Multi-Bin Robot Routing for Lineside Goods Delivery Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Single-bin robots used in production lines for goods delivery face inefficiencies when serving multiple production lines or locations, requiring repeated travel and leading to low delivery efficiency, along with increased chances of robot collisions and interlace operations.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that control a multi-bin robot by grouping delivery points based on their requirements and the robot's capacity, determining optimal delivery routes, and coordinating the robot's movements to efficiently deliver goods across multiple points, thereby optimizing the delivery process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single-bin robot is used for delivery, then the robot structure is simple, but the delivery efficiency is low when serving multiple production lines or locations
Solution Approach 1:
The robot is divided into multiple independent bins, each capable of carrying goods. This segmentation allows the robot to serve multiple delivery points simultaneously without returning to the warehouse, thereby improving delivery efficiency while maintaining a relatively simple robotic structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-bin robot is designed to serve multiple production lines and locations with a single delivery trip. Each bin can be independently controlled and delivered to different destinations, making the robot universally applicable to various delivery scenarios without requiring multiple specialized robots.
2Productivity
If a single-bin robot repeatedly travels between delivery points and retrieve points, then the robot can complete deliveries, but the travel distance increases and delivery efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The robot loads multiple bins with goods before departing from the warehouse. This preliminary action of pre-loading multiple destinations allows the robot to complete multiple deliveries in one trip without returning to the warehouse, significantly reducing travel time and improving delivery efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The robot performs continuous delivery actions by visiting multiple delivery points in sequence without interrupting its mission to return to the warehouse. This continuity eliminates idle travel time between deliveries and maintains productive action throughout the entire delivery cycle.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single-bin robot serves multiple production lines, then the robot can handle various locations, but the chances of robot collisions and interlace operations increase
Solution Approach 1:
The robot dynamically assigns and controls multiple bins based on real-time delivery requirements. Each bin can be independently routed to different destinations, allowing the system to adapt to various locations while maintaining controlled, coordinated movements that reduce collision risks through dynamic path planning.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a goods delivery method and apparatus, and a server. The method includes: obtaining delivery requirements of a plurality of delivery points in a delivery task; grouping the plurality of delivery points into at least one delivery point group according to the delivery requirements of the delivery points and a delivery capacity of a robot; determining a target delivery route corresponding to one delivery point group in the at least one delivery point group; and controlling, according to the target delivery route, a first robot to deliver goods corresponding to the one delivery point group in the delivery task to the delivery points in the one delivery point group. Through the method, a multi-bin robot can be controlled to complete delivery of goods in a lineside warehouse, and a process of delivery by the multi-bin robot can be optimized, thereby improving delivery efficiency.