Automated Warehouse Laser Targeting System for Item Localization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automated warehouses face inefficiencies in item location and storage processes, particularly in balancing identification time, accuracy, and costs, necessitating optimization of the access and storage phases.
Innovation Solution
An automated warehouse system incorporating a laser targeting system with a point-like and linear beam to create a localization track, controlled by a programmable unit, for immediate and accurate item or housing zone identification, enabling efficient item retrieval and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a laser targeting system with point-like and linear beams is implemented, then identification accuracy and speed improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The laser targeting system is divided into two distinct beam types: a point-like beam for precise item location and a linear beam for defining the localization track. This segmentation allows each beam type to specialize in a specific function, achieving high measurement precision while keeping the overall system manageable through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The linear beam acts as an intermediary element that creates a localization track, serving as a guide or mediator between the point-like beam and the item being located. This intermediary structure simplifies the positioning process by providing a predefined path that reduces the search space for item location
2Quantity of substance
If the drawer extension is increased to store more items, then storage capacity improves, but identification time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a single-point identification approach to a two-dimensional localization track defined by intersecting point-like and linear beams. This dimensional expansion allows the system to efficiently locate items across extended drawer surfaces by providing a structured search framework that scales with drawer size without proportionally increasing identification time
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
The system significantly reduces identification time, enhances accuracy, and optimizes costs by automating the item location process while maintaining operational simplicity and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
an automated warehouse comprising a plurality of drawers (2), a support structure (4) defining a shelf-shaped structure... a laser targeting system (8) configured for generating at least one point-like beam (9) and at least one linear beam (10) defining a localisation track (11)
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AI summary
An automated warehouse (1) comprises a plurality of drawers (2), each drawer comprising a plurality of housing zones (3) each adapted to receive an item (A). The warehouse also comprises moving means configured for moving a drawer (2) between a rest position in which it is stored in a respective housing seat (5) and an access portion (6), and vice versa. The access portion (6) comprises a laser targeting system (8) configured to generate at least one point-like beam (9) and at least a linear beam (10) defining a localisation track to locate an item or a housing zone in the drawer (2) disposed in the access portion (6). The automated warehouse (1) comprises a control unit operatively connected at least to the laser targeting system (8) and programmed for receiving information on at least one item to be taken /stored, and controlling the laser targeting system (8) so as to position the localisation track according to the item to be taken/stored.