A movement apparatus for objects configured for receiving an object from an infeed station and moving the object towards an outfeed station, comprising a movement surface comprising movement cells positioned on in a matrix fashion, positioned to operate with the object, wherein each movement cell has a direction of movement which can be individually controlled; a control system configured for defining a conveying trajectory in the movement surface for conveying the object from the infeed to the outfeed station; identifying trajectory cells belonging to the conveying trajectory and directing the direction of movement of each trajectory cell to move the object in the conveying trajectory; identifying, between the movement cells, convergence cells, defining a convergence zone adjacent to the conveying trajectory and, for each convergence cell, directing the direction of movement towards a central line of the conveying trajectory to maintain of the object inside the conveying trajectory.

Disclosed herein is a high-density storage system comprising a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of coupled totes and one or more carriers located on opposite ends of each layer, each carrier being multiple rows wide, each carrier capable of retrieving totes from a row in the layer, depositing a tote into a row or oral in a layer and shifting totes from one row to another within the layer.

Apparatuses, systems, methods, and/or the like are provided for a transfer apparatus. An example transfer apparatus includes a bed having a first plurality of balls and a second plurality of balls having a first and second diameter, respectively, and wherein at least one of the first plurality of balls and at least one of the second plurality of balls are configured to rotate relative to the bed, wherein at least one belt of the plurality of belts is operably engaged with the at least one ball of the first plurality of balls or the at least one ball of the second plurality of balls; and a driver operably connected to the at least one belt of the plurality of belts, wherein the driver is configured to power the at least one belt of the plurality of belts.

A device for providing a barrier for objects resting on a roller deck, wherein the roller deck includes a loading area provided with openings, wherein roller elements for supporting the objects protrude from the openings, and wherein the roller elements are each arranged rotatably about a vertical axis and about a horizontal axis is disclosed. The device includes at least two securing devices, each having an insertion portion for insertion into one of the openings of the roller deck and a support portion for support on a region of the loading area surrounding the opening, and a connecting device for providing a mechanical connection between two securing devices of the at least two securing devices.

The invention relates to an omnidirectional wheel (10) with a center shaft that extends along a center shaft rotational axis (A.sub.12) and a bearing drum (24) that can be rotated about a bearing drum rotational axis, at least three first-set rollers that are mounted on the bearing drum (24) such that they can be rotated about a first-set roller rotational axis (A.sub.14.i), which extends transversely to the center shaft rotational axis (A.sub.12), are arranged around the center shaft (12) at an angular distance from each other and each have a helical-toothed first-set roller outer thread (18), at least three second-set rollers (16.i), which are mounted on the bearing drum (24) such that they can be rotated about a respective second-set roller rotational axis, which extends transversely to the center shaft rotational axis (A.sub.12), are arranged around the center shaft (12) at an angular distance from each other, in particular with a respective angular offset () to the first-set rollers (14.i) and each have a helical-toothed second-set roller outer thread (20), wherein the rollers at least partially protrude above the bearing drum (24) and wherein the omnidirectional wheel (10) is configured in such a way that a rotation of the center shaft (12) about the center shaft rotational axis (A.sub.12) relative to the bearing drum (24) effects a rotational movement of the rollers about their respective rotational axis in the same direction of rotation in each case, wherein the center shaft (12) comprises a drive worm (22) that engages with the outer threads.