A lift robot including a chassis that defines a lift axis of the robot, the chassis has a frame with a wheel set mounted thereon, each wheel of the wheel set contacts a riding surface of a storage rack structure and supports the robot on the storage rack structure so that robot rides on the storage rack structure throughout a complete range of motion of the robot, and a payload bay connected to the chassis, the payload bay having a payload bed, for holding a payload thereon, the payload bed being disposed angled to the lift axis, wherein the wheel set is configured so as to form a contact interface arranged along a substantially upright plane including the lift axis and the contact interface defines a lift interface engaging the riding surface, and wherein the contact interface is maintained substantially continuously throughout the complete range of motion of the robot.


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    Title :

    MASTLESS LIFT AND MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH MASTLESS LIFT


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-04-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / 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



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