Charles M. Grinnell;Joseph L. Jones;Paul E. Sandin;Clara Vu
发明人:
Charles M. Grinnell,Joseph L. Jones,Paul E. Sandin,Clara Vu
申请号：
US12378612
公开号：
US08915692B2
申请日:
2009.02.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
An adaptable handling system featuring a boundary subsystem and one or more robots. Each robot typically includes a chassis, a container lift mechanism moveable with respect to the robot chassis for transporting at least one container, a drive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis, a boundary sensing subsystem, a container detection subsystem, and a controller. The controller is responsive to the boundary sensing subsystem and the container detection subsystem and is configured to control the drive subsystem to follow a boundary once intercepted until a container is detected and turn until another container is detected. The controller then controls the container lift mechanism to place a transported container proximate the second detected container.
