Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

A stacker crane includes a transporter, a slide fork, first to third sensors, a counter, and a main controller. The transporter moves from a shelf on which an article is supported to an empty shelf. The slide fork is mounted on the lift stage and transfers the article to and from the shelf. The first, second and third sensors recognize an abnormality of the article moved by the movement of the transporter. The counter counts the number of event occurrences. When an abnormality is recognized by the sensor, the main controller reduces a moving speed of the transporter, and when no abnormality is recognized by the sensor upon reduction in the moving speed, the movement of the transporter is continued. When the number of event occurrences reaches a first threshold, the stacker crane is brought into an abnormal-stop state.

A work assignment status monitoring system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about one or more work areas, a monitoring target detection unit configured to detect a monitoring target and define a first monitoring target area where the monitoring target is positioned, a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not the monitoring target has performed a work assignment in the one or more work areas based on a presence or absence of interference with the one or more work areas by the first monitoring target area, an information generation unit configured to generate information about the work assignment in the one or more work areas performed by the monitoring target based on a result of the determination made by the first determination unit, and an output unit configured to output information about the work assignment performed by the monitoring target.

Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

An indoor location system includes mobile transceiver units to support a manufacturing control of process courses in an industrial manufacturing of workpieces in a manufacturing plant. The indoor location system includes an analysis unit configured to determine a position of a mobile transceiver unit to be localized from runtimes of electromagnetic signals between transceiver units, and an energy consumption control unit configured to output a control signal for deactivating a localizing mode of a position signal module of at least one of the mobile transceiver units if participation of the at least one mobile transceiver unit in position determination operations is not required and to output a control signal for activating the localizing mode of the position signal module of the at least one of the mobile transceiver units from a deactivated state when participation of the at least one mobile transceiver unit in a position determination operation is required.

Disclosed autonomous mobile robot systems can be used to safely and efficiently navigate through a facility while avoiding objects in the path of the autonomous mobile robot during completion of a task. Specifically, a safety zone of a first size may be generated around an autonomous mobile robot based at least in part on first data from a first set of sensors associated with the autonomous mobile robot that are configured to identify an object within the safety zone. Information indicating a current speed of the autonomous mobile robot from associated propulsion components may be received and utilized to update the first size and a shape of the safety zone. Instructions to cease propulsion of the autonomous mobile robot may be transmitted to the propulsion components based on first data identifying the object within the updated first size of the safety zone.

A method, apparatus, and system for controlling an automated guided vehicle. An embodiment of the method comprises: receiving a fault message comprising travel state information for indicating the travel state of a faulty automated guided vehicle and position information of a fault point where a fault occurs (201); determining a fault region, and sending an instruction for indicating prohibition of passing in the fault region to a non-faulty automated guided vehicle (202); determining a target automated guided vehicle from the automated guided vehicles currently not executing a task, and sending a task execution instruction to the target automated guided vehicle (203); and in response to determining that the faulted automated guided vehicle is transferred to a maintenance region, sending an instruction for indicating cancel of the prohibition of passing in the fault region to the non-faulty automated guided vehicle that is executing a task (204).

A door opening and closing robot includes: a door operating tool including an insertion and restricting portion; a robotic arm that moves the door operating tool; and a control device that: operates the robotic arm, wherein the door operating tool moves to a first reference position, then moves toward a first presence confirmation position; obtains a position of the door operating tool as a first evaluation position; and determines a deviation between the first presence confirmation position and the first evaluation position, when the deviation is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold, detects failed presence of the insertion portion in a window groove. The first reference position is the operating tool which is inserted in the window groove and the restricting portion is in contact with an edge of the window groove or positioned above the edge of the window groove.

A door opening and closing robot includes: a door operating tool including an insertion and restricting portion; a robotic arm that moves the door operating tool; and a control device that: operates the robotic arm, wherein the door operating tool moves to a first reference position, then moves toward a first presence confirmation position; obtains a position of the door operating tool as a first evaluation position; and determines a deviation between the first presence confirmation position and the first evaluation position, when the deviation is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold, detects failed presence of the insertion portion in a window groove. The first reference position is the operating tool which is inserted in the window groove and the restricting portion is in contact with an edge of the window groove or positioned above the edge of the window groove.