公开(公告)号：US20220281494A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17684552

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： Joseph Aubin ,  Alan Grant ,  William J. Fosnight ,  Frederick M. Morgan ,  Karl Koch ,  Michael Chesna

IPC: B61H11/00

Abstract: An automated order fulfillment facility including one or more rows of storage locations for storing totes or other containers, mobile robots configured to move along and/or between rails to transfer the totes or other containers to and from the storage locations, and an energy absorbing mechanical guard mounted at a point along the rails to block or stop a runaway mobile robot. The energy absorbing mechanical guard may be configured to stop mobile robots traveling at a maximum rate of speed for the mobile robots, without damaging the mobile robots.