Mobile automated guided vehicle pallet stacker and destacker system and method therefor
US11345577B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/024
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mobile automated guided vehicle pallet stacker and destacker system including an automated guided vehicle having a pallet pick that moves to pick a pallet and stably hold the picked pallet on the pick. A sensor is connected to the vehicle and configured to detect a predetermined characteristic of at least one pallet located in a stack of one or more pallets. A sensing element of the sensor is mounted to the vehicle so as to define a predetermined relation between the sensing element and a pallet pick interface. Actuation of the pick effects scanning of the stack and detection, with the sensing element, of the predetermined characteristic. A controller determines from the predetermined characteristic the at least one pallet is in a topmost pallet position of the stack, and positions the pallet pick interface of the pick to interface the stack based on the determined topmost pallet position.
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