An automated storage and retrieval system including a storage structure with storage racks having a seating surface configured to support case units where a position of each case unit non-deterministic for each storage location on the storage racks, each case unit has a predetermined storage position and a controller is configured to determine the predetermined storage position, a picking aisle configured to provide access to the case units within the storage structure, and a seismic disturbance restorative system including seismic disturbance motions sensors disposed on the storage racks, a seismic disturbance control module in communication with the seismic disturbance sensors and configured to identify a seismic disturbance, and an automated case mapper configured to traverse the picking aisle, the automated case mapper being in communication with and initialized by the seismic disturbance control module to identify a seated position of at least one case unit within the storage structure.

A control device provided in a vehicle allows reception of a load carried by a drone, determines a position of a user who has ordered the load, and causes a ceiling module to move to the determined position while the vehicle is traveling toward a destination.

A method performed by a control unit for operating an autonomous vehicle is provided. The control unit is arranged to communicate via at least one antenna. The control unit obtains, based on a signal from the at least one antenna, information relating to at least one geographical zone associated with a transponder as the autonomous vehicle moves in proximity of the transponder. Also, the control unit determines an autonomous operating mode of the autonomous vehicle based on the obtained information relating to the at least one geographical zone associated with the transponder. The control unit further operates the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the determined autonomous operating mode.

In a system and method for placing and picking items in a warehouse. the correct location of the item is displayed on a virtual depiction of the warehouse. the person tasked with placing or picking an item is visually guided to the item in question. and the placement of items and movement of persons and goods is optimized for the warehouse.

According to one embodiment, a data processing device is configured to process data related to a mobile body. The mobile body moves by autonomously traveling over a traveling surface. The data processing device is further configured to calculate a first error occurring in a first movement from a first position to a transit position. The first movement includes a translational motion and a turning motion. The data processing device is further configured to predict, based on the first error, a second error occurring in a second movement from the transit position to a second position. The second movement includes a turning motion. The data processing device is further configured to correct a movement amount of the mobile body in the second movement by using the first and second errors.

A method and a transport system transports unit loads from a source position to a target region by autonomous guided vehicles. In this process, a unit load is transported in accordance with a transport order from a source position to a waiting location by a guided vehicle, which waiting location is assigned to the target region in accordance with the order. If the target region is free from another guided vehicle, the unit load is deposited at one of the storage locations of the target region. Here, an assignment of a unit load to a vacant storage location is derived from the arrival of the autonomous guided vehicles in the target region.

A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles (SDVs) configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loading area includes a plurality of zones, with each zone corresponding to one or more chutes of the sorter. The control subsystem includes a controller, which is operably connected to the SDVs, and which selectively communicates instructions to dispatch SDVs to transport and replace totes in the loading area as they become filled to the predetermined capacity. A method for loading and transporting parcels in a sorting facility including a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area is also disclosed.

A UAV system comprises a plurality of drones capable of communicating with each other to conduct a coordinated maneuver of a pay load coupled to the plurality of drones. A first drone may detect a change in a payload characteristic of the payload. The first drone may send or receive a communication, wherein the communication concerns an adjustment to be made to a drone characteristic of the first drone in response to the change in the payload characteristic. The first drone may adjust the drone characteristic in accordance with the communication.

A control method for a mobile object automatically moving includes: causing the mobile object to move along a first path; causing a sensor of the mobile object to detect a position and an attitude of a target object while the mobile object is moving along the first path; setting a second path up to a target position at which predetermined position and attitude with respect to the target object are achieved based on the position and the attitude of the target object; switching the first path to the second path to move the mobile object along the second path; executing optimization calculation based on an evaluation function, to set a third path; and switching the second path to the third path to move the mobile object along the third path.

An automatic transfer system includes a guide path, a transfer vehicle, and a program for calculation of a travel route of the transfer vehicle. Each of a plurality of branch points and a plurality of stop positions included in the guide path is assigned with any one of position codes specified by a combination of three numbers, which is a number of pieces corresponding to a maximum order of channels included in the guide path. Each of three numbers specifying the position code is determined on the basis of a channel including a branch point or a stop position corresponding to the position code and on the basis of a sequential order of the branch point or the stop position from a start point of the channel.