Handling Robot Reciprocating Arm for High-Density Warehousing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current warehousing robots require significant working space to perform holding and fetching actions, leading to reduced storage density due to the need for extending handling assemblies from both sides of material boxes.
Innovation Solution
A handling assembly with a slidably mounted handling arm and hook that performs reciprocating linear movements, allowing the hook to hook or push material boxes from the side or top without extending into the box, thereby saving space and enabling closer placement of boxes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If handling assemblies extend from two sides of material boxes to perform holding and fetching actions, then the handling function is reliable, but the storage density of the warehouse is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The hook is designed to approach the material box from the top direction rather than from the sides, changing the dimensional approach from horizontal to vertical. This allows the handling assembly to perform holding and fetching actions without extending into the lateral space between boxes, thereby maintaining handling reliability while improving storage density
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the handling assembly extend outward from the robot body to reach the material box (conventional approach), the hook is designed to be pushed inward toward the robot body after hooking the box from the top. This inverted movement pattern eliminates the need for lateral working space while maintaining full handling functionality
2Ease of operation
If handling assemblies extend from two sides of material boxes, then the holding and fetching action can be completed, but the working space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handling operation transitions from a horizontal approach (extending from sides) to a vertical approach (approaching from top). The hook engages the material box from above and then pushes inward along the vertical axis, completing holding and fetching operations within a reduced lateral footprint
Solution Approach 2:
The handling assembly employs dynamic movement where the hook first approaches the material box from the top, engages it, and then pushes inward toward the robot body. This dynamic sequence allows the system to complete complex holding and fetching operations without requiring static lateral working space
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AI summary
Provided are a handling robot (600) and a handling assembly (100) thereof, and the handling assembly (100) includes a base component (10), a handling arm component (20), a hook (31) and a driving component (40). The handling arm component (20) is slidably mounted to the base component (10), and may perform a reciprocating linear movement on the base component (10). The driving component (40) is connected with the handling arm component (20), for driving the handling arm component (20) and the hook (31) to perform a reciprocating linear movement. Through the above structure, the handling assembly (100) pulling and pushing the material box (500) is realized without extending into two sides of the material box (500), thereby saving working space of the handling assembly (100), enabling the material boxes (500) of the warehousing to be placed next to each other, and improving the storage density of the warehouse.