Automatic conveying system and method

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic conveying system and method. The automatic conveying system comprises a plurality of storage cabinets and mobile equipment. The mobile equipment is provided with acargo carrying platform used for carrying the storage cabinets, a controller used for controlling the mobile equipment to move to a corresponding conveying destination according to a delivery route and a lifting mechanism for adjusting the height between the cargo carrying platform and the ground; the storage cabinets are provided with cabinet doors and authentication locks for controlling opening and closing state of the cabinet doors; the storage cabinets comprise a plurality of layers of cargo spaces; the storage cabinets are provided with bottom plates, a plurality of supporting feet areoppositely arranged at the bottom edges of the bottom plates, and the bottom plates and the supporting feet form accommodating spaces to enable the cargo carrying platform to be butt-jointed and accommodated in the accommodating spaces; and each supporting foot is correspondingly provided with a moving wheel touching the ground. The closed conveying of articles is realized, automatic conveying isunattended, articles are accurately delivered to corresponding conveying destinations, meanwhile, the labor amount of workers is reduced, and the conveying efficiency of the articles is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of article conveying, in particular to an automatic conveying system and method. Background technique [0002] In recent years, with the development of robot technology and the deepening of artificial intelligence research, robots have played an increasingly important role in human life and have been widely used in many fields. Robots make people's work and life increasingly intelligent and automated. [0003] In supermarkets, logistics or hospitals, there are often staff who push a large cart of items to various delivery destinations. The work intensity of the staff is high. What's more, sometimes the staff will misremember the delivery destination of the items. Wrong items need to be re-delivered to the correct delivery destination, resulting in inefficiency and hiring staff to deliver manually. Although the transport of items by robots can liberate the delivery work of the staff, the delivery area of ​​...

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[0003] In supermarkets, logistics or hospitals, there are often staff who push a large cart of items to various delivery destinations. The work intensity of the staff is high. What's more, sometimes the staff will misremember the delivery destination of the items. Wrong items need to be re-delivered to the correct delivery destination, resulting in inefficiency and hiring staff to deliver manually

Although the transport of items by robots can liberate the delivery work of the staff, the delivery area of ​​the robot is not closed, resulting in the phenomenon that items are easily lost during the unattended process, or the items are taken by mistake, causing losses to the user.

[0004] In the prior art, the locker with the cabinet door and the authentication lock is fixed on the mobile device. Although it is possible to realize the closed delivery of items through the cabinet door and the authentication lock without manual delivery, the safety and efficiency of item delivery are improved. , but there are still the following problems: First, staff are required to load and unload the lockers on mobile devices, resulting in a large amount of labor for the delivery personnel to deliver and load, and a large amount of labor for the pick-up personnel to unload and pick up the goods. Due to the increasing labor costs The higher the value, the higher the cost of transporting items will be.

Second, because the locker is fixed on the mobile device, once the mobile device carries the locker and moves to a delivery destination, it is necessary to wait for the pickup personnel to pick up the goods before proceeding to the next delivery destination for item delivery. When the cargo personnel cannot pick up the goods in time, the waiting time will be increased, resulting in low efficiency of item delivery

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