Patent ID: 11912505
Assignee: TGW LOGISTICS GROUP GMBH
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 25:
26. A picking system for picking goods, comprising:
an order processing computer to acquire a picking order and to determine ordered goods which are required for the picking order;
a goods acceptance zone and a goods transfer zone;
a storage zone with a plurality of storage areas for storing the goods;
a plurality of areas including a first area and a second area;
groups of autonomous conveying vehicles assigned to the plurality of areas, said groups including a first group of autonomous conveying vehicles assigned to the first area, wherein at least one autonomous conveying vehicle from the first area is configured for transporting the goods from the goods acceptance zone to the storage zone or to transport the ordered goods from the storage zone to the goods transfer zone, and a second group of autonomous conveying vehicles assigned to the second area, wherein at least one autonomous conveying vehicle from the second area is configured for transporting the ordered goods from the storage zone to the goods transfer zone or to transport the goods from the goods acceptance zone to the storage zone;
a control adapted for co-ordinating the autonomous conveying vehicles such that:
the autonomous conveying vehicles assigned to the first group in operation travel distances and are deployed to travel in an area other than the first area no more than 10% of the distances traveled by the autonomous conveying vehicles of the plurality of groups; and
the autonomous conveying vehicles assigned to the second group in operation travel distances and are deployed to travel in an area other than the second area no more than 10% of the distances traveled by the autonomous conveying vehicles of the plurality of groups;

wherein the first group of autonomous conveying vehicles have a first design, and the second group of autonomous conveying vehicles have a second design, and
wherein the second design is different from the first design.