US 12,434,912 B2
Robot
Hongbo Li, Beijing (CN); Bin Hu, Beijing (CN); and Langlang Sun, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,689.
Application 18/494,689 is a continuation of application No. 17/444,051, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,827,450.
Application 17/444,051 is a continuation of application No. 16/463,822, granted, now 11,104,516, issued on Aug. 31, 2021, previously published as PCT/CN2018/097038, filed on Jul. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201810390093.1 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2018; application No. 201810390950.8 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2018; and application No. 201810391026.1 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051755 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0295 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot, comprising:
a travelling apparatus, disposed at a bottom of the robot and configured to travel to a preset position;
a body, disposed above the travelling apparatus; and
an item picking apparatus, disposed on the body and configured to, based on a task received by the robot, pick a target item at a first position and place the target item to a second position;
wherein the item picking apparatus comprises a lifting component and a telescopic component, the lifting component is connected to the telescopic component and configured to lift or lower the telescopic component to a preset height, and the telescopic component comprises a sliding portion and is configured to extend to pick the target item and transfer the target item from the first position to the second position via the sliding portion;
wherein the telescopic component further comprises an item taking portion;
wherein the item taking portion comprises a first picking component and a second picking component disposed opposite to each other;
wherein the first picking component and the second picking component has a rod-like configuration; the first picking component is arranged at an end of a first telescopic arm of the telescopic component, and the second picking component is arranged at an end of a second telescopic arm of the telescopic component; the first picking component and the second picking component are switchable in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction; and during picking the target item by the item taking portion, the telescopic component extends in a depth direction and exceeds the target item, the first picking component and the second picking component switch from the first direction to the second direction such that the target item is picked and transferred to the item picking apparatus by the first picking component and the second picking component.