ROBOTIC DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL OF CRATES TO AND FROM NON-UNIFORMLY SIZED STORAGE SPACES IN A VERSATILE SHELVING ARRAY

摘要

A storage setup and method for robotic delivery and retrieval of crates from shelving blocks are disclosed. At least one shelving block in the setup comprises non- uniformly spaced apart storage surfaces. The storage surfaces are accessible to lift- robots through a network of tracks comprising intersecting vertically and horizontally oriented tracks. A computerized control system is configured to differentiate between storage locations based on which crate sizes from at least two different ranges of crate sizes a storage location can store. The storage may be automatically optimized by routing robots to store crates in storage locations sized in correlation with the size of the crate to be stored.