Warehouse Handling Robot With Vertical Multi-Level Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing handling robots are limited by their ability to load a small number of inventory items efficiently due to constraints in design and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A handling robot equipped with a telescopic arm and manipulator that extends along a preset horizontal reference line to load and unload inventory items, utilizing a lifting assembly for vertical movement and a movable chassis for horizontal alignment, enabling efficient retrieval and storage of multiple items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing handling robot design is used, then the robot can perform basic inventory item handling, but the quantity of inventory items that can be loaded is too few and efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension to the storage frame by adding multiple levels (first level, second level, etc.) with storage units distributed vertically. This allows the handling robot to store inventory items not only horizontally but also vertically, significantly increasing the quantity of items that can be loaded without expanding the horizontal footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage frame is divided into multiple independent storage units distributed in the vertical direction, with each level containing separate storage positions. This segmentation allows the manipulator to independently access and handle individual items or groups of items at different levels, improving loading efficiency and capacity.
2Quantity of substance
If the storage frame volume is increased to load more items, then the quantity of inventory items increases, but the robot structure becomes more complex and space utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of expanding the storage frame horizontally which would increase overall robot volume and complexity, the patent utilizes the vertical dimension by distributing storage units across multiple levels. This approach increases item capacity while maintaining a compact horizontal footprint and avoiding excessive structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The manipulator is designed with universal functionality to handle inventory items at multiple vertical levels and horizontal positions. By making the manipulator multi-functional rather than adding separate mechanisms for each storage unit, the patent increases capacity without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple storage units are distributed vertically, then the quantity of inventory items that can be loaded increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent distributes storage units vertically across multiple levels, utilizing the vertical dimension to increase item capacity. This vertical arrangement allows more items to be stored within the same horizontal space, improving density without requiring a proportionally more complex structural support system.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple storage units at different vertical levels are integrated into a single unified storage frame structure. By merging these vertically distributed units into one coherent framework rather than separate structures, the patent increases capacity while avoiding the cumulative complexity that would result from multiple independent systems.
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AI summary
A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.