Conveying Line Transfer Between Warehouse Workstations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current intelligent warehousing systems face low cross-workstation material conveying efficiency due to the limited single transporting capacity of warehousing robots and additional time required for robot invocation, leading to congestion and reduced transport efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that determine the conveyance of target containers between workstations based on transferability along a conveying line, allowing automatic cross-workstation conveying, thereby bypassing the need for additional transport devices and enhancing efficiency by utilizing existing conveying lines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cross-workstation material conveying is performed by a warehousing robot, then the transporting capacity is limited and conveying efficiency is low, but using a conveying line enables continuous and large-batch conveying
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a conveying line as an intermediary device between workstations to transfer containers. The server controls the conveying line to convey containers between workstations, replacing the need for robots to perform cross-workstation transport. This intermediary conveying line enables continuous large-batch conveying while reducing the transporting capacity requirements of individual robots.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical robot-based transport system with a conveying line system for cross-workstation material conveying. Instead of relying on robots to physically transport containers between workstations, the system uses a automated conveying line that can continuously transport multiple containers, thereby improving conveying efficiency and reducing robot workload.
2Loss of time
If a warehousing robot performs cross-workstation transport, then additional time for robot invocation is required, but using a conveying line eliminates this delay
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying line enables continuous transport of containers between workstations without interruption. While robots are occupied with sorting operations, the conveying line continuously conveys containers along the conveying path, eliminating idle time and ensuring uninterrupted material flow. This continuous action eliminates the time loss associated with robot invocation and repositioning.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple robots are used to increase transporting capacity, then system complexity increases, but using a conveying line achieves large-batch transport with existing infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying line serves multiple functions: it transports containers between workstations, enables large-batch conveying, and reduces the need for additional robots. This single infrastructure component performs the transporting capacity function that would otherwise require multiple robots, thereby achieving high transporting capacity without increasing the number of robotic units in the system.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a material conveying method and apparatus, a device, a system, and a storage medium, applicable to an intelligent warehousing system. The method includes: determining a first order, where the first order includes a target container and a first workstation; determining a second order, where the second order includes the target container and a second workstation; determining to convey the target container to the second workstation according to a relationship of transferability between the second workstation and the first workstation along a conveying line, where the conveying line is connected to the first workstation and the second workstation; and transmitting first indication information to a warehousing robot, transmitting second indication information to the first workstation, and transmitting third indication information to the second workstation.