Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an intelligent sorting system with high speed and efficiency.
A high speed, high efficiency intelligent sortation system comprising: the device comprises a conveying track, wherein two sides of the conveying track are respectively provided with at least one throwing check, and one side of each throwing check, which is close to the conveying track, is provided with an indicating identification code of the throwing check; at least two sorting robots, wherein every two sorting robots run on the transportation track in a double-row and side-by-side mode and are used for loading articles to be sorted and sorting the articles to be sorted to the corresponding throwing piece grids; and the sorting scheduling machine is connected with the at least two sorting robots through a network, and is used for acquiring the indication identification codes of the throwing piece grids corresponding to the articles to be sorted loaded by each sorting robot and sending the indication identification codes to the sorting robot loading the articles to be sorted.
Wherein, high-speed efficient intelligent letter sorting system still includes: the identification code acquisition equipment comprises an identification camera, the identification camera is positioned above the transportation track, is connected with the sorting dispatching machine through a network, and is used for acquiring the article identification code of the article to be sorted and sending the article identification code to the sorting dispatching machine; the sorting scheduler is further configured to: and acquiring an indicating identification code matched with the article identification code, and sending the indicating identification code to the sorting robot for loading the article to be sorted corresponding to the article identification code.
Wherein, the identification code acquisition device further includes: the robot identification device is connected with the identification cameras through a network, is positioned at the upstream of the identification cameras, and is used for acquiring the transportation identification code of each sorting robot, sending the transportation identification code to the identification cameras and triggering the identification cameras to acquire the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by each sorting robot; the recognition camera is further to: and storing the transportation identification code, and after acquiring the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot corresponding to the transportation identification code, binding the transportation identification code and the article identification code and then sending the bound product to the sorting scheduling machine.
Wherein the sorting scheduler is further configured to: and acquiring an indicating identification code matched with the article identification code, and sending the indicating identification code to the sorting robot corresponding to the transportation identification code bound with the article identification code.
Wherein, the identification code acquisition device further includes: and the portal frame is arranged on two sides of the transportation track in a spanning manner, and the identification camera is arranged on the portal frame.
Wherein the indication identification code is positioned at one end of the throwing lattice mouth, which is deviated from the advancing direction of the at least two sorting robots; the indicating identification codes are arranged in parallel to the advancing directions of the at least two sorting robots.
Wherein each sorting robot is further configured to: and after the articles to be sorted are sorted to the corresponding throwing piece grids, sending a sorting completion notice to the sorting scheduling machine.
Wherein, high-speed efficient intelligent letter sorting system still includes: and the at least two bag supplying platforms are positioned on two sides of the conveying track and used for supplying the articles to be sorted to the at least two sorting robots.
Wherein the transportation track is an endless track.
A logistics system comprising at least one high speed and efficient intelligent sorting system as described above.
By adopting the embodiment of the invention, the following remarkable beneficial effects are achieved:
every two sorting robots are arranged in parallel and run on the conveying track, at least one throwing piece lattice opening is arranged on each of two sides of the conveying track, a plurality of sorting robots can sort to-be-sorted articles into the throwing piece lattice openings on two sides of the track simultaneously, and the speed and the efficiency of sorting the articles can be effectively improved.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In most traditional cross belt letter sorting systems, the dolly is the single structure, and the piece can only be thrown to one direction to the letter sorting dolly the same moment, and letter sorting work efficiency is low.
In this embodiment, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a high-speed efficient intelligence letter sorting system is provided, can effectively show and promote letter sorting work efficiency.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system according to the present invention. The high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system 10 comprises a transportation rail 11, two sorting robots 12 and 13 and a sorting dispatcher 14, wherein the sorting robots 12 and 13 and the sorting dispatcher 14 are connected through a network and can communicate with each other. A plurality of throwing element grids 111 are respectively arranged on two sides of the transportation track 11, and an indicating identification code 112 of each throwing element grid 111 is arranged on one side of each throwing element grid 111 close to the transportation track 11.
The sorting robots 12 and 13 run on the transport rail 11 in two rows side by side, and the sorting robots 12 and 13 are loaded with items to be sorted, respectively. The sorting and dispatching machine 14 acquires the projectile lattice 111 corresponding to the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 12, acquires the indication identification code 112 of the projectile lattice 111, and sends the indication identification code 112 to the sorting robot 12. After acquiring the indicator code 112, the sorting robot 12 sorts the loaded article to be sorted to the throwing piece grid 111 having the indicator code 112. Similarly, the sorting and dispatching machine 14 acquires the projectile lattice 111 corresponding to the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 13, acquires the indication identification code 112 of the projectile lattice 111, and sends the indication identification code 112 to the sorting robot 13. After acquiring the indication identification code 112, the sorting robot 13 sorts the loaded article to be sorted to the throwing piece grid 111 with the indication identification code 112.
In the present embodiment, since the sorting robots 12 and 13 run on the running rail 11 in two rows side by side, the items to be sorted can be sorted into the throwing compartments 111 on both sides of the running rail 11 at the same time. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the sorting robot 12 travels near one side of the transport rail 11 and can sort the articles into the polishing pockets 111 on that side, and likewise, the sorting robot 13 travels near the other side of the transport rail 11 and can sort the articles into the polishing pockets 111 on that side.
In other implementations, the sorting robot may have more, e.g., 3, 4, 6, etc. If the number of the sorting robots is more, at least two sorting robots are arranged in parallel to run, and the other sorting robots can be selected to run on one side of the transportation track 11 or arranged in parallel to run.
Compared with the larger traditional cross belts which can only throw the pieces on one side at the same time, the two sorting robots running in parallel in the double-row mode can throw the pieces to the grids on the left side and the right side of the sorting system track at the same time, and the piece throwing efficiency is doubled.
According to the above description, in this embodiment, every two sorting robots run on the transportation track in a double-row parallel manner, and at least one throwing piece lattice opening is respectively arranged on two sides of the transportation track, so that the sorting of the multiple sorting robots to the throwing piece lattice openings on two sides of the track can be realized, and the efficiency of sorting the articles can be effectively and remarkably improved.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a second embodiment of the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system according to the present invention. The high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system 20 provided by the invention comprises a transportation rail 21, two sorting robots 22 and 23, a sorting dispatcher 24 and an identification code acquisition device 25. The identification code obtaining device 25 includes an identification camera 251. A plurality of throwing element grids 211 are respectively arranged on two sides of the conveying track 21, and an indicating identification code 212 of each throwing element grid 211 is arranged on one side, close to the conveying track 21, of each throwing element grid 211. The structure, position relationship, connection relationship and usage of the transportation rail 21, the two sorting robots 22 and 23 and the sorting dispatcher 24 are substantially the same as those of the transportation rail 11, the two sorting robots 12 and 13 and the sorting dispatcher 14 in the first embodiment of the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system provided by the invention, and the description thereof is omitted.
The recognition camera 251 is located above the transport track 21 and is connected to the sorting scheduler 24 through a network. The identification camera acquires an article identification code of an article to be sorted loaded by each sorting robot (22 or 23) by a code scanning method, an image recognition method or the like, and transmits the article identification code to the sorting scheduling machine 24.
Sorting dispatcher 24 obtains the article identification code, obtains the indicating identification code 212 corresponding to the article identification code, and sends the indicating identification code to sorting robot 22 or 23. After the sorting robot 22 or 23 acquires the indicator code 212, it sorts the loaded article to be sorted to the projectile grid 211 having the indicator code 212. Specifically, the sorting scheduling machine 24 is preset with a corresponding relationship between each article identification code and each indication identification code 212, and after the sorting scheduling machine obtains the article identification code, the indication identification code 212 corresponding to the article identification code is found according to the preset corresponding relationship. In other implementation scenarios, the sorting scheduling machine 24 may further preset a sorting rule, and obtain the indicator codes matched with the article identification codes according to the sorting rule.
According to the above description, the article identification code of the article to be sorted is acquired through the identification camera in the embodiment, the sorting scheduling machine acquires the indicating identification code of the throwing piece lattice mouth corresponding to the article to be sorted according to the article identification code, and sends the indicating identification code to the sorting robot loading the article to be sorted, so that the sorting robot can accurately place the article to be sorted into the corresponding throwing piece lattice mouth, and the article sorting accuracy is improved.
Please continue with fig. 2. The identification code obtaining apparatus 25 further includes a robot recognition device 252. The robot recognition device 252 is connected to the recognition camera 251 through a network. The robot recognition device 252 is located in front of and below the recognition camera 251. Each sorting robot (22 or 23) is provided with a transportation identification code. The robot recognition device 252 acquires the transportation identification code of each sorting robot (22 or 23) by scanning, and transmits the acquired transportation identification code to the recognition camera 251. Further, the robot recognition device 252 triggers the recognition camera 251 to acquire the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by each sorting robot (22 or 23). Specifically, the robot recognition device 252 may generate a prompt message, send the prompt message to the recognition camera 251, and the recognition camera 251 acquires the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by each sorting robot (22 or 23) in response to the prompt message.
Further, the recognition camera 251 binds the article identification code and the transportation identification code, and transmits the bound article identification code and transportation identification code to the sorting scheduler 24.
For example, the robot recognition device 252 acquires the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 23, sends the acquired transportation identification code to the recognition camera 251, and the recognition camera 251 stores the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 23 and simultaneously scans or image-recognizes the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 23 to acquire the article identification code of the article to be sorted. The recognition camera 251 binds the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 23 and the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded thereon, and transmits the bound transportation identification code and article identification code to the sorting scheduler 24.
The sorting dispatcher 24 acquires the bound transportation identification code and article identification code, acquires an indication identification code matched with the article identification code, and sends the indication identification code to the sorting robot 23 having the transportation identification code.
In this implementation scenario, robot recognition device 252 acquires the transportation identification code of every letter sorting robot (22 or 23) through the scanning, letter sorting robot 22 and 23 acquire indicator identification code 212 through the scanning, can effectively promote letter sorting system's work efficiency, letter sorting robot 22 and 23's recognition rate is effectively accelerated, consequently, the speed of traveling can reach 3.0m/s and above, and realize accurate letter sorting, can effectively promote letter sorting system's work efficiency, compare most traditional alternately take letter sorting system efficiency and improved more than 35%.
According to the above description, the robot identification device acquires the transportation identification code of the sorting robot in the embodiment, the transportation identification code is sent to the identification camera, the identification camera is triggered to acquire the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot, the article identification code is sent to the sorting scheduling machine after being bound with the transportation identification code, the article identification code caused by the time delay problem can be effectively prevented from being bound with the sorting robot in error, and the sorting accuracy is effectively improved.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of a high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system according to the present invention. The high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system 30 includes a transportation rail 31, sorting robots 321, 322, 323, and 324, identification code acquisition apparatuses 331 and 332, a sorting scheduler 34, and pack supply stations 351, 352, 353, and 354.
In the present embodiment, the transportation rail 31 is an annular rail, and in other embodiments, the transportation rail 31 may also be other types of rails such as a linear type, a cross type, and the like. The sorting robots 321 and 322 run on the transport rail 31 in double rows, and the sorting robots 323 and 324 run on the transport rail 31 in double rows. The identification code acquiring devices 331 and 332 are respectively located at both ends of the transport track 31. The packet supply stations 351 and 352 are located upstream of the identification code acquisition device 331. The supply tables 353 and 354 are located upstream of the identification code acquisition device 332. The packing tables 351 and 352 are respectively located at both sides of the transport rail 31, and the packing tables 353 and 354 are respectively located at both sides of the transport rail for supplying the sorting robots 321 and 322 with the items to be sorted, for example, the packing table 351 is used for supplying the sorting robot 321 with the items to be sorted, and the packing table 352 is used for supplying the sorting robot 322 with the items to be sorted.
In this implementation scenario, the pack providing stations 351, 352, 353, and 354 are used to manually provide the sorting robots 321, 322, 323, and 324 with the items to be sorted, and in other implementation scenarios, the pack providing stations 351, 352, 353, and 354 may further include a supply robot that automatically provides the sorting robots 321, 322, 323, and 324 with the items to be sorted.
The structures of the identification code obtaining device 331 and the identification code obtaining device 332 are substantially the same, and the identification code obtaining device 331 is taken as an example for explanation here to avoid repeated description. The identification code acquiring device 331 includes a gantry 3311, and the gantry 3311 is spanned on both sides of the transportation rail 31. The identification code acquiring apparatus 331 further includes two recognition cameras 3312 and 3313, and the recognition cameras 3312 and 3313 are respectively disposed at one end of the gantry 3311. Since in this embodiment, the sorting robots 321 and 322 run on the transportation rail 31 in parallel in two rows, two recognition cameras 3312 and 3313 are correspondingly disposed and used for acquiring the article identification codes of the articles to be sorted loaded by the sorting robots 321 and 322, respectively, so as to effectively improve the accuracy of the acquired article identification codes.
The identification code acquiring apparatus 331 further includes two robot recognition devices 3314 and 3315, the robot recognition device 3314 and the recognition camera 3312 are connected through a network, and the robot recognition device 3315 and the recognition camera 3313 are connected. The robot recognition devices 3314 and 3315 are located below the recognition cameras 3312 and 3313, respectively. In this embodiment, the sorting robots 321 and 322 run on the transportation rail 31 in parallel in two rows, so that two robot recognition devices 3314 and 3315 are correspondingly disposed to respectively acquire the transportation identifiers of the sorting robots 321 and 322, thereby effectively improving the accuracy of the acquired transportation identifiers.
At least one throwing piece lattice opening 311 is respectively arranged on two sides of the transportation track 31, and an indicating identification code 312 of the throwing piece lattice opening 311 is arranged on one side of each throwing piece lattice opening 311 close to the transportation track 31. The indication identification code 312 is located at an end of the projectile bay 311 that faces away from the direction of advancement of the sorting robots 3121, 322, 323, and 324. The index codes 312 are disposed in parallel to the advancing direction of the sorting robots 3121, 322, 323, and 324. The indicator code 312 has a width of 25mm to 35mm and a length of 100mm to 600 m.
In a specific implementation scenario, taking the sorting robots 321 and 322 as an example, the sorting robots 321 and 322 travel on the transportation track 31 in two rows, and pass through the packing supply stations 351 and 352, the packing supply station 351 supplies the sorting robot 321 with the items to be sorted, and the packing supply station 352 supplies the sorting robot 322 with the items to be sorted. The sorting robots 321 and 322 loaded with the items to be sorted continue to run on the transportation rail 31 in two rows, and the robot recognition devices 3314 and 3315 respectively acquire the transportation identification codes of the sorting robots 321 and 322. The robot recognition device 3314 transmits the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 321 to the camera 3312 and triggers the camera 3312. The camera 3312 stores the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 321, acquires the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 321, binds the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 321 with the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the same, and sends the bound transportation identification code and article identification code to the sorting dispatcher 34. Likewise, the robot recognition device 3315 transmits the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 322 to the camera 3313 and triggers the camera 3313. The camera 3313 stores the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 322, acquires the article identification code of the to-be-sorted article loaded by the sorting robot 322, binds the transportation identification code of the sorting robot 322 with the article identification code of the to-be-sorted article loaded by the same, and sends the bound transportation identification code and article identification code to the sorting dispatcher 34.
The sorting scheduling machine 34 obtains the indication identification code 312 of the projectile notch into which the article to be sorted should be sorted according to the received article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 321, and sends the indication identification code 312 to the sorting robot 321. Likewise, the sorting scheduling machine 34 acquires the indication identification code 312 of the throwing piece notch into which the article to be sorted should be sorted according to the received article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot 322, and sends the indication identification code 312 to the sorting robot 322.
When the sorting robots 321 and 322 run to at least one throwing cell 311 in parallel in two rows, the indication mark 312 of each passing throwing cell 311 is scanned, whether the indication mark 312 is the same as the indication mark sent by the sorting dispatching machine 34 is judged, if yes, the article to be sorted is sorted to the throwing cell 311, and if not, the article to be sorted continues to advance and the next throwing cell 311 is scanned.
After the sorting robots 321 and 322 sort the articles to be sorted to the corresponding throwing piece slots 311, a sorting completion notification is sent to the sorting scheduling machine 34, so that the sorting scheduling machine 34 records the sorting. Since the transportation rail 31 is endless, the sorting robots 321 and 322 travel to the supply tables 351 and 352 again to continue the sorting work.
In this implementation scenario, the robot recognition device 3315 obtains the transportation identification code of each sorting robot (321 or 322) by scanning, the sorting robots 321 and 332 obtain the indication identification code 312 by scanning, the recognition speed of the sorting robots 321 and 332 is effectively increased, therefore, the driving speed can reach 3.0m/s and above, and accurate sorting is realized, the work efficiency of the sorting system can be effectively improved, and the efficiency of the sorting system is improved by 35% and above compared with most of the conventional cross belt sorting systems.
According to the description, in the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system, every two sorting robots are arranged in parallel and run on the conveying track, at least one throwing piece lattice opening is arranged on each of two sides of the conveying track, so that the sorting of the sorting robots to the throwing piece lattice openings on two sides of the track can be realized, the efficiency of sorting articles can be effectively improved, and the efficiency is improved by 135% and above compared with that of most of traditional cross belt sorting systems. The robot identification device acquires the transportation identification code of the sorting robot firstly, sends the transportation identification code to the identification camera, the identification camera acquires the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot, the article identification code and the transportation identification code are bound and then sent to the sorting scheduling machine, the article identification code caused by the time delay problem can be effectively prevented from being bound with the error of the sorting robot, and the sorting accuracy is effectively improved.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a logistics system provided by the invention. The logistics system 40 includes at least one high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system 41, wherein the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system 41 is the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system shown in any one of fig. 1 to 3. In other implementation scenarios, a plurality of high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting systems 41 can share one sorting scheduling machine, so as to simultaneously control the plurality of high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting systems 41. It is also possible to share one sorting scheduler with a plurality of logistics systems 40.
In this implementation scenario, the sorting dispatchers of the respective high-speed, high-efficiency intelligent sorting systems 41 communicate with each other. In other embodiments, the logistics system 40 further includes a general dispatcher (not shown), and the sorting dispatchers of the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting systems 41 communicate with the general dispatcher.
According to the description, in the high-speed and high-efficiency intelligent sorting system comprising the logistics system, every two sorting robots are arranged in parallel and run on the transportation track, at least one throwing piece grid is arranged on each of two sides of the transportation track, so that the sorting of the multiple sorting robots to the throwing piece grids on the two sides of the track can be realized, and the efficiency of sorting the articles can be effectively improved.
Compared with the prior art, every two sorting robots run on the conveying track in a double-row and side-by-side mode, and at least one throwing piece grid is arranged on each of two sides of the conveying track, so that the sorting robots can sort to-be-sorted articles into the throwing piece grids on the two sides of the track simultaneously, the article sorting efficiency can be effectively improved, and the efficiency is improved by 135% or more compared with most of traditional cross belt sorting systems. The robot identification device acquires the transportation identification code of the sorting robot firstly, sends the transportation identification code to the identification camera, the identification camera acquires the article identification code of the article to be sorted loaded by the sorting robot, the article identification code and the transportation identification code are bound and then sent to the sorting scheduling machine, the article identification code caused by the time delay problem can be effectively prevented from being bound with the error of the sorting robot, and the sorting accuracy is effectively improved.
The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited by the scope of the appended claims.