Container Lock Pin Handling Control for Classified Robotic Feeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current manual disassembly and assembly methods for container lock pins are labor-intensive and time-consuming, hindering automation development and requiring improved control systems for efficient disassembly, assembly, storage, and feeding operations.
Innovation Solution
A control system and method that includes a terminal operating system, guiding system, robot system, feeding/discharging device, transportation unit, and stacked storage unit, which adjusts the destination of disassembling and the source of assembling lock pins in real-time through double confirmation of types and quantities, enabling rapid response and accurate control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual disassembly and assembly mode is used for container lock pins, then operational flexibility is maintained, but labor cost and time cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is segmented into multiple functional modules: terminal operating system for information acquisition, guiding system for decision-making, robot system for execution, and stacked storage unit for classification. This modular segmentation enables automated operations while keeping each module's complexity manageable and independently optimizable.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding system acts as an intermediary between the terminal operating system and the robot system. It receives container and lock pin information, performs classified calculation to determine sources and destinations, and transmits guiding judgment results to control the robot system, thereby coordinating complex automated operations through a centralized decision-making layer.
2Productivity
If automated disassembly and assembly is implemented, then labor cost decreases, but response time for lock pin management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stacked storage unit pre-classifies and stores lock pins by type and quantity before they are needed. The guiding system pre-calculates the sources and destinations of lock pins based on terminal operation information. This preliminary preparation enables rapid response when disassembly or assembly operations are required, eliminating time-consuming search and classification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal operating system acquires terminal operation information in real-time and transmits it to the guiding system. The guiding system continuously monitors lock pin inventory in the stacked storage unit and adjusts its guiding judgments based on current stock levels and operational requirements, enabling dynamic real-time control that responds quickly to changing conditions.
3Ease of operation
If lock pins are directly discarded from feeding and discharging, then operational speed increases, but automation rate decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The stacked storage unit automatically classifies, stores, and manages lock pins by type and quantity without manual intervention. The guiding system automatically determines whether lock pins should be stored or discarded based on pre-calculated sources and destinations. This self-service capability maintains operational simplicity while achieving high automation, as the system makes decisions and executes actions autonomously based on embedded logic.
4Extent of automation
If real-time adjustment of lock pin destinations and sources is implemented, then automation rate increases, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is segmented into multiple functional modules: terminal operating system for information acquisition, guiding system for decision-making, robot system for execution, and stacked storage unit for classification. This modular segmentation enables automated operations while keeping each module's complexity manageable and independently optimizable.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding system acts as an intermediary between the terminal operating system and the robot system. It receives container and lock pin information, performs classified calculation to determine sources and destinations, and transmits guiding judgment results to control the robot system, thereby coordinating complex automated operations through a centralized decision-making layer.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed in the present invention are a control system and method for guiding classified storage and feeding/discharging takeout and placement of lock pins. The control system for guiding classified storage and feeding/discharging takeout and placement of lock pins comprises a terminal operation system, a guide system, a robot system, a feeding and discharging device, a transportation unit, and a stacking storage unit. The terminal operation system acquires terminal operation information in real time, and transmits, to the guide system, information of containers needing to be unloaded and loaded and information of corresponding lock pins. The guide system performs guide processing on a source and a destination of the lock pins according to the information transmitted by the terminal operation system, and controls the robot system, the feeding and discharging device, the transportation unit, and the stacking storage unit to perform operations of disassembling and assembling, classified storage, and feeding/discharging takeout and placement on the lock pins. According to the present invention, by means of double confirmation of the type and number of the lock pins, the destination of the disassembled lock pins and the source of the assembled lock pins are adjusted in real time to achieve rapid response and accurate control, thereby increasing the automation rate of a container lock pin disassembling and assembling platform.