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.
MASTLESS LIFT AND MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH MASTLESS LIFT
2025-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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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