Transport system with protruding portions
A transport system is a transport system in which an autonomous mobile robot transports an object. The autonomous mobile robot includes a mounting portion on which the object is mounted. The mounting portion includes a guide that engages with the object and regulates a moving direction of the object on a surface of the mounting portion to a predetermined direction.
1. A transport system comprising:
a container; and
an autonomous mobile robot configured to transport the container, the autonomous mobile robot including a mounting portion on which the container is configured to be mounted, the mounting portion including a guide that engages with the container mounted on the mounting portion and regulates a moving direction of the container on a surface of the mounting portion to a predetermined direction, the guide being a groove extending in the predetermined direction on an upper surface of the mounting portion, wherein
the container includes a first protruding portion corresponding to a shape of the groove, the first protruding portion being provided on a bottom surface of the container so as to pass through a center of the bottom surface, and a hole being provided on a bottom surface of the first protruding portion, and
the autonomous mobile robot includes a second protruding portion that is protrudable upward on an upper surface of the mounting portion, the autonomous mobile robot being configured to make the second protruding portion protrude on the upper surface of the mounting portion and insert the second protruding portion into the hole, wherein the autonomous mobile robot includes:
an arm including a shaft with the second protruding portion provided on the shaft;
a motor; and
a processor configured to control the motor to rotate the shaft to insert the second protruding portion into the hole provided in the first protruding portion of the container and pull the container onto the autonomous mobile robot.
2. The transport system according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the groove along the predetermined direction has a shape protruding outward in a width direction above an upper end of the groove.
3. The transport system according to claim 1 , wherein
the mounting portion includes a recessed portion extending in the predetermined direction on each side of the groove, and
the container includes a leg on each side of the first protruding portion on the bottom surface of the container, each leg corresponding to a shape of the recessed portion.