运设备,并发送调用指令给需要调用的第一搬运设备;
所述第一搬运设备还用于,根据接收到的调用指令,行驶至所述升降设备内,通过所述升降设备到达所述调用指令指定的高层。
A17、如权利要求A15所述的系统,其特征在于,所述高层接驳点设置为位于所述升降设备内;
所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,行驶至所述升降设备内的高层接驳点处,将所述可移动载具放置于所述高层接驳点,或者,从所述高层接驳点的取出所述可移动载具。
A18、如权利要求A15所述的系统,其特征在于,在高层中的至少部分层还设置有所述容器装卸设备,所述高层接驳点设置为分别位于高层的所述容器装卸设备位置附近和所述升降设备内;
所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,在高层存储位与所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点之间搬运所述可移动载具,或者,在所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点与所述升降设备内的高层接驳点之间搬运集货载具;
所述容器装卸设备还用于,从所述可移动载具中取出容器并放在集货载具中,或将容器从集货载具中取出并放在所述可移动载具中。
A19、权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述可移动载具包括支腿,可移动载具的支腿形成的开口的高度高于所述第二搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述至少部分可移动载具下方穿行,或者,从所述至少部分可移动载具下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开底层存储位。
A20、权利要求A19所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位间立柱的间隔大于所述第二搬运设备的宽度,以及,所述立体仓库的底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间的连接件的最低点的高度高于所述第二搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间穿行。
A21、权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第二搬运设备用于在所述底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,进入所述底层存储位,从所述底层存储位取出所述可移动载具至所述第二搬运设备上,或者将所述第二搬运设备上的所述可移动载具放在所述底层存储位中。
A22、权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
所述第二搬运设备还用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位与所述底层接驳点之间或所述升降设备与所述底层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具。
A23、权利要求A22所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层的指定区域设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
所述第二搬运设备用于从所述底层存储位或所述升降设备取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层接驳点,将所述可移动载具放置于所述指定区域内;或者,从所述指定区域的底层接驳点取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层存储位或所述升降设备。
A24、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述系统还包括:一个或多个外部缓存区,所述外部缓存区的形式为立体存储或平面存储中的至少一种;
所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库共用至少部分第二搬运设备,或,所述第二搬运设备在所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库之间搬运和/或接驳所述可移动载具;
所述控制服务器还用于,存储所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库中的货物库存信息。
A25、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种从所述可移动载具中取出容器或者将容器放在所述可移动载具中。
A26、如权利要求A1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述可移动载具为可移动货架,所述可移动货架包括至少一层隔板,所述至少一层隔板将所述可移动货架分割为至少两层,所述可移动货架的隔板上设置有至少一个存储位,每个存储位可承载至少一个可容纳仓储货物的第一容器。
A27、一种用于立体仓库搬运调度方法,其特征在于,所述立体仓库至少存在一个或多个,所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,所述立体仓库至少由一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述底层中设置有一个或多个容器装卸设备,所述底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供第一搬运设备 运行的轨道,并且所述高层中至少部分高层存储位布置有所述可移动载具,所述方法包括:
确定待执行的搬运任务;
根据所述搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备;
向确定出的所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备分别发送搬运指令以及向所述容器装卸设备发送操作指令;
其中,所述搬运指令用于使所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备配合将所述可移动载具从所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中搬运至所述底层设置的容器装卸设备,或从所述底层设置的容器装卸设备处,将可移动载具搬运至所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中;
所述操作指令用于使所述容器装卸设备将所述可移动载具中的容器取出或将容器放在所述可移动载具中。

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  1. 一种立体仓库调度系统,其特征在于,所述系统包括:一个或多个控制服务器、一个或多个第一搬运设备、一个或多个第二搬运设备、至少一个立体仓库、至少一个升降设备以及一个或多个容器装卸设备,一个所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,并由所述至少一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述控制服务器分别与所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备通信,其中:
    所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述可移动载具用于承载一个或多个容器;
    所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供所述第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且所述高层中的至少部分高层存储位布置有可移动载具;
    所述控制服务器用于根据搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,并分别向所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备发送用于执行所述搬运任务的搬运指令,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备,并向所述容器装卸设备发送用于执行与所述搬运任务对应的取货任务或者存货任务的操作指令;
    所述第一搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述高层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述高层存储位与所述高层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
    所述第二搬运设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位中取出或放置所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具,以及在所述升降设备与所述底层存储位之间、所述升降设备与所述容器装卸设备之间或所述底层存储位与所述容器装卸设备之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具;
    所述升降设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令上升或下降至指定层,并在各层之间至少搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具、所述第一搬运设备和所述第二搬运设备中的一种或多种的组合;
    所述容器装卸设备用于根据所述控制服务器发送的操作指令,从所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中取出容器,或将容器放在所述第二搬运设备搬运的可移动载具中。
  2. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备包括第一传感器,所述第一传感器用于在从所述可移动载具中取出容器时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否有容器,或者在将容器放在所述可移动载具时,确定所述可移动载具中对应的容器位是否为空。
  3. 如权利要求1或2所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备包括第二传感器,所述第二传感器用于确定所述容器装卸设备与所述可移动载具中对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差。
  4. 如权利要求3所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备还用于根据所述第二传感器确定出的所述容器装卸设备与对应的容器位之间的位姿偏差,调整所述容器装卸设备的位姿,消除所述位姿偏差。
  5. 如权利要求3所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第一传感器和第二传感器为同一个传感器。
  6. 如权利要求1或2所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第一传感器以及所述第二传感器为图像传感器。
  7. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,调度所述第一搬运设备、所述第二搬运设备和所述升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具返回至所述立体仓库的原存储位或其他存储位。
  8. 如权利要求7所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
  9. 如权利要求7所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述容器装卸设备与空闲的存储位之间的距离排序,确定所述可移动载具在返回至所述立体仓库时的存储位。
  10. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,响应于理货任务,调度所述第一搬运设备、所述第二搬运设备和所述升降设备中的至少之一将可移动载具从所述立体仓库的原存储位调整至其他存储位或者保持原存储位不变。
  11. 如权利要求10所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器,进一步用于根据所述可移动载具上存储的货物的货物装卸频率以及货物存取数量中的至少一种,确定所述可移动载具的活跃度,根据所述可移动载具的活跃度的排序,确定所述可移动载具在理货时调整位置后的存储位。
  12. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备位于底层工作站中,所述工作站还包括传输线以及拣选工位,所述传输线的入口以及出口分别设置所述容器装卸设备,所述拣选工位位于所述传输线的传输路径中;
    位于所述传输线的入口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于从位于所述入口处的可移动载具中取出容器,放在所述传输线上;
    位于所述传输线的出口的所述容器装卸设备,还用于获取所述传输线运输来的容器,并放在位于所述出口处的所述可移动载具中。
  13. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述用于存放可移动载具的轨道的高度大于所述第一搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第一搬运设备进一步用于驶入所述高层存储位下方,并从所述高层存储位的下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开高层存储位。
  14. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,当所述立体仓库中包含多个升降设备时,所述多个升降设备所能到达的指定层之间至少存在重叠。
  15. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述升降设备内设置有轨道,用于与所述高层中设置的轨道连接,使所述第一搬运设备行驶至所述升降设备内。
  16. 如权利要求15所述的系统,其特征在于,所述控制服务器还用于,至少部分地根据各高层待执行的搬运任务,确定各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量,以及根据各高层所需的第一搬运设备的数量和当前各高层的第一搬运设备的数量,确定各高层需要调用的第一搬运设备,并发送调用指令给需要调用的第一搬运设备;
    所述第一搬运设备还用于,根据接收到的调用指令,行驶至所述升降设备内,通过所述升降设备到达所述调用指令指定的高层。
  17. 如权利要求15所述的系统,其特征在于,所述高层接驳点设置为位于所述升降设备内;
    所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,行驶至所述升降设备内的高层接驳点处,将所述可移动载具放置于所述高层接驳点,或者,从所述高层接驳点的取出所述可移动载具。
  18. 如权利要求15所述的系统,其特征在于,在高层中的至少部分层还设置有所述容器装卸设备,所述高层接驳点设置为分别位于高层的所述容器装卸设备位置附近和所述升降设备内;
    所述第一搬运设备进一步用于,在高层存储位与所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点之间搬运所述可移动载具,或者,在所述容器装卸设备位置附近的高层接驳点与所述升降设备内的高层接驳点之间搬运集货载具;
    所述容器装卸设备还用于,从所述可移动载具中取出容器并放在集货载具中,或将容器从集货载具中取出并放在所述可移动载具中。
  19. 权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述可移动载具包括支腿,可移动载具的支腿形成的开口的高度高于所述第二搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述至少部分可移动载具下方穿行,或者,从所述至少部分可移动载具下方以背驮方式搬运所述可移动载具并离开底层存储位。
  20. 权利要求19所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层中的至少部分底层存储位间立柱的间隔大于所述第二搬运设备的宽度,以及,所述立体仓库的底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间的连接件的最低点的高度高于所述第二搬运设备在未承载所述可移动载具时的高度;所述第二搬运设备进一步用于,在未承载所述可移动载具时可选择性地在所述底层中至少部分相邻的两根立柱之间穿行。
  21. 权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述第二搬运设备用于在所述底层存储位相邻的巷道位置,进入所述底层存储位,从所述底层存储位取出所述可移动载具至所述第二搬运设备上,或者将所述第二搬运设备上的所述可移动载具放在所述底层存储位中。
  22. 权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
    所述第二搬运设备还用于根据所述控制服务器发送的搬运指令,在所述底层存储位与所述底层接驳点之间或所述升降设备与所述底层接驳点之间搬运所述搬运指令指示的可移动载具。
  23. 权利要求22所述的系统,其特征在于,所述立体仓库的底层的指定区域设置有至少一个底层接驳点;
    所述第二搬运设备用于从所述底层存储位或所述升降设备取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层接驳点,将所述可移动载具放置于所述指定区域内;或者,从所述指定区域的底层接驳点取出所述可移动载具,并将所述可移动载具搬运至所述底层存储位或所述升降设备。
  24. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述系统还包括:一个或多个外部缓存区,所述外部缓存区的形式为立体存储或平面存储中的至少一种;
    所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库共用至少部分第二搬运设备,或,所述第二搬运设备在所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库之间搬运和/或接驳所述可移动载具;
    所述控制服务器还用于,存储所述外部缓存区与所述至少一个立体仓库中的货物库存信息。
  25. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种从所述可移动载具中取出容器或者将容器放在所述可移动载具中。
  26. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述可移动载具为可移动货架,所述可移动货架包括至少一层隔板,所述至少一层隔板将所述可移动货架分割为至少两层,所述可移动货架的隔板上设置有至少一个存储位,每个存储位可承载至少一个可容纳仓储货物的第一容器。
  27. 如权利要求1所述的系统,其特征在于,所述容器装卸设备包括架体,所述架体上设置有取送容器组件和承载组件,所述取送容器组件被配置为在所述架体上移动;所述架体包括方向相互垂直的X轴轨道和Y轴轨道;所述Y轴轨道被构造为沿着X轴轨道运动,所述取送容器组件被构造为沿着Y轴轨道运动;所述取送容器组件可延沿Z轴方向从载具上取出容器并装载至所述承载组件上或者从所述承载组件卸载容器并放在载具上。
  28. 根据权利要求27所述的系统,其特征在于,所述架体包括门架组件,所述X轴轨道包括地轨结构和设置在门架组件上的天轨结构;所述Y轴轨道的两端分别与地轨结构和天轨结构导向配合在一起。
  29. 根据权利要求27所述的系统,其特征在于,所述Y轴轨道设置有至少两个,每个Y轴轨道上设置有至少一个所述取送容器组件。
  30. 如权利要求27-29中任一项所述的系统,其特征在于,所述取送容器组件通过吸取、推动、夹取、抓取、钩取、抱起、抬升方式中的至少一种从所述载具中取出容器或者将容器放在所述载具中。
  31. 一种用于立体仓库搬运调度方法,其特征在于,所述立体仓库至少存在一个或多个,所述立体仓库设置有至少两层,所述立体仓库至少由一个升降设备连通所述立体仓库的各层,所述底层中设置有一个或多个容器装卸设备,所述底层中的至少部分底层存储位布置有可移动载具,所述立体仓库除底层外的其它高层中的各层分别设置有至少一个高层接驳点,所述高层分别设置有供第一搬运设备运行的轨道,并且所述高层中至少部分高层存储位布置有所述可移动载具,所述方法包括:
    确定待执行的搬运任务;
    根据所述搬运任务,确定执行搬运任务的第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备以及升降设备,以及确定用于装卸容器的容器装卸设备;
    向确定出的所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备分别发送搬运指令以及向所述容器装卸设备发送操作指令;
    其中,所述搬运指令用于使所述第一搬运设备、第二搬运设备和升降设备配合将所述可移动载具从所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中搬运至所述底层设置的容器装卸设备,或从所述底层设置的容器装卸设备处,将可移动载具搬运至所述立体仓库的高层存储位或底层存储位中;
    所述操作指令用于使所述容器装卸设备将所述可移动载具中的容器取出或将容器放在所述可移动载具中。
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