A warehouse system includes a component container warehouse configured to store multiple component containers that accommodate multiple components, a component supply unit warehouse configured to store multiple component supply units used when supplying the components accommodated in the component container to a component mounter, a component container loader configured to load the component container into the component supply unit, and a conveyance robot configured to move between the component container warehouse, the component supply unit warehouse, and the component container loader to convey the component container and the component supply unit to the component container loader.

A vehicle has an automated storage and retrieval system, the automated storage and retrieval system including an area for storage of items and having locations, each location being suitable for holding one or more of the items; an inductor that receives and inducts the items into the automated storage and retrieval system; a conveyor that conveys the items from the inductor to the area; and an extraction station. When an item is designated for removal from the area, the conveyor delivers the designated item to the extraction station and, after receipt of the designated item from the conveyor, the extraction station delivers the designated item to a designated recipient for extraction of the designated item from the automated storage and retrieval system.

The present disclosure is also directed to a system for managing inventory within a dispenser that is configured to maintain a known inventory and is configured to transmit inventory values from the dispenser so that other users can review the inventory values. Also, the dispenser is configured to be accessed by users locally and through an internet connection so that the inventory can be reviewed.

A management system 1 includes a storage apparatus 100 including a storage box that stores a package to be delivered, and a management server 200 that manages the storage apparatus 100, and automatically reserves the storage box that stores an undelivered package. The management server 200 executes prioritization processing of setting priority to each of the undelivered packages, based on package information related to the undelivered packages, and reservation processing of reserving the storage box in order from a package having the priority of high, based on the package information and storage apparatus information related to the storage apparatus 100.

A storage system includes a storage grid structure having a top rail grid upon which container handling vehicles work to store and retrieve storage containers in and from storage columns beneath the top rail grid. The storage system includes multiple transfer rails forming a horizontal transfer rail grid arranged at a level below the top rail grid. At least one transport vehicle operates on the transfer rail grid. The storage system includes a picking/stocking station for picking/stocking items between a storage container and a packaging box, and an unloading/loading assembly for unloading/loading packaging boxes containing such items. The transport vehicle is arranged to move upon the transfer rail grid in two perpendicular directions and comprises a carrier platform. The transfer rail grid is arranged to allow access for the transport vehicle to transport one or more packaging boxes at a time between the picking/stocking station and the unloading/loading assembly.

Systems and methods are disclosed for wireless powering and control of conveyors on shuttles. An example system may include a track, and a shuttle configured to move along the track, the shuttle having a conveyor, and a first induction coil. The system may include a second induction coil disposed at a first location along the track, where the second induction coil is configured to interact with the first induction coil to power the conveyor. The shuttle may not have an onboard power source coupled to the conveyor.

An automated warehouse unit includes two rows of fixed conveyors conveying the storage target object in a first direction, a receiving-side transfer unit provided on one end portion side of the two rows and extending in a second direction, and a shipping-side transfer unit provided on the other end portion side of the two rows and extending in the second direction. Each transfer unit includes a moving device configured to reciprocally move a moving body in the second direction between a position facing one fixed conveyor in the fixed conveyors and a position facing the other fixed conveyor in the fixed conveyors, and a transportation conveyor supported by the moving body and configured to transfer the storage target object to the two rows s in the first direction.

A selective access device for a picking/depositing station in warehouse defines an access area engaged by a first cover that is defined by a pair of movable plane surfaces parallel or coplanar to one another; these plane surfaces are slidable along a first rectilinear axis under the action of a movement system so as to open/close a first opening; in the access area, there is provided a second cover above the first cover, to define a second opening aligned with the first opening; the second cover consists of a plurality of doors, each rotating about a relative rotation axis in respect to the first cover; the doors are arranged side-by-side along a second rectilinear axis, orthogonal to the first axis and are closed by respective locks, while the rotation axes are parallel to this second axis.

A transfer driver includes a transfer drive transmission mechanism drivingly coupled to a contact section, and a transfer drive source configured to drive the transfer drive transmission mechanism. A guide driver includes a guide drive transmission mechanism drivingly coupled to a pair of guide sections, and a guide drive source configured to drive the guide drive transmission mechanism. The transfer drive source and the guide drive source are disposed on a transfer-direction scooping side relative to a holder, and the transfer drive transmission mechanism and the guide drive transmission mechanism intersect each other in a vertical view at an intersection portion, and are adjacent to each other in a vertical direction at the intersection portion.

A transfer device includes: a pusher configured to push a container during a delivery operation; a lockable portion lockable to the container during a pick-up operation; a transfer drive unit configured to cause the pusher and the lockable portion to reciprocate in the transfer direction; and a lock drive unit configured to drive the lockable portion separately from the pusher and causes the lockable portion to change in orientation. The transfer device performs a delivery operation by moving, toward a delivery side in the transfer direction, the pusher in contact with a container rear face portion with use of the transfer drive unit, and performs a pick-up operation by moving the lockable portion in the locking orientation toward a pick-up side in the transfer direction with use of the transfer drive unit.