CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B60P 1/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/0435 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B66F 9/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
an item storage rack mountable to a frame of an automated guided vehicle (AGV), the item storage rack including a plurality of shelves, each shelf of the plurality of shelves capable of storing an item;
a container handling mechanism (CHM) mountable to the frame of the AGV, the CHM having two or more degrees of freedom; and
a transport device connected to the CHM, the transport device being movable by the CHM using the two or more degrees of freedom, the two or more degrees of freedom including moving the transport device vertically parallel relative to a face of the item storage rack and horizontally relative to the face of the item storage rack, the transport device being extendable by the CHM using the horizontal movement to retrieve a certain item from a separate shelving unit located within reaching distance of the CHM and to place the certain item on one of the plurality of shelves of the item storage rack.
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