CPC B07C 3/08 (2013.01) [B65G 11/023 (2013.01); B65G 41/003 (2013.01); G05B 19/41895 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45047 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50393 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A sorting apparatus comprising: a plurality of transportation vehicles, wherein
the plurality of transportation vehicles is distributed on at least two transportation rows, and the at least two transportation rows are arranged along a direction away from a feed inlet;
wherein the transportation vehicle being configured to move, based on a control instruction comprising a sorting route of a to-be-sorted item, along a direction of the transportation rows sequentially to at least two target positions, each corresponding to a transportation row, indicated by the sorting route, so that the to-be-sorted item is transferred by a current transportation vehicle on which the to-be-sorted item is currently placed to a target position corresponding to a next transportation row where the next-row transportation vehicle is located by a next-row transportation vehicle, wherein the next transportation row is adjacent to the transportation row where the current transportation vehicle is located in a direction away from the feed inlet, and the sorting route indicates the target positions where the to-be-sorted item is located when passing the transportation rows of the sorting apparatus, and indicate a target position on each transportation row.
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