US 11,964,303 B2
Methods, devices and systems for cargo sorting
Qiyang Liu, Guangdong (CN); Guillaume Crabé, Guangdong (CN); Hailiang Zhang, Guangdong (CN); Ilia Vasilev, Guangdong (CN); Hongbin Liao, Guangdong (CN); Shimin Xia, Guangdong (CN); Kaixiang Wang, Guangdong (CN); Xinghao Liang, Guangdong (CN); Yuan Li, Guangdong (CN); Jie Shen, Guangdong (CN); and Yun Zhao, Guangdong (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN DORABOT INC., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,540.
Application 17/381,540 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/100677, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910706594.0 (CN), filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346914 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 3/08 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0063 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for cargo sorting, configured to control an end effector with a package placement platform to sort the cargo, wherein the method includes:
moving the package placement platform to a package obtaining position and obtaining the cargo to be sorted that enters into the package placement platform;
moving the package placement platform to a package storage location;
exerting a first force to push the cargo into a package storage unit;
after obtaining the cargo to be sorted that enters into the package placement platform, the method further includes:
controlling the convey mechanism to transport the cargo to be sorted in order to move the cargo from a first position of the package placement platform to a second position of the package placement platform;
after moving the cargo from the first position of the package placement platform to the second position of the package placement platform, the method further includes:
controlling a movable baffle arranged on a front side of the package placement platform to close in order to prevent the cargo from sliding down the package placement platform.