Storage and retrieval system
US10974897B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/1375
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous transport vehicle, a transfer deck that defines an undeterministic transport surface for the at least one autonomous transport vehicle, the transfer deck having multiple travel lanes, at least one reciprocating lift, and at least one pickface handoff station connected to the transfer deck and interfacing between the at least one autonomous transport vehicle on the transfer deck and the at least one reciprocating lift so that a pickface is transferred between the at least one reciprocating and the at least one autonomous transport vehicle.
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