US 12,350,826 B2
Loading and unloading system
Masayoshi Hoshi, Osaka (JP); and Hideaki Mizutani, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,395.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-111408 (JP), filed on Jul. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009833 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/0093 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A loading and unloading system for a load in a container, the loading and unloading system comprising:
a robot including a robot arm capable of performing handling of the load;
an automated guided vehicle on which the robot is mounted, the automated guided vehicle including a travel driving unit that causes the automated guided vehicle to travel;
a transport conveyor that conveys the load;
a robot controller that controls an operation of the robot arm and supplies driving electric power to the robot arm; and
a power receiving unit that receives electric power to be supplied to the robot controller and the transport conveyor from outside of the loading and unloading system, wherein
the automated guided vehicle further includes:
a transport controller that controls driving of the travel driving unit and driving of the transport conveyor; and
a battery that supplies electric power to the transport controller and refrains from supplying electric power to the robot controller and the transport conveyor, and
the transport controller and the robot controller cooperate with each other to cause the transport conveyor to interlock with the robot arm, thereby performing the handling of the load.