Order processing method and device and warehousing system

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of warehouse logistics, and discloses an order processing method and device and a warehousing system, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a plurality of to-be-processed orders, and determining a target carrier hit by the plurality of to-be-processed orders; second carrying equipment is controlled to carry the target carrier to the first work station; controlling a first work station to sort out first goods from a hit container on the target carrier, and transferring the first goods to first seeding equipment corresponding to the first work station; if the first cargo is the cargo required by the order corresponding to the second work station, controlling first carrying equipment to carry the first cargo from the first seeding equipment to second seeding equipment corresponding to the second work station on the operation platform; and controlling the second sowing equipment to sow the first goods to a sowing wall corresponding to the second work station. According to the embodiment of the invention, the sorting efficiency of the warehousing system can be improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of warehousing and logistics, and in particular to an order processing method, device and warehousing system. Background Art

[0002] In a warehousing system, a robot can move shelves or boxes from the inventory area to a workstation, and then the operator at the workstation takes the goods out of the box and plants (also called sowing) them on the sowing wall of the workstation, thus completing the entire picking and sowing operation. When another workstation also hits the goods in the box, the robot needs to move the shelf or box to another workstation, and the other workstation performs the corresponding picking and sowing operations. Therefore, when a container on a shelf is hit by multiple workstations at the same time, the robot needs to move the shelf to each workstation, reducing the picking efficiency and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the above problems, the embodiments of the present application provide an order processing method, device and warehousing system, which improve the picking efficiency and seeding efficiency of the warehousing system. Specifically, the embodiments of the present application disclose the following technical solutions:

[0004] The first aspect of the embodiment of the present application provides an order processing method, which is applied to a control device in a warehousing system, wherein the warehousing system includes multiple workstations, multiple sowing devices and at least one first handling device, wherein a running platform is provided between the multiple sowing devices, and at least one first handling device runs on the running platform, and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the multiple sowing devices. The method includes: first, obtaining multiple pending orders and determining the target carriers hit by the multiple pending orders. Secondly, controlling the second handling device to transport the target carrier to the first workstation among the multiple workstations; controlling the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container on the target carrier, and transferring the first goods to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation among the multiple workstations, then controlling the first handling device on the running platform to transport the first goods from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the multiple pending orders include the order corresponding to the second workstation; controlling the second sowing device to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0005] In some embodiments, controlling the first workstation to pick up the first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier and transfer the first cargo to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation includes: instructing the picking object of the first workstation to pick up the first cargo from the hit container and transfer the first cargo to the target cache position of the first sowing device; wherein the first sowing device is provided with multiple cache positions, and the target cache position is any free cache position among the multiple cache positions.

[0006] In some embodiments, the method also includes: controlling the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache position and receive the first cargo on the target cache position; after the first delivery mechanism receives the first cargo from the target cache position, controlling the first delivery mechanism to move to the first docking position corresponding to the first sowing device, so as to transfer the first cargo to the first handling device at the first docking position.

[0007] In some embodiments, controlling the first transporting device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation includes: controlling the first transporting device on the operating platform to receive the first cargo transferred by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position; controlling the first transporting device to transport the first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; and controlling the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0008] In some embodiments, the warehousing system also includes multiple lifting devices; controlling the first transporting device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation, including: controlling the first lifting device corresponding to the first workstation to take the first cargo on the target cache position; wherein the multiple lifting devices include the first lifting device; controlling the first transporting device on the operating platform to move to the first pick-and-place position, and receiving the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position; controlling the first transporting device to transport the received first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; controlling the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0009] In some embodiments, each lifting device among the multiple lifting devices is arranged between two adjacent workstations; wherein, the first lifting device is arranged between the first workstation and the third workstation adjacent to the first workstation, and the first picking and placing position is located between the first docking position corresponding to the first workstation and the third docking position corresponding to the third workstation.

[0010] In some embodiments, the first lifting device includes multiple temporary storage positions, which are used to store the first cargo; controlling the first transporting equipment on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing equipment to the second sowing equipment corresponding to the second workstation includes: when the first pick-and-place position is in a non-idle state, controlling the first transporting equipment on the operating platform to move to the first queue position; when the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, controlling the first transporting equipment to move from the first queue position to the first pick-and-place position, so as to receive the first cargo transferred from the temporary storage position by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position.

[0011] In some embodiments, the method also includes: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, then when the first goods are transferred to the target cache position, controlling the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache position to receive the first goods from the target cache position; wherein the multiple pending orders include the order corresponding to the first workstation; controlling the first delivery mechanism to deliver the first goods to the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0012] In some embodiments, the warehousing system includes multiple scanning devices, each scanning device is used to scan the goods placed on the cache position of each sowing device; after transferring the first goods to the target cache position of the first sowing device, the method also includes: controlling the scanning device corresponding to the first workstation to scan the first goods on the target cache position to obtain a scanning result; based on the scanning result, determining the target order corresponding to the first goods; wherein the target order includes the order corresponding to the first workstation or the order corresponding to the second workstation.

[0013] In some embodiments, the first workstation includes a transfer device. After controlling the second handling device to carry the target carrier to the first workstation among the multiple workstations, the method further includes: instructing the picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container, or controlling the transfer device to pick out the first cargo from the hit container; if the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, then controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the first handling device on the operating platform; controlling the first handling device to carry the first cargo to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation.

[0014] In some embodiments, controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform includes: controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the platform cache position on the operating platform; controlling the first handling equipment to carry the first cargo from the platform cache position.

[0015] In some embodiments, the transfer device includes a conveyor belt, which includes a first end and a second end, the first end is docked with the first workstation, and the second end is docked with the operating platform; wherein the first end is used to receive the first goods picked out by the picking object, and the second end is used to transport the first goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform.

[0016] In some embodiments, the method further includes: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first goods to the first sowing equipment; controlling the first sowing equipment to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0017] In some embodiments, the storage system further includes a plurality of third handling devices, each of which is used to transfer goods between each workstation and each sowing device. After controlling the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container on the target carrier, the method further includes: instructing the picking object of the first workstation to place the first goods in the cache device of the first workstation; if the first goods are goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, then controlling the third handling device to transport the first goods on the cache device to the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; and controlling the second delivery mechanism to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0018] In some embodiments, the method also includes: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, controlling the third transporting equipment to transport the first goods on the cache device to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing equipment corresponding to the first workstation; controlling the first delivery mechanism to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0019] In some embodiments, the method further includes: dividing the plurality of workstations into at least one workstation group; wherein the at least one workstation group includes a first workstation group, and the first workstation group includes a first workstation and a second workstation. Acquiring a plurality of pending orders and determining target vehicles hit by the plurality of pending orders includes: acquiring a set of pending orders corresponding to the first workstation group, and determining target vehicles hit by each pending order in the set of pending orders; wherein the set of pending orders includes at least one pending order corresponding to each workstation in the workstation group.

[0020] In some embodiments, the storage system includes multiple operating platforms; wherein each operating platform is respectively arranged between multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group; and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group.

[0021] The second aspect of the embodiment of the present application provides a warehousing system, including multiple workstations, multiple sowing devices and a control device; wherein the multiple workstations include a first workstation and a second workstation; an operating platform is provided between the multiple sowing devices, and at least one first handling device operates on the operating platform, and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the multiple sowing devices. The control device is configured to: obtain multiple pending orders, determine the target carriers hit by the multiple pending orders, and generate a carrier handling instruction and a picking instruction according to the multiple pending orders and the target carrier. The second handling device is configured to: according to the carrier handling instruction, carry the target carrier to the first workstation. The first workstation is configured to: according to the picking instruction, pick out the first goods from the hit container on the target carrier, and transfer the first goods to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation. The control device is configured to: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation among the multiple workstations, then generate a goods handling instruction. The first handling device is configured to: according to the goods handling instruction, carry the first goods from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the multiple pending orders include the order corresponding to the second workstation. The second sowing device is configured to sow the first goods onto the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0022] The third aspect of the embodiment of the present application provides an order processing device, which is applied to a warehousing system, the warehousing system includes a plurality of workstations, a plurality of sowing devices and at least one first handling device, a running platform is arranged between the plurality of sowing devices, at least one first handling device runs on the running platform, and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the plurality of sowing devices; the device includes an acquisition module, a determination module and a control module. The acquisition module is configured to: acquire a plurality of pending orders. The determination module is configured to: determine the target carriers hit by the plurality of pending orders. The control module is configured to: control the second handling device to carry the target carrier to the first workstation among the plurality of workstations; control the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container on the target carrier, and transfer the first goods to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation among the plurality of workstations, control the first handling device on the running platform to carry the first goods from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the plurality of pending orders include the order corresponding to the second workstation; control the second sowing device to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0023] The fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, comprising: a processor and a memory, the memory being used to store computer-executable instructions; the processor being used to read the instructions from the memory and execute the instructions to implement the order processing method described in the first aspect above.

[0024] A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores computer program instructions. When a computer reads the instructions, the order processing method described in the first aspect is executed.

[0025] A sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program includes program instructions. When the program instructions are executed by a computer, the computer executes the order processing method described in the first aspect above.

[0026] A seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, can implement the order processing method described in the first aspect.

[0027] The order processing method, device and warehousing system provided by the embodiment of the present application are to transport multiple target carriers to be processed to the first workstation, pick the goods required for each order to be processed at the first workstation, and place the picked first goods on the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation. If it is determined that the first goods picked by the first workstation are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation (different from the first workstation), the first goods placed on the first sowing device can be transferred to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation by the first handling device on the operating platform, and the first goods can be sown on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation by the second sowing device, thereby completing the cross-workstation picking and sowing of the first goods. In other words, the embodiment of the present application can complete the picking of goods hit by multiple workstations at one workstation. The order processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application can connect multiple sowing walls corresponding to multiple workstations in series into a large shared sowing wall, and the picking of goods hit by other workstations can be completed at any workstation, thereby avoiding the competition for carriers by multiple workstations, improving the picking efficiency and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system, and the handling efficiency of the handling equipment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0029] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a workstation provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a sowing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of an order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0035] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0036] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0037] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of a cargo transfer scenario between a sowing device and a first handling device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0038] Fig. 10A A schematic diagram of another cargo transfer scenario between a sowing device and a first handling device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0039] Fig. 10B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0040] Fig.11A A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0041] Fig. 11B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0042] Fig. 12A A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0043] Fig. 12B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0044] Fig.13 A schematic diagram of an order processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] Fig.14 A schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention and to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0047] In a warehousing system, each workstation can correspond to at least one sowing wall. When the handling robot moves the shelf or cargo box from the inventory area to the workstation, the operator of the workstation can take the goods out of the cargo box and sow them on the sowing wall corresponding to the workstation to complete the picking and sowing of the goods. On the one hand, for large-scale warehousing systems, there are many workstations, and there may be a situation where multiple workstations hit the goods on the same shelf at the same time. Therefore, the robot needs to move the shelf to each workstation in turn for picking and sowing, which leads to the phenomenon of shelf competition in the warehousing system, reducing the picking and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system.

[0048] On the other hand, since the workstation can only serve the seeding wall corresponding to the workstation, that is, each workstation can only seed the picked goods on its corresponding seeding wall, the number of orders hit by the handling robot transported to the shelves of the workstation is small, which also affects the handling efficiency of the handling robot and increases the cost of equipment investment.

[0049] In order to solve the above problems, the embodiment of the present application proposes an order processing method, device and warehousing system, in which the warehousing system includes an operation platform, which can connect the seeding equipment corresponding to multiple workstations respectively, so that the handling equipment on the operation platform can transfer the goods picked up by the current workstation to other workstations for seeding, thereby realizing the connection of multiple seeding walls corresponding to each seeding equipment in the warehousing system into a set of shared large seeding walls. The robot can transport the shelves hit by multiple workstations to one workstation, and complete the picking of the goods hit by other multiple workstations at the workstation, reducing the number of times the robot transports the shelves, realizing the sharing of seeding walls between multiple workstations, and improving the working efficiency of the warehousing system and the handling efficiency of the handling equipment.

[0050] The following is combined with Figures 1 to 4 The warehousing system provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

[0051] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 As shown, the storage system 100 includes a plurality of carriers 10, a plurality of carrier handling devices 20, a plurality of workstations 30, and a control device ( Figure 1 not shown).

[0052] Exemplarily, the carrier 10 may include a plurality of cargo spaces (also referred to as storage spaces). The cargo spaces may be used to place containers, or material boxes, or goods may be placed directly, or original boxes of goods may be placed. The present application embodiment does not limit this, and the following embodiment is exemplified by taking the cargo spaces used to place containers as an example.

[0053] For example, the cargo space may be a rectangular storage space, and the multiple cargo spaces on the carrier 10 may be neatly arranged along the length, width, and height of the carrier 10. The container may be a matching product specially designed for the carrier 10, or may be an ordinary cargo box (also called a material box), or may be a package of goods (also called an original box), which is not limited in the present embodiment of the application.

[0054] In some examples, the carrier 10 may be a shelf, a turnover vehicle, a cage vehicle, etc. For example, the carrier 10 may be a movable shelf. Among them, the movable shelf includes at least one layer of partitions, which divides the carrier 10 into at least two layers. At least one cargo space is provided on the partition of the carrier 10, and each cargo space can accommodate at least one container. The container placed in each cargo space can be a cargo box or a pallet, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. It should be noted that the carrier 10 includes but is not limited to partition shelves, container shelves, picking shelves, movable shelves, etc. The carrier 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application may refer to any carrier for placing containers.

[0055] In some examples, the carrier 10 can be a dense storage shelf or a non-dense storage shelf. When the carrier 10 is a dense storage shelf, the gap between the containers is small. For example, the carrier 10 can be docked in the shelf area 101, and the shelf area 101 can be a dense storage area or a non-dense storage area. Among them, the shelf area 101 can include multiple storage locations, and the multiple storage locations can be neatly distributed in rows and columns, and each storage location can be used to dock a carrier 10.

[0056] In some examples, the carrier 10 may be a single-sided carrier, a double-sided carrier, or a four-sided carrier (i.e., containers can be taken from four sides respectively), which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The embodiments of the present application take the carrier 10 as a double-sided carrier as an example for illustrative description. For example, when the carrier 10 is a double-sided shelf, partitions may be provided between multiple cargo locations of the carrier 10 along the vertical direction; each side of the carrier 10 may be provided with 30 cargo locations, and a total of 60 cargo locations are provided on both sides. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the type of the carrier 10 and the number of cargo locations included, which is only an illustrative description.

[0057] Exemplarily, the number of workstations 30 in the warehousing system 100 may be one or more. Each workstation 30 may be provided with a corresponding vehicle docking area, and the vehicle docking area includes one or more docking positions, and the docking positions are used to dock the vehicle 10. The vehicle docked in the vehicle docking area is a vehicle to be picked or a vehicle being picked. For example, the vehicle docking area includes a queuing area and a picking area, and the vehicle docked in the queuing area is a vehicle to be picked, and the vehicle docked in the picking area is a vehicle being picked by the workstation.

[0058] Exemplarily, the carrier transport device 20 is used to transport the carrier 10. The carrier transport device 20 can transport the carrier 10 in the shelf area 101 to the carrier docking area corresponding to the workstation 30. The carrier transport device 20 can be a transport robot, such as an automated guided vehicle (AGV). For example, the transport robot can run to the bottom of the carrier 10, and then lift the carrier 10 up from the ground, so that the carrier 10 can be moved.

[0059] In some examples, the carrier transport device 20 can transport the carrier 10 to the queue area corresponding to the workstation 30, and when the picking area of ​​the workstation 30 is free, the carrier 10 is transported from the queue area to the picking area, so that the workstation 30 performs a picking operation on the carrier 10. For example, the workstation 30 can take out a container from the carrier 10 parked in the picking area, or place the container on the cargo position of the carrier 10. It should be noted that the transport device that transports the carrier 10 from the shelf area 101 to the queue area corresponding to the workstation 30 and the transport device that transports the carrier 10 from the queue area to the picking area can be the same transport device, or can be a different transport device.

[0060] Exemplarily, the storage system 100 further includes a sowing wall 40. The sowing wall 40 corresponds to the workstation 30, and one workstation 30 may correspond to at least one sowing wall 40.

[0061] In some examples, a plurality of seeding positions 41 are provided on the seeding wall 40, and an order container 42 can be placed on each seeding position 41. For example, the seeding wall 40 can be provided on one side of the workstation 30, or the seeding wall 40 can also be provided in a seeding area in the warehousing system 100, and the seeding area can be a preset area in the warehouse for performing seeding operations.

[0062] In some examples, the order container 42 is used to place the goods to be sown. For example, the picking object of the workstation 30 can pick the goods to be sown from the container taken out of the carrier 10 according to the order requirements, and the sowing object sows the goods to be sown into the order container 42 corresponding to the order.

[0063] Exemplarily, an output device 43 may be provided on the sowing position 41, and the output device 43 may be a display screen, an electronic label, a speaker, a projection device, etc. The output device 43 is used to display the sowing quantity of the goods to be sown on the corresponding sowing position 41. When sowing, the sowing personnel can sow the goods to be sown into the order container 42 on the sowing position 41 according to the sowing quantity displayed on the output device 43.

[0064] For example, the plurality of sowing positions 41 on the sowing wall 40 can be neatly arranged along the length direction, the width direction and the height direction. When all the to-be-sown goods required by the order container 42 on a sowing position 41 are sown, the sowing of the sowing position 41 where the order container 42 is located is completed.

[0065] In some examples, the picking object may be a person (such as a picking person) or a picking device, such as a robotic arm. The sowing object may be a person (such as a sowing person) or a sowing device. It should be noted that the picking person and the sowing person may be the same person. For example, when both the picking object and the sowing object are operators, the operator may pick the goods required for the order from the container on the workstation and sow the goods into the corresponding order container.

[0066] For example, when the sowing object is a sowing device, Figure 1 As shown, the storage system 100 also includes a plurality of seeding devices 50, which can also be called a three-dimensional sorting machine. Each workstation 30 can correspond to at least one seeding device 50, and the seeding device 50 is used to deliver the goods picked by the picking object of the workstation 30 to the corresponding order container 42 on the seeding wall.

[0067] For example, the control device can be coupled to the carrier handling device 20, the workstation 30 and the sowing device 50 respectively, and is used to control the operation of the carrier handling device 20, the workstation 30 and the sowing device 50. For example, the control device can control the handling device 40 to move and carry the carrier 10, control the workstation 30 to sort and pick the carrier 10 parked in the picking area 301, and control the sowing device 50 to perform a sowing operation, etc.

[0068] In some examples, the control device may be a server or a terminal device, or a device deployed with a warehouse management system (WMS) and a robot management system (RMS). The terminal device may include at least one of a personal computer, a laptop, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and a portable wearable device; the server may include an independent server or a server cluster composed of multiple servers, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0069] In some examples, the control device is connected to the carrier handling device 20, the workstation 30, and the sowing device 50 for data communication. For example, the control device can be connected to the carrier handling device 20, the workstation 30, and the sowing device 50 through a local area network (LAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), or other networks.

[0070] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure of a workstation provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 The structure and working principle of the workstation 30 provided in the embodiment of the present application are explained.

[0071] like Figure 2 As shown, the workstation 30 includes a support frame 31 , a guide mechanism 32 and a container picking and placing device 33 .

[0072] In some examples, the guide mechanism 32 is provided to the support frame 31. The guide mechanism 32 can move laterally and vertically relative to the support frame 31. The container pick-and-place device 33 is provided to the guide mechanism 32 so that the container pick-and-place device 33 can move laterally and / or vertically relative to the support frame 31.

[0073] In some examples, the container pick-up and placement device 33 is coupled to the control device. When the carrier handling device 20 carries the carrier 10 to the picking area 301 of the workstation 30 under the control of the control device, the container pick-up and placement device 33 moves horizontally (such as in the L direction) and / or vertically (such as in the H direction) to reach a position corresponding to the cargo position 15 in the carrier 10, thereby picking up and placing the container in the cargo position 15.

[0074] Exemplarily, the guide mechanism 32 may include a lateral moving device 34, a moving rod 35, and a vertical moving device 36. The lateral moving device 34 is provided to the support frame 31. The lateral moving device 34 is coupled to the control device. The lateral moving device 34 can move laterally relative to the support frame 31. The moving rod 35 extends in the vertical direction, and the moving rod 35 is provided to the lateral moving device 34, so that the moving rod 35 can move laterally relative to the support frame 31. The vertical moving device 36 is provided to the moving rod 35. The vertical moving device 36 is coupled to the control device. The vertical moving device 36 can move vertically relative to the moving rod 35. The container picking and placing device 33 is provided to the vertical moving device 36, so that the container picking and placing device 33 can move vertically relative to the moving rod 35. Therefore, the container picking and placing device 33 can move laterally and / or vertically on the support frame 31.

[0075] In some examples, the workstation 30 may not be provided with the support frame 31 . When the workstation 30 is not provided with the support frame 31 , the container picking and placing device 33 may be moved laterally and / or vertically through the guide mechanism 32 .

[0076] Exemplarily, when the workstation 30 is not provided with the support frame 31, the workstation 30 may include at least one guide mechanism 32 and a container pick-up and placement device 33. The container pick-up and placement device 33 is provided to the guide mechanism 32, and the container pick-up and placement device 33 may move laterally and / or vertically through the guide mechanism 32.

[0077] In some embodiments, the lateral moving device 34 is coupled to the moving rod 35 and is configured to drive the moving rod 35 to move laterally; the moving rod 35 extends in the vertical direction, and the container picking and placing device 33 is set to the moving rod 35 so that the moving rod 35 drives the container picking and placing device 33 to move laterally; the vertical moving device 36 is coupled to the container picking and placing device 33 and is configured to drive the container picking and placing device 33 to move vertically relative to the moving rod 35.

[0078] In some examples, the lateral moving device 34 can be set to the moving rod 35, or can be set to the container picking and placing device 33; the vertical moving device 36 can be set to the moving rod 35. For example, the lateral moving device 34 and the vertical moving device 36 can be two driving motors. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific positions of the lateral moving device 34 and the vertical moving device 36, as long as the lateral moving device 34 can drive the moving rod 35 to move horizontally, and the vertical moving device 36 can drive the container picking and placing device 33 to move vertically relative to the moving rod 35.

[0079] In some examples, the guide mechanism 32 may be a robot arm (such as an automated robot arm), the container pick-and-place device 33 may be connected to the robot arm, and the container pick-and-place device 33 may be moved laterally and / or vertically by the robot arm (for example, the robot arm may move laterally and / or vertically with the container pick-and-place device 33). The robot arm may be fixed to the ground or a guide rail, such as the robot arm may be permanently fixed to the ground or a guide rail, or may be temporarily fixed to the ground or a guide rail, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0080] Exemplarily, the container pick-up and placement device 33 may include a pick-up and placement component, and the pick-up and placement component may be moved along the depth direction. The pick-up and placement component may be a claw, a fork or a suction cup connected to the container pick-up and placement device 33.

[0081] In some examples, when the container placing and picking device 33 reaches the position corresponding to the cargo position 15 by lateral movement and / or vertical movement, the placing and picking component can be controlled to extend to the cargo position 15 along the depth direction, that is, the placing and picking component can extend to the cargo position 15 along the direction toward the carrier, so as to place and pick up the container from the cargo position 15. Figure 2As shown, when the container picking and placing device 33 reaches the position corresponding to the cargo position, the picking and placing component (not shown in Figure 2) can move along the depth direction (such as the Z direction) to the cargo position 15 to pick up the container placed on the cargo position 15.

[0082] For example, when the container picking and placing device 33 takes out the container from the cargo position 15 and places it on the picking station of the workstation, the picking object of the workstation picks out the goods to be sown in the container and places the goods to be sown on the sowing equipment 50, and the sowing equipment 50 completes the sowing operation of the goods to be sown.

[0083] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of a sowing device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 The structure and working principle of the seeding device 50 provided in the embodiment of the present application are explained.

[0084] like Figure 3 As shown, the sowing device 50 includes a delivery mechanism 51 and a movement mechanism 52. The delivery mechanism 51 is used to carry goods (such as goods to be sown) and deliver the goods to the corresponding order container on the order wall.

[0085] In some examples, the motion mechanism 52 is connected to the delivery mechanism 51, and the motion mechanism 52 can drive the delivery mechanism 51 to move so that the delivery mechanism 51 can move to the sowing position. For example, the motion mechanism 52 may include a horizontal motion module and a vertical motion module, the horizontal motion module can drive the delivery mechanism 51 to move along the length direction of the sowing device 50, and the vertical motion module can drive the delivery mechanism 51 to move along the height direction of the sowing device 50 so that the delivery mechanism 51 moves to the sowing position, thereby delivering the goods on the delivery mechanism 51 to the order container corresponding to the sowing position.

[0086] In some examples, the seeding wall 40 may be disposed on at least one side of the seeding device 50. For example, the seeding wall 40 may be disposed on the seeding device 50 along the width direction, or the seeding wall 40 may be disposed on both sides of the seeding device 50 along the width direction.

[0087] For example, Figure 3 As shown, the sowing device 50 is provided with a first sowing wall 401 on the first side along the width direction, and a second sowing wall 402 on the second side. The delivery mechanism 51 can deliver goods to the first sowing wall 401 or to the second sowing wall 402.

[0088] Exemplarily, the seeding wall 40 may include a shelf and an order container (also referred to as a turnover container) disposed on the shelf. The shelf may include multiple layers of seeding positions disposed in the height direction, and each layer of seeding positions may include multiple seeding positions disposed side by side in the length direction of the seeding wall 40. The order container is placed on each seeding position to receive the goods delivered by the delivery mechanism 51.

[0089] For example, the picking object can place the picked goods to be sown on the delivery mechanism 51, and then the delivery mechanism 51 delivers the received goods to the corresponding order container.

[0090] It should be noted that the order container may include but is not limited to a material box, a carton or a cage, etc. The goods sown by the sowing device 50 include but are not limited to the goods themselves, the goods with packaging boxes, the packages containing the goods, etc.

[0091] Exemplarily, the sowing device 50 may further include a plurality of cache locations 53. The picking object may place the picked goods to be sown in the cache location 53, and then the cache location 53 transfers the goods to be sown to the delivery mechanism 51, so as to shorten the waiting time of the sorting robot or the operator and improve the sowing efficiency.

[0092] In some examples, the buffer position 53 may be a conveyor belt, such as a transmission belt, and the goods on the transmission belt may be transported to the delivery mechanism 51 in a horizontal transmission direction. The specific form of the buffer position 53 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0093] For example, after receiving the goods, the delivery mechanism 51 of the sowing device 50 can move to the sowing position driven by the moving mechanism 52, and then deliver the goods to the order container on the sowing wall 40 to complete the sowing of the goods.

[0094] In some examples, the delivery mechanism 51 may be one or more. For example, when there are multiple delivery mechanisms 51, the multiple delivery mechanisms 51 may alternately move to the delivery position, receive the goods to be sown on the sorting robot or the cache position 53, and each independently move to the corresponding sowing position, and deliver the corresponding target items to the designated order container, so that the sowing of multiple goods can be achieved at the same time, further improving the sowing efficiency of the sowing equipment 50.

[0095] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 4 As shown, the storage system 100 includes a plurality of workstations 30 , and each workstation 30 corresponds to at least one (eg, two) sowing devices 50 .

[0096] like Figure 4As shown, the storage system 100 further includes an operating platform 60. The operating platform 60 may be a track-type platform or a desktop platform, and the specific form of the operating platform is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0097] In some examples, the operation platform 60 is disposed between the plurality of sowing devices 50 to connect the plurality of sowing devices corresponding to each workstation. For example, the operation platform can be built above each sowing device.

[0098] For example, at least one first handling device 70 may be operated on the operation platform 60, wherein the first handling device may also be referred to as a platform handling device. The first handling device 70 operates on the operation platform 60 according to a preset path, thereby realizing the transfer of goods between multiple sowing devices.

[0099] In some examples, multiple layers of operating platforms can be built above multiple sowing devices in the height direction, the gap between two adjacent layers of operating platforms can be set as required, and at least one handling device can be run on each layer of operating platform. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application is exemplified by setting a layer of operating platforms above each sowing device.

[0100] In some examples, a plurality of operation channels may be provided on the operation platform 60, and each operation channel may be a one-way channel or a two-way channel, which is not limited in the present embodiment. The first transport device 70 may move along each operation channel to transport the seeds from one sowing device to another sowing device.

[0101] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of an order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 5 The order processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described. It should be noted that the order processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by the above-mentioned warehousing system 100, such as by the control device in the warehousing system 100. Figure 5 As shown, the method includes steps 510 to 550 as described below.

[0102] Step 510, obtain multiple pending orders and determine the target vehicles hit by the multiple pending orders.

[0103] In some examples, the warehousing system includes multiple workstations. For example, when the multiple workstations include a first workstation and a second workstation, the multiple pending orders may include an order corresponding to the first workstation (hereinafter referred to as the first order) and an order corresponding to the second workstation (hereinafter referred to as the second order). The first order and the second order are orders pre-assigned by the control device to the first workstation and the second workstation.

[0104] It should be noted that the multiple workstations may also include other workstations, such as a third workstation. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the number of workstations in the warehousing system. The embodiment of the present application uses the example that the multiple workstations include a first workstation and a second workstation, and the first workstation and the second workstation are different.

[0105] In some examples, the first order and the second order may be the same or different. For example, when the first order requires more goods, the first order may be assigned to the first workstation and the second workstation respectively, that is, the first workstation and the second workstation may correspond to the same order (such as the first order). In this case, the first order and the second order are the same order.

[0106] For example, after obtaining multiple pending orders, a target carrier may be determined from multiple carriers in the storage system according to each pending order, wherein the target carrier may be a carrier among the multiple carriers that is hit by both the first workstation and the second workstation.

[0107] It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, a vehicle being hit by a workstation indicates that the vehicle stores goods required for the order corresponding to the workstation, and goods being hit by a workstation indicates that the goods are required for the order corresponding to the workstation.

[0108] In some examples, the first workstation and the second workstation may be any two different workstations among the plurality of workstations; or, the first workstation and the second workstation may be two mutually associated workstations among the plurality of workstations. The association of the first workstation and the second workstation means that the first workstation and the second workstation may be two different workstations in the same workstation group.

[0109] In some embodiments, the order processing method further includes: dividing the multiple workstations in the storage system into at least one workstation group, wherein the at least one workstation group includes a first workstation group, and the first workstation group includes a first workstation and a second workstation.

[0110] Exemplarily, a plurality of workstations in the warehousing system may be divided into at least one workstation group according to the location of each workstation in the warehousing system and / or the pending orders corresponding to each workstation.

[0111] In some examples, based on the positions of the workstations, the workstations whose distance is less than a preset distance threshold may be divided into a workstation group. For example, if the distance between workstation A and workstation B is less than a preset distance threshold, and the distance between workstation B and workstation C is less than a preset distance threshold, then workstation A, workstation B, and workstation C may be divided into a workstation group. Alternatively, based on the positions of the workstations, a preset number of adjacent workstations may be divided into a workstation group, wherein the distance between any two adjacent workstations in the workstation group may be less than the preset distance threshold;

[0112] In other examples, workstations corresponding to pending orders corresponding to each workstation and requiring goods with a higher similarity than a preset similarity threshold may be divided into a workstation group. For example, if the goods required by the order corresponding to workstation A and the order corresponding to workstation B are highly similar and higher than a preset similarity threshold, workstation A and workstation B may be divided into a workstation group.

[0113] It should be noted that the workstation groups may be divided in other ways. For example, different workstation groups may be divided according to the location of each workstation and the pending orders corresponding to each workstation. This embodiment of the present application does not limit this.

[0114] In some embodiments, the storage system may include a plurality of operation platforms, wherein each operation platform is respectively arranged between a plurality of sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group, and a first handling device on the operation platform is used to transfer goods between the plurality of sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group.

[0115] Exemplarily, when a plurality of workstations in the storage system are divided into at least one workstation group, each workstation group corresponds to an operation platform. For example, the first workstation group may correspond to the first operation platform. The first operation platform may be built on a plurality of sowing devices corresponding to the first workstation group.

[0116] For example, when the first workstation group includes a first workstation, a second workstation and a third workstation, the first operating platform can be built on top of a first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation, a second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation and a third sowing device corresponding to the third workstation.

[0117] It should be noted that the number of workstations in each workstation group may be the same or different. The number of first handling devices on the operating platform corresponding to each workstation group may be the same or different. This embodiment of the application does not limit this.

[0118] In some embodiments, the above step 510 includes: obtaining a set of pending orders corresponding to the first workstation group, and determining a target carrier according to a plurality of pending orders in the set of pending orders.

[0119] Each workstation may correspond to a pending order set, and the pending order set includes at least one pending order corresponding to each workstation in the workstation group (such as the first workstation group). In other words, the pending order set includes multiple pending orders corresponding to each workstation group.

[0120] In some examples, after the workstation groups are divided, the pending orders corresponding to each workstation in the workstation group can be taken as an order set (i.e., a pending order set), i.e., each workstation group corresponds to a pending order set. According to the pending order sets corresponding to each workstation group, the target vehicles corresponding to each workstation group are determined. Among them, the first workstation group corresponds to the first pending order set, and the first pending order set includes the first order corresponding to the first workstation and the second order corresponding to the second workstation.

[0121] Exemplarily, the carriers hit by each pending order in the pending order set (such as the first pending order set) corresponding to the first workstation group are determined, and the carrier hit by the largest number of pending orders is determined as the target carrier. In other words, the target carrier is the carrier hit by the largest number of pending orders in the first pending order set.

[0122] For example, the first set of pending orders includes 4 orders, order A to order D, among which order A hits two vehicles, such as vehicle a and vehicle b, order B hits three vehicles, such as vehicle a, vehicle c and vehicle d, order C has one vehicle, such as vehicle d, and order D has two vehicles, such as vehicle a and vehicle c. Since vehicle a is hit by 3 orders in the first set of pending orders, vehicle b is hit by 1 order, and vehicle c and vehicle d are hit by 2 orders, vehicle a, which can be hit by the most orders, can be determined as the target vehicle corresponding to the first workstation group.

[0123] Step 520 , controlling the second transport device to transport the target carrier to the first workstation among the plurality of workstations.

[0124] In some examples, since the target carrier is hit by multiple workstations in the first workstation group, after determining the target carrier, it is necessary to further determine to which workstation among the multiple workstations the target carrier is transported to perform a picking operation.

[0125] For example, the target carrier may be transported to the first workstation for picking operations, wherein any workstation in the first workstation group may be determined as the first workstation; or the first workstation may be determined based on the number of containers hit by each workstation in the first workstation group on the target carrier.

[0126] Exemplarily, the above step 520 includes: determining the first workstation according to the number of hit containers corresponding to the pending orders corresponding to each workstation in the first workstation group on the target carrier, and / or the amount of tasks corresponding to each workstation in the first workstation group.

[0127] In some examples, the workstation corresponding to the pending order with the largest number of containers hit on the target carrier in the first workstation group can be determined as the first workstation. Since the first workstation has the largest number of containers hit on the target carrier, transporting the target carrier to the first workstation can improve the transport efficiency and picking efficiency. Alternatively, the workstation with the least amount of tasks in the first workstation group can be determined as the first workstation. Among them, the workload of each workstation can be determined based on the number of vehicles docked in the vehicle docking area of ​​each workstation. For example, the first workstation can be a workstation in the first workstation group with the least number of vehicles docked in the vehicle docking area. Alternatively, the workstation with a large number of containers hit on the target carrier and a small amount of tasks can be determined as the first workstation.

[0128] Exemplarily, after determining the target carrier and the first workstation, the control device may generate a carrier transport instruction according to the target carrier and the first workstation, and send the carrier transport instruction to the second transport device (i.e., the carrier transport device in the above embodiment). For example, the second transport device may receive the carrier transport instruction sent by the control device, and according to the carrier transport instruction, move to the position of the target carrier, and transport the target carrier to the first workstation, such as transporting the target carrier to the carrier docking area of ​​the first workstation.

[0129] In some examples, the second transport device for transporting the target carrier may be any idle carrier transport device in the storage system. For example, the second transport device for transporting the target carrier may be an idle carrier transport device that is closest to the target carrier.

[0130] Step 530, controlling the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier, and transferring the first cargo to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation.

[0131] In some examples, when the second transport device transports the target carrier to the first workstation, multiple containers to be picked are determined on the target carrier. The container to be picked is a container on the target carrier that is hit by at least one of the multiple pending orders. The hit container is any container to be picked among the multiple containers to be picked.

[0132] For example, the hit container may be a container hit on the target carrier corresponding to the first order of the first workstation; or, a container hit on the target carrier corresponding to the order (i.e., the second order) of other workstations (such as the second workstation) in the first workstation group; or, the hit container may also be a container hit on the target carrier by both the first order and the second order, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. That is, the hit container may include the goods required for the first order or the goods required for the second order.

[0133] In some embodiments, the above step 530 includes: instructing a picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container and transfer the first goods to a target cache location of the first seeding device.

[0134] For example, the first seeding device may be provided with a plurality of cache bits, and the target cache bit is any free cache bit among the plurality of cache bits. Figure 3 ) has been explained in detail and will not be repeated here to avoid repetition.

[0135] Exemplarily, after determining the hit container, the first workstation may perform a picking operation on the hit container. For example, the container pick-and-place device of the first workstation may be controlled to take out the hit container from the target carrier, and place the hit container on a picking station (such as a first picking station) of the first workstation, and the picking object of the first workstation picks out the first goods from the hit container, and places the picked first goods on the target cache position.

[0136] In some examples, the picking object of the first workstation is referred to as the first picking object, and the first picking object may be a picking person or a picking device. When the first picking object is a picking person, the control device may control the output device of the first workstation to output picking information, and the picking information is used to instruct the picking person to pick out the first goods from the hit container. The output device may be a display screen, an electronic label, a speaker, a projection device, etc. When the first picking object is a picking device (such as a robotic arm), the control device may control the picking device to pick out the first goods from the hit container.

[0137] In some embodiments, when the picking object places the first goods on the target cache position, the order processing method also includes: controlling the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache position and receive the first goods on the target cache position; after the first delivery mechanism receives the first goods from the target cache position, controlling the first delivery mechanism to move to the first docking position corresponding to the first sowing device, so as to transfer the first goods to the first handling device at the first docking position.

[0138] In some examples, the delivery mechanism of the first seeding device (i.e., the first delivery mechanism) can move to the delivery position to receive the first goods delivered by the target cache position at the delivery position. For example, when the picking object places the first goods at the target cache position, the first delivery mechanism can move to the delivery position to receive the first goods delivered by the target cache position; or, the first delivery mechanism can also move to the delivery position in advance and wait at the delivery position for the target cache position to deliver the first goods to the first delivery mechanism. The embodiments of the present application are not limited to this.

[0139] Exemplarily, after the first delivery mechanism receives the first cargo transferred from the target cache position at the delivery position, it can move to the first docking position corresponding to the first sowing device on the operating platform.

[0140] In some examples, a plurality of docking positions are provided on the operating platform, and the docking positions are positions or areas where cargo is transferred between the delivery mechanism of the seeding device and the first handling device on the operating platform.

[0141] For example, a plurality of docking positions are set on the first operating platform corresponding to the first workstation group, wherein the number of docking positions may correspond to the number of sowing devices corresponding to the first workstation group. For example, when the first workstation group includes 3 workstations, each of which corresponds to 2 sowing devices, 6 docking positions may be set on the first operating platform.

[0142] Step 540: If the first cargo is cargo required for an order corresponding to a second workstation among the multiple workstations, control the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation.

[0143] Among them, the multiple orders to be processed include the order corresponding to the second workstation, that is, the second order.

[0144] In some examples, after the picked first goods are placed in the target cache location, the order corresponding to the first goods can be further determined, that is, the first goods are the goods required by which workstation for the corresponding order.

[0145] In some embodiments, the storage system includes a plurality of scanning devices, each of which is used to scan goods placed in a cache position of each sowing device.

[0146] In some examples, each sowing device may correspond to a scanning device, and each scanning device may be arranged above the corresponding sowing device to scan the goods placed on the buffer position of the sowing device. For example, the scanning device may be a camera, a fisheye camera, a panoramic camera, or other image acquisition devices, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0147] In some embodiments, after the above step 530 and before step 540, the method further includes: controlling a scanning device corresponding to the first workstation to scan the first goods on the target cache location to obtain a scanning result; and determining a target order corresponding to the first goods based on the scanning result.

[0148] In some examples, an identification code may be provided on the goods, and the scanning device may obtain a scanning result by scanning the identification code of the goods. The identification code may include a QR code or other types of identification, such as a product barcode, etc., and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the identification code. The scanning device may send the scanning result to the control device, and the control device determines the target order corresponding to the first goods according to the scanning result.

[0149] In some examples, the target order may be a single order. For example, the target order may include an order corresponding to the first workstation or an order corresponding to the second workstation. When the target order is the first order, it indicates that the first goods are the goods required for the first order, that is, the first goods need to be sown by the first sowing device into the order container on the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation (i.e., the first sowing wall). When the target order is the second order, it indicates that the first goods are the goods required for the second order, that is, the second goods need to be sown by the second sowing device into the order container on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation (i.e., the second sowing wall).

[0150] In other examples, the target order may also be multiple orders. For example, when the target order is the first order and the second order, it means that the first product is the product required for the first order and the second order. In this case, the first product can be sown to the first sowing wall or the second sowing wall.

[0151] In some examples, if the control device determines based on the scanning results that the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation (i.e., the second order), the first transport device on the operating platform is controlled to transport the first goods from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation, thereby sowing the first goods into the order container on the second sowing wall through the second sowing device.

[0152] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 6 As shown, the above step 540 includes steps 5411 to 5413 as shown below.

[0153] Step 5411, controlling the first transport device on the operating platform to receive the first cargo transferred by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position.

[0154] For example, when the first delivery mechanism receives the first cargo, the first handling device on the operating platform (hereinafter referred to as the target first handling device) is controlled to move to the first docking position, wherein the target first handling device may be any idle first handling device among the plurality of first handling devices on the first operating platform.

[0155] For example, the target first transport device may move to the first docking position before the first delivery mechanism and wait for the first delivery mechanism; or, the target first transport device may move to the first docking position simultaneously with the first delivery mechanism; or, the target first transport device may move to the first docking position after the first delivery mechanism. This embodiment of the application is not limited to this.

[0156] Exemplarily, the docking position on the operating platform corresponds to a queuing area (such as called a docking queuing area), and the docking queuing area includes a plurality of queuing positions (such as called docking queuing positions), and each docking queuing position can dock a first handling device. When the docking position is in a non-idle state, the first handling device can dock at the docking queuing position, and when the docking position is in an idle state, it moves from the docking queuing position to the docking position. The docking position being in a non-idle state means that other first handling devices are docked at the docking position.

[0157] For example, when the first docking position is in an idle state, the target first transport device may move to the first docking position and receive the first cargo delivered by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position.

[0158] Step 5412, controlling the first transport device to transport the first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device.

[0159] In some examples, after the target first transport device receives the first cargo delivered by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position, it can transport the first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device according to the target path. The target path can be the optimal path planned by the control device according to the first docking position and the second docking position.

[0160] For example, the second docking position may correspond to a docking queue area. If the second docking position is in a non-idle state, the target first handling device may be docked at the docking queue area and move from the docking queue area to the second docking position when the second docking position is in an idle state.

[0161] Step 5413, control the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0162] In some examples, when the target first transport device transports the first cargo to the second docking position, the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device can move to the second docking position and receive the first cargo transferred by the first transport device at the second docking position.

[0163] For example, the second delivery mechanism may reach the second docking position before the target first transport device, or after the target first transport device, or may reach the second docking position at the same time as the target first transport device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0164] In some examples, the first transport device (ie, the platform transport device) may be a flipping robot or a belt robot, and the first transport device may transfer the goods placed thereon to the delivery mechanism by flipping or conveying.

[0165] Step 550: Control the second sowing device to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0166] In some examples, after the second delivery mechanism receives the first goods transferred by the target first handling equipment, it can move the position of the order container (such as the second order container) corresponding to the second order on the second seeding wall from the second docking position, and deliver the first goods to the second order container, thereby completing the seeding of the first goods.

[0167] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 7 As shown, after step 530, the method further includes steps 560 to 570 as shown below.

[0168] Step 560: If the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, when the first cargo is transferred to the target cache position, the first delivery mechanism of the first seeding device is controlled to move to the target cache position to receive the first cargo from the target cache position.

[0169] Among them, the multiple orders to be processed include the order corresponding to the first workstation, that is, the first order.

[0170] In some examples, when the picking object at the first workstation places the picked first goods on the target cache position and determines through the scanning result of the scanning device that the first goods are the goods required for the first order, the first goods need to be sown on the sowing wall (i.e., the first sowing wall) corresponding to the first workstation. In this case, the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device can be controlled to move to the target cache position to receive the first goods from the target cache position.

[0171] Step 570, controlling the first delivery mechanism to deliver the first cargo to the seeding wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0172] For example, after receiving the first goods, the first delivery mechanism can move the position of the order container (such as the first order container) corresponding to the first order on the first seeding wall from the current position, and deliver the first goods to the first order container, thereby completing the seeding of the first goods.

[0173] The order processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application is to transport multiple target carriers to be processed to the first workstation, pick the goods required for each pending order at the first workstation, and place the picked first goods on the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation. If it is determined that the first goods picked by the first workstation are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation (different from the first workstation), the first goods placed on the first sowing device can be transferred to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation by the first handling device on the operating platform, and the first goods can be sown on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation by the second sowing device, thereby completing the cross-workstation picking and sowing of the first goods. In other words, the embodiment of the present application can complete the picking of goods hit by multiple workstations at one workstation. The order processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application can connect multiple sowing walls corresponding to multiple workstations in series into a large shared sowing wall, and the picking of goods hit by other workstations can be completed at any workstation, thereby avoiding the competition for carriers by multiple workstations, improving the picking efficiency and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system, and the handling efficiency of the handling equipment.

[0174] In some examples, the first delivery mechanism of the first seeding device needs to transfer the received first goods to the first handling device (such as the above step 540), and also needs to sow the goods required for the first order (such as the first goods) to the order container on the first seeding wall (such as the above steps 560 to 570); at the same time, it also needs to receive the goods required for the first order picked up by other workstations carried by the first handling device, and sow the goods on the first seeding wall. In other words, the first delivery mechanism of the first seeding device needs to complete the sowing or transfer of the goods picked up by the first workstation, and also needs to complete the reception and sowing of the goods required for the first order picked up by other workstations, thereby reducing the utilization rate of the delivery mechanism.

[0175] In some embodiments, the storage system further includes a plurality of lifting devices. The lifting devices can be used to transfer the goods placed on the cache position of the current sowing device to the first handling device, and the first handling device carries the goods to the corresponding sowing device to complete the sowing. In this case, the delivery mechanism of the current sowing device only needs to receive the goods picked up by other workstations and complete the sowing, without having to transfer the goods picked up by other workstations, thereby improving the working efficiency of the delivery mechanism.

[0176] For example, the lifting device can take the goods from the cache position by lifting, and transfer the goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform, and then the first handling equipment continues to complete the transfer of the goods.

[0177] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown below in combination with Figure 8 Describe the process of transferring cargo using a lifting device. Figure 8 As shown, the above step 540 also includes steps 5421 to 5424 as described below.

[0178] Step 5421, control the first lifting device corresponding to the first workstation to pick up the first cargo on the target cache location.

[0179] Among them, the multiple lifting devices include a first lifting device.

[0180] Exemplarily, the cache position of the sowing device may include two conveying directions. For example, the cache position of the sowing device may convey the goods placed thereon in a horizontal direction, and the horizontal conveying direction includes a first direction and a second direction. When the first goods on the target cache position are conveyed along the first direction, the first goods may be conveyed to the delivery mechanism of the sowing device; when the first goods on the target cache position are conveyed along the second direction, the first goods may be conveyed to the first lifting device.

[0181] In some examples, when the scanning result of the scanning device determines that the first goods are the goods required for the first order, the target cache position can transport the first goods placed thereon to the first delivery mechanism along the first direction, so that the first goods can be seeded into the order container on the first seeding wall through the first delivery mechanism.

[0182] In other examples, when the scanning result of the scanning device determines that the first cargo is the cargo required for the second order, the target cache position can transport the first cargo placed thereon to the first lifting device along the second direction, so as to transfer the first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform through the first lifting device, and transport the first cargo to the second sowing equipment through the first handling equipment.

[0183] In some embodiments, the lifting device includes a plurality of temporary storage locations, and the temporary storage locations are used to store cargo.

[0184] In some examples, if it is determined that the first goods are goods required for the second order, the first lifting device can take the first goods from the target cache position of the first sowing device and place them in the temporary storage position. For example, the first lifting device can take multiple goods from the cache position of the first sowing device and place the multiple goods in each temporary storage position respectively, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0185] It should be noted that the following is an exemplary description using the example that the first goods are goods hit by the second workstation, that is, the first goods are goods required for the second order. In other words, the first goods are goods hit by other workstations except the first workstation, and this embodiment of the application does not limit this.

[0186] Step 5422, control the first handling equipment on the operating platform to move to the first pick-up and placement position, and receive the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device at the first pick-up and placement position.

[0187] Exemplarily, the operating platform is provided with a plurality of pick-up and placement positions. For example, a plurality of pick-up and placement positions may be provided on the first operating platform corresponding to the first workstation group. The pick-up and placement positions are areas or positions on the operating platform where the lifting device and the first handling device transfer goods.

[0188] For example, the first lifting device may move to the first pick-and-place position after receiving the first cargo, and transfer the first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform at the first pick-and-place position.

[0189] In some examples, the number of pick-up and placement positions on the operating platform may correspond to the number of lifting devices. For example, when three lifting devices are provided in the first workstation group, three pick-up and placement positions may be provided on the first operating platform, wherein each lifting device may correspond to a pick-up and placement position, and the lifting device may move to the corresponding pick-up and placement position to transfer the goods to the first handling device.

[0190] In some examples, the first handling device may move to the first pick-up and placement position before the first lifting device, or move to the first pick-up and placement position after the first lifting device, or move to the first pick-up and placement position simultaneously with the first lifting device, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. When the first lifting device and the first handling device move to the first pick-up and placement position, the first lifting device transfers the first cargo to the first handling device.

[0191] Fig. 9 This is a schematic diagram of a cargo transfer scenario between a sowing device and a first handling device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 9As shown, the lifting device and the first handling equipment are both moved to the pick-up and placement positions on the operating platform.

[0192] For example, when the lifting device and the first handling device are both moved to the pick-up and placement positions on the operating platform, the lifting device can transfer the first cargo placed thereon to the first handling device by conveying it via a flap (or a conveyor belt). When the lifting device takes cargo from the cache of other playback devices, it can move up and down in the height direction to the pick-up and placement position on the operating platform, and transfer the cargo position to the first handling device at the pick-up and placement position.

[0193] In some embodiments, among the multiple lifting devices of the storage system, each lifting device can be arranged between two adjacent workstations. Each lifting device and the first handling device transfer goods at a corresponding pick-up and place position.

[0194] For example, the first lifting device can be arranged between the first workstation and a third workstation adjacent to the first workstation, and the first pick-and-place position is located between the first docking position corresponding to the first workstation and the third docking position corresponding to the third workstation. The third workstation can be the same as the second workstation or different from the second workstation.

[0195] In some examples, a lifting device (such as a first lifting device) can be set between any two adjacent workstations in the first workstation group (such as the first workstation and the third workstation). The first lifting device can transfer the goods (such as the first goods) required for the corresponding orders of other workstations in the first workstation group (such as the second workstation) picked up by the first workstation to the first handling equipment on the operating platform, and then transport them to the second sowing equipment corresponding to the second workstation through the first handling equipment.

[0196] In some embodiments, when the first pick-and-place position is in a non-idle state, the first transport device on the operating platform is controlled to move to the first queue position; when the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, the first transport device is controlled to move from the first queue position to the first pick-and-place position to receive the first cargo transferred from the temporary storage position by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position.

[0197] Exemplarily, the pick-and-place position corresponds to a queuing area (such as a pick-and-place queuing area), and the pick-and-place queuing area includes a plurality of queuing positions (such as a pick-and-place queuing position), and each of the pick-and-place queuing positions can dock a first handling device.

[0198] In some examples, when the first pick-and-place position has a first handling device parked therein, that is, the first pick-and-place position is in a non-idle state, the first handling device for receiving the first cargo may be parked at the pick-and-place queue position. When the first handling device at the first pick-and-place position receives the cargo delivered by the first lifting device and leaves the first pick-and-place position, that is, the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, the first handling device may move from the pick-and-place queue position to the first pick-and-place position and receive the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device.

[0199] In other examples, when the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, the first handling device may move to the first pick-and-place position and receive the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position.

[0200] Exemplarily, the first lifting device is located between the first workstation and the third workstation, and can transfer the goods picked up by the first workstation to the first handling equipment on the operating platform, and can also transfer the goods picked up by the third workstation to the first handling equipment on the operating platform. For example, the first lifting device can carry the goods picked up by the first workstation and the third workstation to the first pick-and-place position, and transfer the picked goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform at the first pick-and-place position.

[0201] Step 5423, controlling the first transport device to transport the received first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device.

[0202] Step 5424, control the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0203] For example, after the first handling device receives the first cargo transferred by the first lifting device at the pick-up and placement position, it moves from the first pick-up and placement position to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device according to the target path. The second docking position is the area or position where the second delivery mechanism of the first handling device and the second sowing device on the operating platform transfers cargo.

[0204] In some examples, the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device moves to the second docking position, receives the first goods transferred by the first handling device at the second docking position, and after receiving the first goods, moves to the position of the order container (such as the second order container) corresponding to the first goods on the second sowing wall, and delivers the first goods to the second order container, thereby completing the sowing of the first goods.

[0205] It should be noted that step 5423 is similar to the above step 5412, and step 5424 is similar to the above step 5413. To avoid repetition, they will not be repeated here.

[0206] Exemplarily, when the elevator completes transferring the picked goods to the first transport device, the docking position between the delivery mechanism of the sowing device and the first transport device may be different from the docking position between the delivery mechanism of the sowing device and the first transport device in the above embodiment (such as the first docking position or the second docking position).

[0207] In some examples, when the lifting machine completes transferring the picked goods to the first handling device, the delivery mechanism of the sowing device may not need to move onto the operating platform to receive the goods delivered by the first handling device. For example, after the first handling device reaches the docking position, the goods on it are delivered to the delivery mechanism located at the docking position below the operating platform.

[0208] Fig. 10A A schematic diagram of another cargo transfer scenario between a sowing device and a first handling device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 10A As shown, the first handling device carries the first cargo to the docking position, and the delivery mechanism also moves to the docking position, wherein the docking position where the delivery mechanism is located is located below the operating platform. In this case, the first handling device located on the platform can deliver the first cargo carried on it to the delivery mechanism, and after receiving the first cargo, the delivery mechanism moves to the position of the order container corresponding to the first cargo on the second sowing wall, delivers the first cargo to the order container, and completes the sowing of the first cargo.

[0209] For example, Fig. 10A As shown, when the delivery mechanism is only used to receive the goods delivered by the first transporting equipment and there is no need to transfer the goods to the first transporting equipment, the delivery mechanism does not need to be moved to the top of the operating platform, that is, it does not need to be operated to a position on the same plane as the first transporting equipment. The delivery mechanism is located below the operating platform and can also receive the goods delivered by the first transporting equipment.

[0210] In other examples, when the elevator completes transferring the picked goods to the first handling device, the docking position between the delivery mechanism of the sowing device and the first handling device may be the same as the docking position between the delivery mechanism of the sowing device and the first handling device in the above embodiment (such as the first docking position or the second docking position). That is to say, the delivery mechanism may also run onto the operating platform to receive the goods delivered by the first handling device (such as Figure 7 shown).

[0211] Fig. 10B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application. In conjunction with FIG10 , the process of transferring goods by a lifting device is described below.

[0212] like Fig. 10BAs shown, the elevator (i.e., the above-mentioned lifting device) 1014 is arranged between two adjacent workstations 1015 and 1016. Six temporary storage positions are arranged on the elevator 1014, namely, temporary storage position 1 to temporary storage position 6. The sowing device 1011 corresponding to the workstation 1015 and the sowing device 1012 corresponding to the workstation 1016 are respectively provided with two cache positions, and the docking positions of the sowing device 1011 and the sowing device 1012 on the operating platform 1013 respectively correspond to four docking queue positions (docking queue position 1 to docking queue position 4), and each docking queue position can dock a first handling device.

[0213] In some examples, the elevator 1014 can move the cargo on the cache position of the sowing device 1011 to the pick-and-place position, and transfer the cargo to the first transport device at the pick-and-place position; or, it can also move the cargo on the cache position of the sowing device 1012 to the pick-and-place position, and transfer the cargo to the first transport device at the pick-and-place position.

[0214] like Fig. 10B As shown, the picking object of the workstation 1015 places the picked target goods on the cache position 1 corresponding to the sowing device 1011. If the target goods are goods hit by other workstations (such as workstation 1016) except the workstation 1015, the elevator 1014 takes the target goods from the cache position 1 and places the target goods on the temporary storage position 1. The elevator 1014 moves to the pick-up and place position. If the first handling device is docked at the pick-up and place position, the elevator 1014 delivers the target goods to the first handling device; if the first handling device is not docked at the pick-up and place position, the first handling device docked at the pick-up and place queue position 1 or the pick-up and place queue position 3 is controlled to move to the pick-up and place position, and receive the target goods at the pick-up and place position. After receiving the target goods, the first handling device 1017 can transport the target goods to the docking position of the sowing device 1012 corresponding to the workstation 1016, and transfer the target goods to the delivery mechanism of the sowing device 1012 at the docking position, so as to complete the sowing of the target goods through the delivery mechanism of the sowing device 1012.

[0215] It should be noted that the process in which the elevator 1014 transfers the goods on the buffer position of the sowing device 1012 to the pick-and-place position is similar to the process in which the elevator 1014 transfers the goods on the buffer position of the sowing device 1015 to the pick-and-place position.

[0216] The order processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application realizes the transfer of goods between workstations through the lifting device in the warehousing system. The first lifting device corresponding to the first workstation can transfer the goods picked by the first workstation that are hit by other workstations to the first handling equipment on the operating platform, and then transport them to the sowing equipment corresponding to other workstations through the first handling equipment, thereby completing the cross-workstation picking of goods. When the transfer of goods is realized through the lifting device, the delivery mechanism of the sowing equipment only needs to complete the reception and sowing of the goods hit by the current workstation, without executing the transfer of the goods hit by other workstations, thereby improving the working efficiency of the sowing equipment and improving the picking and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system.

[0217] Fig.11A A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown as follows: Fig.11A As shown, after the above step 520, the method further includes steps 1110 to 1160 as shown below.

[0218] Step 1110, instructing the picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container, or controlling the transfer device to pick out the first goods from the hit container.

[0219] Exemplarily, the first workstation includes a transfer device, wherein the transfer device may be a picking device (such as a picking robot arm) of the first workstation, or the transfer device may be a robot arm (hereinafter referred to as a transfer robot arm) separately provided at the first workstation, or the transfer device may also be a conveyor belt.

[0220] In some examples, when the transfer device is a picking device of the first workstation, the control device can control the picking device to pick out the first goods from the hit container.

[0221] In other examples, when the transfer device is a transfer robot arm or a conveyor belt separately provided at the first workstation, the control device may instruct a picking object (such as a picking person or a picking device) at the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container. For example, the picking object may place the picked first goods on a buffer device at the first workstation, and the transfer robot arm may carry the first goods from the buffer device, or the picking object may place the picked first goods on a conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt may transport the first goods.

[0222] Step 1120: If the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, the transfer device is controlled to transfer the picked first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform.

[0223] In some examples, when it is determined that the first goods are the goods required for the corresponding order of the second workstation, after the picking object or the transfer device picks out the first goods, the transfer device can be controlled to transfer the picked first goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform.

[0224] In some examples, when the transfer device is a picking device, the picking device can directly transport the picked first goods to the first transport device on the operating platform. When the transfer device is a transfer robot arm, the picking object first picks the first goods from the hit container, and places the picked first goods on the buffer device of the first workstation, and then the transfer robot arm transports the first goods placed on the buffer device to the first transport device on the operating platform.

[0225] In some embodiments, the above step 1120 includes: controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the platform cache position on the operating platform; and controlling the first transport equipment to transport the first cargo from the platform cache position.

[0226] Exemplarily, a plurality of cache positions (hereinafter referred to as platform cache positions) may be provided on the operating platform. When a transfer device (such as a picking device, a transfer robot arm or a conveyor belt) transfers the picked first goods to the operating platform, and there is no idle first handling device on the operating platform, or the first handling device has not yet run to the position where it will take over the first goods from the transfer device, in order to further improve the working efficiency of the warehousing system, the transfer device may be controlled to place the first goods on an idle platform cache position on the operating platform.

[0227] For example, when there is an idle first transport device on the operating platform, the first transport device can be controlled to run to the platform cache position where the first cargo is placed, and receive and transport the first cargo from the platform cache position.

[0228] It should be noted that when the transfer device is a picking device or a transfer robot arm, the length of the picking device or the transfer robot arm can be sufficient to place the picked first goods on the first handling device or the platform buffer position on the operating platform. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific setting of the picking device or the transfer robot arm.

[0229] In some embodiments, the transfer device may also be a conveyor belt. When the transfer device is a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the conveyor belt is docked with the first workstation, and the second end of the conveyor belt is docked with the operating platform. The first end of the conveyor belt is used to receive the first goods picked by the picking object, and the second end of the conveyor belt is used to transport the first goods to the first handling device on the operating platform.

[0230] For example, when the height of the first end of the conveyor belt is different from the height of the second end of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can be configured as an inclined conveyor belt.

[0231] Exemplarily, when the transfer device is a conveyor line, the picking object needs to first pick out the first cargo from the hit container and place the first cargo on the first end of the conveyor belt docked with the first workstation. The conveyor belt can transport the first cargo placed thereon and transport the first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform through the second end of the conveyor belt.

[0232] Fig. 11B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 11B As shown, a conveyor belt 80 is provided between each workstation 30 and the operating platform 60, the first end A of the conveyor belt 80 is docked with the workstation 30, and the second end B of the conveyor belt 80 is docked with the operating platform 60. The picking object of the workstation 30 places the picked goods on the first end A of the conveyor belt 80, and the conveyor belt 80 transports the goods along the direction of the arrow, and transports the goods to the second handling device 70 or the platform buffer position ( Fig. 11B not shown).

[0233] Step 1130: Control the first transport device to transport the first cargo to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation.

[0234] Step 1140: Control the second sowing equipment to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0235] In some examples, after the first transporting device receives the first cargo, the first transporting device may transport the first cargo to a second sowing device corresponding to a second workstation, and then the second sowing device may sow the first cargo.

[0236] It should be noted that the implementation process of step 1130 to step 1140 is similar to that of step 540 to step 550 in the above embodiment, and will not be repeated here to avoid repetition.

[0237] Step 1150: If the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, the transfer device is controlled to transfer the picked first goods to the first sowing equipment.

[0238] Step 1160: Control the first sowing device to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0239] Exemplarily, when it is determined that the first goods are the goods required for the corresponding order of the first workstation (ie, the first order), the transfer device can directly transfer the first goods to the first sowing equipment, and the first sowing equipment can complete the sowing of the first goods.

[0240] Exemplarily, when the transfer device is a picking device or a transfer robot arm, the picking device or the transfer robot arm can transfer the picked first goods to the delivery mechanism of the first sowing device (i.e., the first delivery mechanism). After receiving the first goods, the first delivery mechanism moves the position of the order container (such as the first order container) corresponding to the first order on the first sowing wall from the current position, and delivers the first goods to the first order container, thereby completing the sowing of the first goods.

[0241] In some examples, the picking device or transfer robot arm can also transfer the picked first goods to the target cache position of the first seeding device, and the first delivery mechanism moves to the target cache position to receive the first goods from the target cache position and deliver the first goods to the first order container on the first seeding wall.

[0242] Exemplarily, when the transfer device is a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can transport the first goods to the platform cache position on the operating platform, and then the first delivery mechanism moves to a position for docking with the platform cache position to receive the first goods on the platform cache position. After receiving the first goods, the first delivery mechanism delivers the first goods to the first order container on the first seed wall.

[0243] In some examples, the conveyor belt may also include a third end. When it is determined that the first goods are the goods required for the corresponding order of the first workstation, when the first goods are received at the first end of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can transport the first goods and deliver the first goods to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device (or the target cache position of the first sowing device) through the third end of the conveyor belt, and then the first delivery mechanism delivers the first goods to the first order container on the first sowing wall.

[0244] The order processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application realizes the transfer of goods between the picked goods and the first handling equipment on the operating platform through the transfer device, and then the received goods are transported to the sowing equipment corresponding to other workstations through the first handling equipment, thereby completing the cross-workstation picking of goods. When the picked goods of other workstations are transferred to the first handling equipment on the operating platform through the transfer device, the delivery mechanism of the sowing equipment only needs to complete the reception and sowing of the goods hit by the current workstation, without executing the transfer of the goods hit by other workstations, thereby improving the working efficiency of the sowing equipment and improving the picking and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system.

[0245] Fig. 12A A schematic diagram of another order processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown as follows: Fig. 12A As shown, after the above step 520, the method further includes steps 1210 to 1250 as shown below.

[0246] Step 1210, instructing the picking object of the first workstation to place the first goods in the buffer device of the first workstation.

[0247] Exemplarily, each workstation is provided with a cache device, and the cache device of the workstation can be used to temporarily store the goods picked by the picking object. The cache device includes a plurality of cache cargo positions, and each cache cargo position can cache goods. For example, the picking object of the first workstation can place the first goods picked up on an empty cache cargo position on the cache device.

[0248] In some examples, the cache device may be disposed on a picking station of a workstation, or the cache device may be a carrier placed next to the picking station, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0249] In some embodiments, the storage system further includes a plurality of third handling devices, which may also be referred to as cargo handling devices, and are used to transfer cargo between each workstation and each sowing device. For example, the third handling device may carry the first cargo placed on the buffer device of the first workstation to the sowing device corresponding to the first cargo, so as to complete sowing at the sowing device.

[0250] In some examples, the third handling device may include an adjustment mechanism and a carrying mechanism. The adjustment mechanism may adjust the height of the carrying mechanism according to the position of the received goods, so as to receive the goods or containers through the carrying mechanism, wherein the carrying container may be a belt or a flap, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0251] Step 1220: If the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, control the third transport device to transport the first cargo on the buffer device to the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation.

[0252] Step 1230, controlling the second delivery mechanism to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0253] For example, when the first goods are placed in the buffer device of the first workstation, the sowing device corresponding to the first goods can be determined. For example, the order corresponding to the first goods can be determined by scanning the first goods by the scanning device of the first workstation.

[0254] For example, when it is determined that the first goods are the goods required for the second order corresponding to the second workstation, it indicates that the first goods are the goods hit by the second workstation, that is, the first goods need to be sown to the second sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation. In this case, the third handling device can be controlled to carry the first goods on the buffer device to the second sowing device, so that the first goods are sown to the second sowing wall through the second sowing device. For example, the third handling device can transfer the first goods to the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device.

[0255] In some examples, after receiving the first goods, the second delivery mechanism moves to the location of the order container corresponding to the second order on the second seed wall and delivers the first goods to the order container.

[0256] Step 1240: If it is determined that the first cargo is the cargo required for the second order corresponding to the second workstation, the third transport device is controlled to transport the first cargo to the first sowing device. For example, the third transport device may transfer the first cargo to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device.

[0257] Step 1250, controlling the first delivery mechanism to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0258] For example, when it is determined that the first cargo is the cargo required by the first order corresponding to the first workstation, it indicates that the first cargo is the cargo hit by the first workstation, that is, the first cargo needs to be sown to the first sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation. In this case, the third handling device can be controlled to carry the first cargo on the cache device to the first device, so as to sow the first cargo on the first sowing wall through the first sowing device. For example, the third handling device can transfer the first cargo to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device.

[0259] In some examples, after receiving the first goods, the first delivery mechanism moves to the location of the order container corresponding to the first order on the first seed wall and delivers the first goods to the order container.

[0260] Fig. 12B A schematic diagram of another storage system provided in the embodiment of the present application. Fig. 12B The process of realizing cargo transfer by the third handling equipment is described.

[0261] like Fig. 12BAs shown, the picking object of the first workstation places the picked target goods on the buffer device of the first workstation. If the target goods are the goods required for the second order corresponding to the second workstation, the third handling device takes the target goods from the buffer device, and transports the target goods to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation, and sows the target goods on the second sowing wall through the second sowing device. If the target goods are the goods required for the first order corresponding to the first workstation, the third handling device takes the target goods from the buffer device, and transports the target goods to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation, and sows the target goods on the first sowing wall through the first sowing device.

[0262] The order processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can, after the picking object at the first workstation picks out the first goods and determines the order corresponding to the first goods, transport the picked first goods from the first workstation to the sowing equipment corresponding to the first workstation or the sowing equipment corresponding to other workstations through the third handling equipment (i.e., the goods handling equipment) in the warehousing system, so as to complete the sowing of the first goods through the corresponding sowing equipment, thereby realizing cross-workstation picking of goods and improving the picking and sowing efficiency of the warehousing system.

[0263] Fig.13 This is a schematic diagram of an order processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig.13 As shown, the order processing device 1300 includes an acquisition module 1310, a determination module 1320 and a control module 1330. Among them:

[0264] The acquisition module 1310 is configured to acquire a plurality of pending orders.

[0265] The determination module 1320 is configured to determine the target vehicles hit by the multiple pending orders.

[0266] The control module 1330 is configured to control the second handling device to transport the target carrier to the first workstation among multiple workstations; control the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier, and transfer the first cargo to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; if the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the second workstation among the multiple workstations, control the first handling device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the multiple pending orders include the order corresponding to the second workstation; control the second sowing device to sow the first cargo on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0267] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is configured to: instruct the picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container and transfer the first cargo to the target cache position of the first sowing device; wherein the first sowing device is provided with multiple cache positions, and the target cache position is any free cache position among the multiple cache positions.

[0268] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is also configured to: control the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache position and receive the first cargo on the target cache position; after the first delivery mechanism receives the first cargo from the target cache position, control the first delivery mechanism to move to the first docking position corresponding to the first sowing device, so as to transfer the first cargo to the first handling device at the first docking position.

[0269] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is configured to: control the first transporting device on the operating platform to receive the first cargo transferred by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position; control the first transporting device to transport the first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; control the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0270] In some embodiments, the warehousing system also includes multiple lifting devices; the control module 1330 is configured to: control the first lifting device corresponding to the first workstation to pick up the first cargo on the target cache position; wherein the multiple lifting devices include the first lifting device; control the first handling device on the operating platform to move to the first pick-and-place position, and receive the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position; control the first handling device to transport the received first cargo to the second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; control the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

[0271] In some embodiments, each lifting device among the multiple lifting devices is arranged between two adjacent workstations; wherein, the first lifting device is arranged between the first workstation and the third workstation adjacent to the first workstation, and the first picking and placing position is located between the first docking position corresponding to the first workstation and the third docking position corresponding to the third workstation.

[0272] In some embodiments, the first lifting device includes multiple temporary storage positions, which are used to store the first cargo; the control module 1330 is configured to: when the first pick-and-place position is in a non-idle state, control the first handling equipment on the operating platform to move to the first queue position; when the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, control the first handling equipment to move from the first queue position to the first pick-and-place position to receive the first cargo transferred from the temporary storage position by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position.

[0273] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is also configured to: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, then when the first goods are transferred to the target cache position, control the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache position to receive the first goods from the target cache position; wherein the multiple pending orders include the order corresponding to the first workstation; control the first delivery mechanism to deliver the first goods to the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0274] In some embodiments, the warehousing system includes multiple scanning devices, each scanning device is used to scan the goods placed in the cache position of each sowing device; after the first goods are transferred to the target cache position of the first sowing device, the control module 1330 is also configured to: control the scanning device corresponding to the first workstation to scan the first goods in the target cache position to obtain a scanning result; based on the scanning result, determine the target order corresponding to the first goods; wherein the target order includes the order corresponding to the first workstation or the order corresponding to the second workstation.

[0275] In some embodiments, the first workstation includes a transfer device. The control module 1330 is further configured to: instruct the picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container, or control the transfer device to pick out the first goods from the hit container; if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, control the transfer device to transfer the picked first goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform; control the first handling equipment to carry the first goods to the second sowing equipment corresponding to the second workstation.

[0276] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is configured to: control the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the platform cache position on the operating platform; and control the first transport device to transport the first cargo from the platform cache position.

[0277] In some embodiments, the transfer device includes a conveyor belt, which includes a first end and a second end, the first end is docked with the first workstation, and the second end is docked with the operating platform; wherein the first end is used to receive the first goods picked out by the picking object, and the second end is used to transport the first goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform.

[0278] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is further configured to: if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, control the transfer device to transfer the picked first goods to the first sowing equipment; control the first sowing equipment to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0279] In some embodiments, the storage system further includes a plurality of third handling devices, each of which is used to transfer goods between each workstation and each sowing device. After controlling the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container on the target carrier, the control module 1330 is further configured to: instruct the picking object of the first workstation to place the first goods in the cache device of the first workstation; if the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, control the third handling device to transport the first goods on the cache device to the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; control the second delivery mechanism to sow the first goods on the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

[0280] In some embodiments, the control module 1330 is also configured to: if the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, control the third transport device to transport the first cargo on the cache device to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; control the first delivery mechanism to sow the first cargo on the sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

[0281] In some embodiments, the order processing device 1300 further includes a grouping module, which is configured to: divide the multiple workstations into at least one workstation group; wherein the at least one workstation group includes a first workstation group, and the first workstation group includes a first workstation and a second workstation. The acquisition module 1310 is configured to: acquire a set of pending orders corresponding to the first workstation group, and determine a target carrier hit by each pending order in the set of pending orders; wherein the set of pending orders includes at least one pending order corresponding to each workstation in the workstation group.

[0282] In some embodiments, the storage system includes multiple operating platforms; wherein each operating platform is respectively arranged between multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group; and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group.

[0283] Fig.14 A schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory is configured to store one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the order processing method in the above embodiment.

[0284] like Fig.14 As shown, the electronic device 1000 includes: a processor (processor) 1001 and a memory 1002. Exemplarily, the electronic device 1000 may also include: a communication interface (Communications Interface) 1003 and a communication bus 1004.

[0285] The processor 1001, the memory 1002 and the communication interface 1003 communicate with each other via the communication bus 1004. The communication interface 1003 is used to communicate with other devices such as client or other server network elements.

[0286] In some embodiments, the processor 1001 is used to execute the program 1005, and specifically, the relevant steps in the above-mentioned order processing method embodiment can be executed. Specifically, the program 1005 can include program code, and the program code includes computer executable instructions.

[0287] Exemplarily, the processor 1001 may be a central processing unit (CPU), or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present application. The electronic device 1000 may include one or more processors, which may be processors of the same type, such as one or more CPUs; or processors of different types, such as one or more CPUs and one or more ASICs.

[0288] In some embodiments, the memory 1002 is used to store the program 1005. The memory 1002 may include a high-speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory (NVM), such as at least one disk memory.

[0289] Program 1005 can be specifically called by processor 1001 to enable electronic device 1000 to execute operations of the order processing method.

[0290] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores at least one executable instruction. When the executable instruction is executed on the electronic device 1000, the electronic device 1000 executes the order processing method in the above embodiment.

[0291] The executable instructions can be specifically used to enable the electronic device 1000 to execute operations of the order processing method.

[0292] For example, the computer readable storage medium may be a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a compact disc (CD-ROM), a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

[0293] In some embodiments, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program includes program instructions. When the program instructions are executed by a computer, the computer executes the order processing method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0294] In some embodiments, the embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, can implement the order processing method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0295] The beneficial effects that can be achieved by the order processing device, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, computer program product and computer program provided in the embodiments of the present application can refer to the beneficial effects of the order processing method provided above, and will not be repeated here.

[0296] It should be noted that, in the application, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "including a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0297] Each embodiment in this specification is described in a related manner, and the same or similar parts between the embodiments can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiment.

[0298] The logic and / or steps represented in the flowchart or otherwise described herein, for example, can be considered as an ordered list of executable instructions for implementing logical functions, which can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by an instruction execution system, apparatus or device (such as a computer-based system, a system including a processor or other system that can fetch instructions from an instruction execution system, apparatus or device and execute instructions), or used in combination with these instruction execution systems, apparatuses or devices.

[0299] More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of computer-readable media include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires (electronic device), a portable computer disk case (magnetic device), a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable and programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a fiber optic device, and a portable compact disk read-only memory (CDROM).

[0300] In addition, the computer-readable medium may even be paper or other suitable medium on which the program is printed, since the program may be obtained electronically, for example, by optically scanning the paper or other medium and then editing, interpreting or otherwise processing in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

[0301] In the above embodiments, multiple steps or methods may be implemented by software or firmware stored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented by hardware, as in another embodiment, it may be implemented by any one of the following technologies known in the art or a combination thereof: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, a dedicated integrated circuit having a suitable combination of logic gate circuits, a programmable gate array (PGA), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc.

[0302] The above-described embodiments of the present application do not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An order processing method, characterized in that: A control device applied to a storage system, the storage system comprising a plurality of workstations, a plurality of sowing devices and at least one first handling device, a running platform is provided between the plurality of sowing devices, the at least one first handling device runs on the running platform, and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the plurality of sowing devices; The method comprises: Acquire multiple pending orders, and determine target vehicles hit by the multiple pending orders; Controlling the second transport device to transport the target carrier to a first workstation among the plurality of workstations; Control the first workstation to pick out a first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier, and transfer the first cargo to a first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; If the first cargo is cargo required for an order corresponding to a second workstation among the multiple workstations, control the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to a second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the multiple orders to be processed include the order corresponding to the second workstation; The second sowing device is controlled to sow the first cargo onto a sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The controlling the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier and transferring the first cargo to the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation includes: Instruct the picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container and transfer the first cargo to the target cache position of the first sowing device; wherein the first sowing device is provided with a plurality of cache positions, and the target cache position is any free cache position among the plurality of cache positions.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The method further comprises: Controlling the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device to move to the target cache location and receive the first goods on the target cache location; After the first delivery mechanism receives the first cargo from the target cache location, the first delivery mechanism is controlled to move to a first docking position corresponding to the first sowing device, so as to transfer the first cargo to the first handling device at the first docking position.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The controlling the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation includes: Controlling the first handling device on the operating platform to receive the first cargo transferred by the first delivery mechanism at the first docking position; Controlling the first transport device to transport the first cargo to a second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; The second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device is controlled to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

5. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The storage system further includes a plurality of lifting devices; the controlling the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation includes: Controlling a first lifting device corresponding to the first workstation to take the first cargo on the target cache location; wherein the plurality of lifting devices include the first lifting device; Controlling the first handling device on the operating platform to move to a first pick-up and placement position, and receiving the first cargo delivered by the first lifting device at the first pick-up and placement position; Controlling the first transport device to transport the received first cargo to a second docking position corresponding to the second sowing device; The second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device is controlled to receive the first cargo at the second docking position.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that Each of the plurality of lifting devices is arranged between two adjacent workstations; The first lifting device is arranged between the first workstation and a third workstation adjacent to the first workstation, and the first pick-and-place position is located between a first docking position corresponding to the first workstation and a third docking position corresponding to the third workstation.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The first lifting device includes a plurality of temporary storage locations, and the temporary storage locations are used to store the first cargo; the controlling the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation includes: When the first pick-and-place position is in a non-idle state, controlling the first handling device on the operating platform to move to a first queuing position; When the first pick-and-place position is in an idle state, the first handling device is controlled to move from the first queuing position to the first pick-and-place position, so as to receive the first cargo transferred from the temporary storage position by the first lifting device at the first pick-and-place position.

8. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The method further comprises: If the first cargo is the cargo required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, then when the first cargo is transferred to the target cache position, the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device is controlled to move to the target cache position to receive the first cargo from the target cache position; wherein the multiple orders to be processed include the order corresponding to the first workstation; Control the first delivery mechanism to deliver the first cargo to the seeding wall corresponding to the first workstation.

9. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that: The storage system includes a plurality of scanning devices, each of which is used to scan goods placed on a cache position of each sowing device; after the first goods are transferred to a target cache position of the first sowing device, the method further includes: Controlling a scanning device corresponding to the first workstation to scan the first goods on the target cache location to obtain a scanning result; According to the scanning result, a target order corresponding to the first goods is determined; wherein the target order includes an order corresponding to the first workstation or an order corresponding to the second workstation.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first workstation includes a transfer device; After controlling the second transport device to transport the target carrier to the first workstation among the plurality of workstations, the method further includes: Instructing a picking object of the first workstation to pick out the first goods from the hit container, or controlling the transfer device to pick out the first goods from the hit container; If the first goods are the goods required for the order corresponding to the second workstation, control the transfer device to transfer the picked first goods to the first handling equipment on the operating platform; The first transporting device is controlled to transport the first cargo to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform includes: Controlling the transfer device to transfer the first selected goods to a platform cache position on the operating platform; The first transport device is controlled to transport the first cargo from the platform buffer position.

12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The transfer device includes a conveyor belt, which includes a first end and a second end, the first end is docked with the first workstation, and the second end is docked with the operating platform; wherein the first end is used to receive the first cargo picked by the picking object, and the second end is used to transport the first cargo to the first handling equipment on the operating platform.

13. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: If the first goods are goods required for the order corresponding to the first workstation, controlling the transfer device to transfer the picked first goods to the first sowing equipment; The first sowing device is controlled to sow the first cargo onto a sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

14. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The storage system further comprises a plurality of third handling devices, each of the third handling devices being used to transfer goods between each of the workstations and each of the sowing devices; After controlling the first workstation to pick out the first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier, the method further includes: Instructing a picking object at the first workstation to place the first cargo at a buffer device of the first workstation; If the first cargo is the cargo required by the order corresponding to the second workstation, control the third transport device to transport the first cargo on the buffer device to the second delivery mechanism of the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; The second delivery mechanism is controlled to sow the first cargo onto the sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The method further comprises: If the first cargo is the cargo required by the order corresponding to the first workstation, controlling the third transport device to transport the first cargo on the buffer device to the first delivery mechanism of the first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; The first delivery mechanism is controlled to sow the first cargo onto a sowing wall corresponding to the first workstation.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that The method further comprises: Divide the plurality of workstations in the storage system into at least one workstation group; wherein the at least one workstation group includes a first workstation group, and the first workstation group includes the first workstation and the second workstation; The obtaining of a plurality of pending orders and determining target vehicles hit by the plurality of pending orders includes: Obtain a set of pending orders corresponding to the first workstation group, and determine the target vehicle based on multiple pending orders in the set of pending orders; wherein the set of pending orders includes at least one pending order corresponding to each workstation in the first workstation group.

17. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that The storage system includes multiple operation platforms; Wherein, each of the operating platforms is respectively arranged between the multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group; and the first transporting device is used to transfer goods between the multiple sowing devices corresponding to each workstation group.

18. A storage system, characterized in that: include: a plurality of workstations, including a first workstation and a second workstation; A plurality of sowing devices, wherein a running platform is provided between the plurality of sowing devices, and at least one first handling device runs on the running platform, wherein the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the plurality of sowing devices; The control device is configured to: obtain a plurality of pending orders, determine target carriers hit by the plurality of pending orders, and generate carrier handling instructions and picking instructions according to the plurality of pending orders and the target carriers; A second transport device is configured to: transport the target carrier to the first workstation according to the carrier transport instruction; The first workstation is configured to: pick out a first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier according to the picking instruction, and transfer the first cargo to a first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; The control device is configured to: generate a cargo handling instruction if the first cargo is cargo required for an order corresponding to a second workstation among the plurality of workstations; The first handling device is configured to: according to the cargo handling instruction, carry the first cargo from the first sowing device to the second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the plurality of pending orders include orders corresponding to the second workstation; The second sowing device is configured to sow the first cargo on a sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

19. An order processing device, characterized in that: The order processing device is applied to a warehousing system, which includes a plurality of workstations, a plurality of sowing devices, and at least one first handling device, wherein a running platform is provided between the plurality of sowing devices, the at least one first handling device runs on the running platform, and the first handling device is used to transfer goods between the plurality of sowing devices; The device comprises: The acquisition module is configured to: acquire a plurality of pending orders; A determination module is configured to: determine target vehicles hit by the multiple pending orders; A control module is configured to: control a second transport device to transport the target carrier to a first workstation among the plurality of workstations; Control the first workstation to pick out a first cargo from the hit container on the target carrier, and transfer the first cargo to a first sowing device corresponding to the first workstation; If the first cargo is cargo required for an order corresponding to a second workstation among the multiple workstations, control the first transport device on the operating platform to transport the first cargo from the first sowing device to a second sowing device corresponding to the second workstation; wherein the multiple orders to be processed include an order corresponding to the second workstation; The second sowing device is controlled to sow the first cargo onto a sowing wall corresponding to the second workstation.

20. An electronic device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors and memory; The memory is configured to: store one or more programs; Wherein, when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the order processing method according to any one of claims 1-17.

21. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: A computer program is stored thereon, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the order processing method according to any one of claims 1-17 is implemented.

22. A computer program product, characterized in that The invention comprises a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the order processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

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