Design and Development of Robot For Stacking In Warehouse (Inspired By Squid Robot)

Abstract

The stacking robot is one of the most important pieces of automated warehouse equipment, as well as the primary means of cargo access. The control system, measurement and servo system, and mechanical system are the three basic components of a stacking robot. With the advancement of computer control technology and logistical storage technology, the stacker has become increasingly popular, and its technical performance is improving. Warehouse stacking Robot (Squid Bot) serves the purpose of picking a package and then stacking it at the destined place along the aisle. The main purpose of the Squid bot is to work in a way that it will replace the human need to go and fetch the required package. With the introduction of squid bot into the warehouses, the production will be increased ten folds because these robots can work nonstop 24/7 without any hindrance. In a warehouse, there is actually a fleet of squid robots that work in coordination with each other that there is almost negligible chance of the robots crashing in to each other. Each squid has a sensor in front of it to detect the other nearby squids. If two or more squids are in queue, the squid has such an intelligence that it will wait for the preceding squids to climb and fetch the package, then it will climb the rail and perform the desired function. ANSYS software was used to determine the suitable needed for the fabrication of our prototype of squid. The body of the bot is made up of galvanized steel of 18 gauge due to its strength and inexpensiveness. As the bot weight will be up to 10 kg, 24 volt DC wiper motors are being used to move the bot on the rail with the help of spur gears attached to them. The Spur gear works as wheels. The material for rail is galvanized steel. Thorough calculations and analysis were done to check the feasibility of the squid bot. The design is four-wheeler bot having two plastic wheels attached on the inside of each spur gear and two swivel ball caster wheels on the back of the bot, so that bot can move on ground using the IR sensor.