Autonomous order picker
First Claim
1. An order picker (1) comprising:
- a vehicle (2, 25, 30);
a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R);
a pick-up device (4, 41) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (20, 21) within the working range (R_R);
a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R);
a control unit configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from the selection pallet (20, 21) positioned on the pick-up device (4,41) in the working range (R_R) onto the order pallet (16) carried on the carrying device (5) in the working range (R_R); and
at least one camera;
wherein the control unit is configured to control the conveying of load units (59) using recordings, produced by the at least one camera, of the order pallet (16) carried by the carrying device (5) and the selection pallet (20, 21) picked up by the pick-up device (4, 41), and wherein the at least one camera is arranged such that each camera is configured to record the positions of the load units (59) on the carried order pallet (16) and/or the contour of the carried order pallet (16).
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Abstract
The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).
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21 Claims
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1. An order picker (1) comprising:
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a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4, 41) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (20, 21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); a control unit configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from the selection pallet (20, 21) positioned on the pick-up device (4,41) in the working range (R_R) onto the order pallet (16) carried on the carrying device (5) in the working range (R_R); and at least one camera; wherein the control unit is configured to control the conveying of load units (59) using recordings, produced by the at least one camera, of the order pallet (16) carried by the carrying device (5) and the selection pallet (20, 21) picked up by the pick-up device (4, 41), and wherein the at least one camera is arranged such that each camera is configured to record the positions of the load units (59) on the carried order pallet (16) and/or the contour of the carried order pallet (16). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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