A handling device (100) for automatically exchanging component feeders (390) at a pick and place station (4000) for assembling component carriers with electronic components is described. The handling device (100) comprises (a) a chassis (110); (b) a drive (120) with a stationary drive component (122) attached to the chassis (110) and a movable drive component (126) which can be spatially positioned along a y-direction; (c) a first coupling device (130a) which is attached to the movable drive component (126) and which has a first coupling element (234) and a first actuator (232); (d) a second coupling device (130b), which is also attached to the movable drive component (126) and which comprises a second coupling element (234) and a second actuator (232); and (e) a control device (102), which is configured to individually actuate the first actuator (232) and to individually actuate the second actuator (232). The first coupling element (234) is configured to couple with a first component feeder (190a) when the first actuator (232) is actuated, and the second coupling element (234) is configured to couple with a second component feeder (190b) when the second actuator (232) is actuated. Furthermore, a robotic system (150) with such a handling device (100) is described.

A transport robot including a body, a mover that is located beneath the body and provides a moving function, a loading box retractable into and extendable from the body, a horizontal driver that moves the loading box in a front and rear direction, a vertical driver that moves the loading box in a vertical direction, and a link module that spreads the loading box in a left and right direction to open a bottom of the loading box. The loading box includes a pair of loading frames that move in the left and right direction opposite to each other as the link module operates. The transport robot easily unloads an item from a loading space as a loading box automatically extends.

A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.

A lift truck includes a frame, a pair of laterally spaced apart outriggers extending from the frame, and a load handling assembly secured to the frame adjacent to the outriggers. The load handling assembly includes a mast assembly positioned between the outriggers and a carriage assembly including fork structure for supporting a load on the load handling assembly. The carriage assembly is movable vertically along the mast assembly and laterally with respect to the mast assembly. Optical sensor structure of the truck monitors for conditions wherein movement of the carriage assembly would result in contact between the load and the outrigger(s). A vehicle controller receives a signal from the optical sensor structure and prevents movement of the carriage assembly toward the outrigger(s) if the signal from the optical sensor structure indicates that such movement would result in contact between the load and the outrigger(s).

A fork assembly (4) for storage/retrieval machine of high convey efficiency comprises: a rotating table (41); an extension arm (43) provided on the rotating table (41) and capable of conducting stretching motion; a driver unit (42) configured for driving the extension arm (43) to conduct the stretching motion; a control system (100) configured for controlling an operation of the driver unit (42); a position sensor (46) for the breakpoint which is connected to the control system (100) and configured for determining whether the extension arm (43) performs the stretching motion up to the breakpoint (9), and the breakpoint (9) is located between a maximum distance point (10) and a minimum distance point (8) to which the extension arm (43) extends.

A lifting vehicle has a lifting device movably mounted on a mast. Raising and lowering of the lifting device is controlled by a lift cylinder. A load monitor including a strain gauge is mounted on a bridge that is secured at each end to locations that are either on the chassis or on the mast. An indicator in communication with the load monitor can signal an output to an operator of the vehicle. As the strain gauge is secured to a load-stressed part of the vehicle, the load monitor is able to measure the stress being imposed on the vehicle. However, as the locations to which the ends of the bridge are secured are static with respect to one another, the readings are not distorted by torsional and shear forces. This enables the weight of a load and also the stability of the vehicle as a whole to be judged.

Disclosed embodiments include backscreens, backscreen accessories for implements of power machines, and implements including the same. In the backscreens or backscreen accessories, a first backscreen portion is attached to a frame of the implement, for example by welding. The first backscreen portion includes at least one first portion interface feature. A second backscreen portion has at least one second portion interface feature. The at least one first portion interface feature and the at least one second portion interface feature are configured to engage one another to removably couple the second backscreen portion to the first backscreen portion.

A vehicle for automated transport of goods or products described, which includes a container for holding goods or products to be transported and a manipulator assembly to pick up the goods and store them inside the container and remove the goods from the container. The manipulator assembly includes gripping means to grasp or carry the goods and handling means to move the gripping means along a first and second axis so that the movement along the first axis allows the gripping means to enter or leave the container through the container opening, while the movement along the second axis causes the gripping means to move towards or away from the container.

This disclosure provides a shuttle vehicle control method and apparatus, a shuttle vehicle, and a storage medium. The method includes controlling a first distance measurement device and a second distance measurement device to respectively measure a first distance and a second distance from a carrying target, and determining whether it is able to perform goods processing based on a result of respectively performing first comparison processing on the first distance and the second distance with a target normal distance threshold; and in a state of determining that it is unable to perform goods processing, respectively performing second comparison processing on the first distance and the second distance with a deviation correction distance threshold, and determining whether the shuttle vehicle is controlled to perform deviation correction processing based on a second comparison processing result.

A telescoping weigh fork unit where a base fork has an integrated hydraulic cylinder and a slideable outer shoe on which are supported at least two load cells. Optionally the unit may include an outside telescopic fork shoe to which the load cells are mounted and which supports the outer shoe. Unit may further include a system to alert if distance or weight thresholds are exceeded or if a load cell is inoperable.