A transport robot includes a body, a CPU assembly configured for mechanical engagement and electrical coupling with the body, a battery assembly configured for mechanical engagement and electrical coupling with the body in electrical communication with the CPU assembly, at least one powered drive assembly configured for mechanical engagement and electrical coupling with the body in electrical communication with at least one of the CPU assembly or the battery assembly, and at least one mechanical operator assembly configured for mechanical engagement with the body and at least one of mechanical or electrical communication therewith. An automated parking system includes a central control system having supervisory control and configured to provide instructions for a task to be accomplished, and a plurality of transport robots, at least one of which is configured to receive the instructions from the central control system and exercise local control to accomplish the task.

According to an embodiment, a management system includes a vehicle management device configured to manage parking of a vehicle in a parking space and delivery of the vehicle from the parking space, and a vehicle conveying device configured to be able to convey the vehicle in forward-backward and widthwise directions of the vehicle. The vehicle management device includes a controller configured to control the vehicle conveying device so that the vehicle is conveyed to the parking space when a request for parking the vehicle located within a section where parking in the parking space is able to be requested has been received.

According to an embodiment, a management system includes a vehicle management device configured to manage parking of a vehicle in a parking space and delivery of the vehicle from the parking space, and a vehicle conveying device configured to be able to convey the vehicle in forward-backward and widthwise directions of the vehicle. The vehicle management device includes a controller configured to control the vehicle conveying device so that the vehicle is conveyed to the parking space when a request for parking the vehicle located within a section where parking in the parking space is able to be requested has been received.

A vehicle transport apparatus is formed by a first robot and a second robot that enter underneath a vehicle, lift up wheels of the vehicle, and travel. The first robot and the second robot each include a distance sensor that detects a distance between the corresponding robot and an object near the corresponding robot, and a robot computing section that controls a travel operation and a loading operation of the corresponding robot. When the vehicle is to be lowered in a parking region, the robot computing section adjusts a parking position of the vehicle based on information detected by the distance sensor.

When it is detected that the charging of a battery is finished, a server transmits transport-out instructions for a vehicle to a vehicle transport apparatus, and when receiving the transport-out instructions transmitted from the server, the vehicle transport apparatus transports the vehicle, for which the charging of the battery is finished, out of a charging space.

A combined transporter and a master transporter thereof are provided. The combined transporter includes a master transporter and a sub-transporter. The master transporter includes: a vehicle transferring cart, including a bottom support and two side supports connected to two opposite sides of the bottom support; an elevating assembly, configured on the bottom support and between the two side supports, wherein the elevating assembly is slidably connected to the two side supports, and the elevating assembly is configured to elevate up and down along a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the bottom support and limited by the two side supports. The sub-transporter is configured to move out of or move into the elevating assembly along a passage defined by the two side supports, and the sub-transporter is configured to transfer a vehicle between the elevating assembly and a parking spot.

A combined transporter and a master transporter thereof are provided. The combined transporter includes a master transporter and a sub-transporter. The master transporter includes: a vehicle transferring cart, including a bottom support and two side supports connected to two opposite sides of the bottom support; an elevating assembly, configured on the bottom support and between the two side supports, wherein the elevating assembly is slidably connected to the two side supports, and the elevating assembly is configured to elevate up and down along a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the bottom support and limited by the two side supports. The sub-transporter is configured to move out of or move into the elevating assembly along a passage defined by the two side supports, and the sub-transporter is configured to transfer a vehicle between the elevating assembly and a parking spot.

A combined transporter and a master transporter thereof are provided. The combined transporter includes a master transporter and a sub-transporter. The master transporter includes: a vehicle transferring cart, including a bottom support and two side supports connected to two opposite sides of the bottom support; an elevating assembly, configured on the bottom support and between the two side supports, wherein the elevating assembly is slidably connected to the two side supports, and the elevating assembly is configured to elevate up and down along a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the bottom support and limited by the two side supports. The sub-transporter is configured to move out of or move into the elevating assembly along a passage defined by the two side supports, and the sub-transporter is configured to transfer a vehicle between the elevating assembly and a parking spot.

A carriage for handling a vehicle in an automatic parking system includes a frame axially movable along a first longitudinal axis, rotating clamps, each including a pair of counter-rotating arms rotating with respect to a vertical axis orthogonal to both the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis. The carriage includes a transverse-centering unit with transverse pushers, transversely extensible, moving along an axis parallel to the transverse axis and independent of the rotating clamps. In a first retracted position they do not interact with the vehicle wheels. When extended, they come into contact with at least one vehicle wheel. The extensible transverse pushers are on left and right sides of the carriage, and simultaneously move in a symmetrical extension, being operated by a respective motor positioned laterally of the longitudinal axis of the carriage. The extensible transverse pushers include a pantograph for longitudinally aligning the vehicle along the longitudinal axis.

A vehicle transport apparatus is formed by a first robot and a second robot that enter underneath a vehicle, lift up wheels of the vehicle, and travel. The first robot and the second robot each include a distance sensor that detects a distance between the corresponding robot and an object near the corresponding robot, and a robot computing section that controls a travel operation and a loading operation of the corresponding robot. When the vehicle is to be lowered in a parking region, the robot computing section adjusts a parking position of the vehicle based on information detected by the distance sensor.