Unloading pallets from a trailer using an autonomous mobile robot. The robot determines a pose of the trailer and a pose of each observable pallet inside. The robot identifies a target pallet for retrieval based on the observed poses and determines a front plane for the pallets in the same row as the target pallet. The robot navigates to a first goal position, side-shifts its fork to align the fork with the target pallet's pockets, inserts the fork, and lifts the pallet. The robot then navigates in reverse to a second goal position, determined based on the front plane and trailer pose. From the second position, the robot proceeds to a drop-off point in a staging area, side-shifting the fork towards the center during transit.
AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT OPERATIONS FOR IN-TRAILER UNLOADING
2025-04-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |
AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT OPERATIONS FOR LAST ROWS IN-TRAILER UNLOADING
European Patent Office | 2025
|AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT OPERATIONS FOR LAST ROWS IN-TRAILER LOADING
European Patent Office | 2025
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