Random Warehousing Robots Linking Shelving and Picking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of connection between shelving and picking in random storage technologies reduces warehousing efficiency, particularly in limited spaces, leading to increased difficulties in picking and transferring goods, resulting in low delivery efficiency and inability to meet user expectations in electronic commerce environments.
Innovation Solution
A robot-based random warehousing method that involves acquiring randomly allocated goods position information, controlling a shelving robot to carry goods to designated positions, prompting pickers to take goods from the shelving robot, synchronizing goods information with unshelving orders, and using picking robots to instruct pickers to pick and pass goods to the shelving robots, thereby improving shelving and picking efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If random storage technology is used to increase warehousing space utilization, then storage flexibility is improved, but picking efficiency deteriorates due to disordered goods placement
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback by synchronizing goods information and position data to unshelving orders, enabling the picking robot to locate and retrieve randomly stored goods efficiently without manual searching
Solution Approach 2:
A central control system acts as an intermediary between the random storage system and picking operations, managing the synchronization of goods data and coordinating robot actions to bridge the disconnect between shelving and picking
2Quantity of substance
If goods are randomly shelved to maximize space utilization, then storage capacity is improved, but travel time for transferring goods increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-synchronizing goods information and position data to unshelving orders before picking operations begin, allowing the picking robot to navigate directly to goods locations without searching
Solution Approach 2:
Manual searching and locating of goods is replaced by an automated information system that provides real-time goods position data to the picking robot, substituting mechanical searching with digital information retrieval
3Ease of operation
If manual shelving is used to bring convenience to storage personnel, then ease of operation is improved, but connection between shelving and picking deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically synchronizing goods information and position data to unshelving orders without requiring manual communication between shelving and picking personnel, with the system autonomously maintaining the shelving-picking connection
Solution Approach 2:
Manual tracking and communication between shelving and picking operations is replaced by an automated information synchronization system that digitally connects shelving actions with picking requirements in real-time
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AI summary
Provided are a robot-based random warehousing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In the method, randomly allocated goods position information is acquired, and a shelving robot is controlled according to the goods position information to carry goods to goods position corresponding to the randomly allocated goods position information; a prompt is given to a picker to prompt the picker to take the goods from the shelving robot and place the goods at the goods position, and goods information and goods position information of the goods are synchronized to an unshelving order; and order information of the unshelving order is acquired and a picking robot in the vicinity of the goods position is controlled to move to the goods position to instruct a picker to pick the goods at the goods position and pass the goods to the picking robot.