Provided herein is a mobile robot including: a first carrying device configured to carry a first item; a second carrying device configured to carry a second item; a control device connected to the first driving device and the second driving device and configured to control operation of the first driving device and the second driving device; the first driving device configured to drive, under control of the control device, the mobile robot to travel along a delivery path matching routings of the first item and the second item; and the second driving device, connected to the first carrying device and the second carrying device and configured to drive, under the control of the control device, the first carrying device to deliver the first item and the second carrying device to deliver the second item.

A container with an alignment correcting end is provided. The alignment correcting end has angled side walls that extend from parallel flat square or rectangular sides of the container. Each angled side wall extends at an angle between 5 and 70 from one of the parallel walls towards the center of the container. Nubs may be disposed about an exterior of the angled side walls. Also, a passive displacing robotic element for performing misaligned or off-axis placement of the container with the alignment correcting end is provided. The passive displacing robotic element provides displacement of the one or more robotic actuators that are used to engage and place the container into the slot in response to the alignment correcting end of the container contacting the slot edge, wall, or other barrier.

An apparatus for stacking hay bales comprises a base frame securable to a motorized vehicle, a plurality of tines pivotally connected to the base frame extending to free distal ends, the tines defining locations therebetween spaced to correspond to a bale of hay and a push bar extending parallel to the base frame and movable between a retracted position proximate to the base frame to an extended position along the plurality of tines to push the hay bales from therebetween. In operation, the apparatus is used by passing at least two of a plurality of tines to each side of a hay bale, lifting the hay bale by a platform extending from a base of the plurality of tines and pushing the hay bales off the tines with the push bar.

An industrial truck includes a main chassis, a transport platform to transport goods, a lifting device to raise and lower the transport platform, and a pushing device with at least one actuatable pushing arm. The pushing device displaces the goods relative to the transport platform.

A controller obtains dumping area data indicative the shape of an edge of a dumping area. The controller obtains material data indicative the shape of material in the dumping area. The controller decides, based on the material data, a plurality of segments into which the material is divided. The controller decides dumping positions of the dumping work according to combinations of the plurality of segments and the plurality of dumping candidate positions.

A method and apparatus for rapid loading stacks of items aboard vessels which can include rotating palletized items to depalletize the items, and then placing the items on a lifting robot, lifting the robot and items into the hold of a vessel, removing the items from the robot using a load push lift truck, and then using the load push lift truck to stow the items in a stowage location. The empty robot can be removed from the hold of the vessel and put in a position to receive a another depalletized stack of cartons. In one option the robot has a plurality of fork channels for receiving the blades of a load push lift truck along with receiving the blades or a rotating lift truck.

This invention relates to a fork carriage for a truck mounted forklift, the fork carriage comprising an upright rear section for mounting onto the lifting assembly of the forklift, an upright forward section, shorter than the upright rear section, for reception of tines, and a pantograph linkage connecting the upright rear section and upright forward sections together. The pantograph linkage comprises a first and second linkage arm however the second linkage arm is shorter than the first linkage arm and does not extend all the way forward to the upright forward section. Instead, there is provided a third linkage arm with a hinge joint along its length, the third linkage arm being connected at various positions along its length to each of the first linkage arm, the second linkage arm and the upright forward section. In this way, the pantograph linkage can achieve the same reach with a lower upright forward section and access to top far side loads is facilitated.

A doffing apparatus can be configured to couple to an automatically guided vehicle (AGV). The doffing apparatus can comprise at least one elongate arm, each elongate arm having a proximal end, a distal end, and a length, and at least one driver, each driver being configured to move along a respective elongate arm to move a bobbin toward the distal end of the elongate arm. The doffing apparatus can further comprise at least one alignment device. The doffing apparatus can further comprise a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive feedback from the at least one alignment device, provide a control signal to cause the AGV to align the elongate arm with a receptacle at a loader, and move the driver a select distance along the length of the elongate arm.

Provided herein is a mobile robot including: a first carrying device configured to carry a first item; a second carrying device configured to carry a second item; a control device connected to the first driving device and the second driving device and configured to control operation of the first driving device and the second driving device; the first driving device configured to drive, under control of the control device, the mobile robot to travel along a delivery path matching routings of the first item and the second item; and the second driving device, connected to the first carrying device and the second carrying device and configured to drive, under the control of the control device, the first carrying device to deliver the first item and the second carrying device to deliver the second item.

A loading/unloading system for an associated truck bed includes first and second laterally spaced rails configured for re) receipt in the associated truck bed. First and second support leg assemblies are operatively associated with the first and second rails, respectively. First and second motors are received on the first and second leg assemblies, respectively, and are configured to selectively raise and lower the first and second rails. A sensor assembly is mounted on the rails to monitor the position of the first rail relative to the second rail. The sensor assembly is interconnected to the first and second motors for maintaining the rails at the same height relative to one another.