Control system for storage and retrieval systems

US8594835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Symbotic LLC · US

Inventors

• John G. Lert, Jr. · Westport, US
• Stephen C. Toebes · Chelmsford, US
• Robert Sullivan · Wilmington, US
• Foster D. Hinshaw · Somerville, US
• Nathan Ulrich · Lee, US
• Eric C. Peters · Carlisle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/01
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A warehouse storage and retrieval system including an array of multilevel storage racks having at least one transfer deck, picking isles and storage areas disposed along picking isles, the storage areas being configured to hold differing loads, and a controller including a management module configured to variably size the storage areas of the array of multilevel storage rack modules and assign each of the variably sized storage areas to a corresponding one of the differing loads, wherein the storage and retrieval system is arranged to transport the differing loads for placement in the variably sized storage areas assigned by the controller.