Multi-Layer Handling Robot for High-Capacity Warehouse Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current handling robots in intelligent warehousing systems are limited in their ability to transport a large quantity of materials efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A handling robot design featuring a mobile chassis, a storage shelf with layered plate components, and a lift component, along with a handling device, which includes a rotation driving device and a braking system, allowing for the efficient loading and unloading of materials across multiple layers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If current handling robots are used in intelligent warehousing, then they can replace manual handling of materials, but they can only transport a small amount of materials each time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a multi-layered storage shelf structure with layered plates distributed at different heights, transforming the single-level transport limitation into a three-dimensional storage and transport system. This allows the handling robot to access and transport materials from multiple vertical levels simultaneously, dramatically increasing the quantity of materials that can be handled in each operational cycle.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage shelf is divided into multiple independent layered plate components, each capable of being accessed individually. The handling device can selectively interact with different layered plates at various heights, enabling parallel or sequential handling of materials across multiple layers, thereby improving overall productivity while increasing material capacity.
2Quantity of substance
If a storage shelf with multiple layered plates is added to increase material capacity, then the robot can load more materials, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handling device is designed with universal capabilities to interact with layered plates at any height level. The same handling mechanism can service all layered plates through vertical movement and rotational positioning, eliminating the need for separate handling mechanisms for each layer and thereby managing complexity while increasing capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The handling device incorporates dynamic movement capabilities including vertical lifting to reach different heights and rotation to position materials at optimal locations. This dynamic adaptability allows a single handling mechanism to serve multiple stationary layered plates, increasing storage capacity without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the handling robot to load and unload a large quantity of materials effectively, improving the efficiency of material handling in intelligent warehousing systems.
Implementation Method 1
the shock absorber is configured to reduce vibration transmitted to the base via the hinge bracket
Implementation Method 2
the shock absorber enables the adjusting arm to abut against the base and provides an elastic force to prevent the adjusting arm from rotating
Data Source
AI summary
A handling robot (100), which relates to the field of warehouse logistics, comprises: a mobile chassis (10); a storage shelf (20) mounted to the mobile chassis (10), the storage shelf (20) comprising a plurality of layered plate components (21) distributed at different heights, each layered plate component (21) comprising a layered plate (210) for placing materials; a handling device (40), comprising a handling assembly (42), the handling assembly (42) being configured to handle a material to a layered plate (210) at the same height as the handling assembly (42), or to handle a material out of a layered plate (210) at the same height as the handling assembly (42); and a lift component (30), configured to drive the handling device (40) to lift relative to the storage shelf (20) so that the handling assembly (42) is at the same height as one layered plate (210).