AMR Mounting Guide for Object Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous mobile robots face instability and difficulty in loading and unloading objects from mounting portions due to free movement, which hinders efficient transportation.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a guide on the mounting portion that restricts the object's movement to a predetermined direction, using a protruding portion or groove configuration to stabilize and prevent rotation and falling, and employing an urging member to facilitate engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the object moves freely on the upper surface of the mounting portion, then the object can be easily positioned, but the movement of the object becomes unstable and loading/unloading becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The guide structure acts as an intermediary element between the mounting portion and the object. It provides a controlled interface that allows the object to move along a predetermined path while maintaining stability, resolving the contradiction between free movement and stable positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide structure changes the movement parameters of the object by constraining it to a predetermined direction. This parameter change enables stable movement along a controlled path while still allowing the object to be positioned on the mounting portion.
2Reliability
If a guide structure is added to regulate object movement, then object movement stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide structure is segmented into multiple guide portions that extend in the predetermined direction. This segmentation allows the complex guidance function to be divided into simpler, modular components that are easier to manufacture and assemble.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide structure provides localized guidance only in the necessary areas where the object needs to be constrained. By applying guidance features only where needed rather than throughout the entire mounting portion, the overall device complexity is reduced while maintaining movement stability.
3Device complexity
If the guide structure has a simple protruding portion configuration, then the device complexity is reduced, but the object may fall off the mounting portion
Solution Approach 1:
The guide structure employs asymmetric design where the guide portions have different configurations - some extend beyond the object while others are positioned to provide containment. This asymmetric arrangement prevents object fall-off while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide structure utilizes the vertical dimension by having guide portions that extend above the object's top surface. This dimensional approach provides a simple yet effective barrier against object fall-off without adding complex lateral constraints.
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AI summary
A transport system is a transport system in which an autonomous mobile robot transports an object. The autonomous mobile robot includes a mounting portion on which the object is mounted. The mounting portion includes a guide that engages with the object and regulates a moving direction of the object on a surface of the mounting portion to a predetermined direction.