摘要 |
A robotic object handling system (14) and robotic load handling device (30, 50a) for operation thereon is described. The object handling system comprises a number of robotic load handling devices operational on a grid-like structure (20), the structure comprising sets of parallel tracks (22a, 22b), disposed above a hive of stacked bins (10). The bins contain inventory items to be picked by the system. Load handling devices capable of carrying multiple bins of a single grid-spacing size or single bins of a multiple grid spacings are operational on the grid and retrieve and transport bins under the control of a computerised order picking utility. |