A handling robot, a material fetching method, a material replenishing or returning method, and an intelligent warehousing system, the handling robot comprises a vertical bracket (19); a pallet (22) for storing a material box; and a handling system installed to the vertical bracket (19), where the pallet (22) is installed to the handling system, and the handling system is used for fetching a material box from one of a warehouse shelf (24) and the pallet (22), storing it onto the other, and/or fetching out a material from a material box stored on the pallet (22). With the configuration of the handling system, a material can be fetched out from a material box stored on the pallet, and after the material is fetched out, the material box is placed back onto the warehouse shelf, such manner of material fetching is flexible, and has high efficiency.

A warehouse facility for transporting and storing transporting tools for placing articles thereon or putting articles therein when the articles are transported is disclosed in which the transporting tools handled by a plurality of users can be appropriately managed. If an unloading request is made from a target block management unit Mb, a comprehensive management unit Mt gives a storage area management unit Ms an unloading transport instruction to perform unloading transport for a transporting tool P for which the unloading request has been made, under an unloading permission condition that the relationship between a tool code Cp designated in the unloading request and a user code Ch of a target user H1, H2 is stored in usage-related information Ih.

An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.

A system for arranging containers and container lids on a rack. The system comprises a first rotation unit for receiving the rack, a second rotation unit for conveying the rack, and a robotic arm configured to arrange containers and container lids conveyed by the one or more motorized conveyor elements onto the rack received by the first rotation unit. The first rotation unit is configured to rotate the rack received relative to the robotic arm around a first vertical axis, to allow the robotic arm to arrange containers on the rack, and to convey the rack received to the second rotation unit. The second rotation unit is configured to rotate the rack around a second vertical axis, and to convey the rack to one or more motorized conveyor elements configured for conveying the rack, or one or more transport vehicles configured for transporting the rack.

A method for transferring conveyed items from at least one feed conveyor onto an outgoing conveyor, in a transfer region, wherein the at least one feed conveyor includes a conveying member that is driven along a feed conveying stretch, for conveying conveyed items into the transfer region, and the outgoing conveyor includes conveying containers that are movable along a transfer conveying stretch for taking over the conveyed items that are delivered by the at least one feed conveyor. The conveyed items that lie on the conveying member are accelerated relative to the conveying member along the feed conveying stretch towards the transfer region via an acceleration device and for the purpose of delivery of the conveyed items are brought into a cyclically synchronous side-by-side conveying with a conveying container of the outgoing conveyor.

A box handling system is disclosed for use in an object processing system. The box handling system includes a box tray including a recessed area for receiving a box, and the recessed area includes a plurality of floor and edge portions for receiving the box that contains objects to be processed.

A workstation receives bots carrying order totes and bots carrying product totes for transfer of goods from the product totes to the order totes. The workstation comprises a robot for automated transfer of goods between the product and order totes, but may also have a station for an operator to perform manual transfer. Cameras may be provided to capture images of the product and/or order totes to identify contents of totes and to identify positions where goods are to be picked from the product totes and placed into the order totes.

A system and method for handling includes a tote handler. The tote handler includes an adjustable grip hand or a merger hand. The adjustable grip hand includes finger assemblies movable by actuators between a closed with the fingers urged together and an open position with the fingers urged apart. The fingers are selectively movable by the actuators between a retracted and an extended position. The merger grip hand includes insert fingers and suction fingers. Each of the insert fingers include a polygonal body having a peripheral surface shaped for engaging receipt within an inner surface of a tote. The suction fingers include elongate members with suction cups thereon. The suction fingers are movable between a closed position with the suction fingers urged towards the insert fingers and an open position with the suction fingers urged away from the insert fingers.

A system is for automatic storage, picking, and packing of items. The system has: an arrangement of shelves for supporting storage boxes; a movable robotic arm, the robotic arm being configured for reaching into and picking an item from a storage box, and for grabbing and moving a storage box; and a camera and control unit, the arrangement of shelves comprises a first sub arrangement of shelves with a first vertical distance between the shelves, and a second sub arrangement of shelves with a second vertical distance between the shelves. The first vertical distance is chosen to allow the robotic arm to reach into and pick an item from said storage boxes. The second vertical distance is chosen so that each storage box must be moved out before the robotic arm can pick an item from the storage box.

A panel transfer tray according to an embodiment includes an accommodation part which accommodates a target panel, a protrusion protruding upward direction from an upper edge of the accommodation part, and a first movement prevention member disposed at one side of the accommodation part and disposed adjacent to the protrusion, and the first movement prevention member has a stair shape of which a planar area gradually decreases along the upward direction.