Patent ID: 8554643

Claim:
Equipment to stack palletless packages by a variable size of each package on racks in a warehouse and subsequently for retrieving the packages from the racks, and to control logistics of the stacked packages, said equipment comprising: a rack unit in a warehouse, a data system, at least one reception and delivery station which includes detectors of a package, and a communication arrangement to the data system, an overhead rail system of the warehouse, a moving robot which moves on the overhead rail system and which stacks and retrieves packages relative to the rack unit, the stacking and retrieving robot including moving equipment for movement on rails of the rail system, locating equipment to locate the moving robot on a selected rail, an encapsulating upper part and a goods transporting lower part, wherein in a protected position the upper part encapsulates the lower part together with any package thereon, lifting equipment which, relative to the upper part, selectively lets down the goods transporting part to different rack levels and lifts up the goods transporting part to the protected position, a transfer device in the lower part which moves a package thereon selectively onto the lower part or away from the lower part, and a lock which locks at least a bottom and sides of a package receiving space of the lower part when the lower part is lifted to the protected position in the upper part.