Mobile Robotic Platform With Flat Pallet Interface for Precise Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated and semi-automated systems for handling objects in logistics networks face challenges in efficiently loading, securing, transporting, and depositing objects, particularly in reducing manual handling and improving precision and speed.
Innovation Solution
The development of mobile robotic platforms and flat transport surfaces, such as pallets, configured to support automated or semi-automated loading, securing, transporting, and depositing of objects, along with systems for handling objects that enable secure and precise handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated or semi-automated systems are used for loading, securing, transporting, and depositing objects, then productivity and precision are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: mobile robotic platforms for transport, flat transport surfaces (pallets) for object support, and coupling mechanisms for secure attachment. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve high productivity through automated operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile robotic platforms are designed to autonomously perform loading, transporting, and depositing operations without continuous human intervention. The systems self-manage object handling tasks, reducing the need for manual operation while maintaining high productivity through automated decision-making and execution.
2Measurement precision
If manual handling is reduced in favor of automated systems, then object handling precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Flat transport surfaces such as pallets serve as intermediaries between the mobile robotic platforms and the objects being handled. These standardized interfaces simplify the interaction between automated systems and diverse objects, enabling precise handling through consistent coupling mechanisms while maintaining ease of operation through universal compatibility.
3Speed
If mobile robotic platforms are used for transport, then object handling speed is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile robotic platforms are designed with universal functionality to perform multiple tasks: loading objects onto flat transport surfaces, transporting them across various terrains, and depositing them at destinations. This multi-functionality reduces the need for specialized equipment for each task, managing complexity while maintaining high transport speed through versatile autonomous operation.
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AI summary
Loading, securing, transporting, and/or depositing objects as well as systems, methods, and apparatuses for the same, including those that operate in automated or semi-automated fashion, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile robotic platform is provided. The mobile robotic platform is designed to receive, transport, and deposit objects at desired destinations. In another embodiment, a flat transport surface, e.g., a pallet, is provided. The flat transport surface is designed to facilitate efficient loading, transport, and deposit of objects, e.g., between automated or semi-automated handling systems, in one aspect. In another embodiment, a system for handling objects is provided. The system is designed to support automated or semi-automated loading and/or unloading of objects, e.g., onto or from a mobile robotic platform, and may be implemented in a vehicle, in one aspect.