Machinery - Automated warehouse

[Mr Jos]

Here is my improved LEGO Technic automatic warehouse,

 

The racks are modular and more can be added to make it longer/higher.

The crane, high speeds are possible when driving/lifting because no gears/gear racks are being used.

The input/output chain conveyors.

The input/output roller conveyors with corner transferring the boxes.

Overview of basic warehouse.

The 2 conveyor bricks are programmed with Python, crane still with standard EV3 software EV3-G (might get upgrade as well soon). All 3 bricks communicate with bluetooth. Brick with the HMI 'Human-Machine-Interface' is the masterbrick, sending the commands for the crane in manual/automatic/off mode separately for input/output. And updating/storing the WMS 'Warehouse-management-system' online/offline. Boxes can be manually added/removed from the WMS if needed.

Next step will be writing a HMI on the second brick for adjusting live parameters. (Extra racks in height/length, x/y positions for the crane adjusting few mm's). And fixing a few bugs with the "Box info".

Feel free to give feedback on things that could be improved.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Mr Jos
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[chlego]

It's very ingenious, well done! BWT: Shouldn't this go into the Mindstorms section?

Again: great work!

[Mr Jos]

I put it here as it is about the working/movement of the technic machine. For the programming part I already went to the mindstorms section (because I just started 2weeks ago for the first time ever programming Python), but I think that section is more about the programming languages and coding. But if needed it may be moved.

And here is one more render to see what only is needed to make the storage locations bigger;

This adds place for 6 more boxes [16x48]. Exactly 3 of these can be build on a 48x48 baseplate.

[JintaiZ]

Incredible!!

[Newest_Tech320]

Awesome!!!

[WesternOutlaw]

Wow!  The work that must have gone into this is incredible.  This takes LEGO to a much higher level.  Just amazing!

[m00se]

Great work! I especially like the mechanism on the crane to pick up / drop the containers sideways.

[Mr Jos]

On 11/16/2020 at 8:27 PM, m00se said:

Great work! I especially like the mechanism on the crane to pick up / drop the containers sideways.

Thanks, I tried making it as small dual forks for Europallets. But this fork was the smallest I could make (8x16 Tile plate as top) as motor+sensor+guidings+chains all need to be in it to work, and being able to extend 125% outside of the crane base. In real life these big plate-forks are usually 2 small forks connected together with a top plate. Used for moving from chain conveyor to chain conveyor or rack in the length.

For those who haven't seen these kind of 'Technic'. The installation is based on a project I did on a little bigger scale then LEGO. If you watch good you can see me walking around.

The rack got a little longer and few stickers applied.

 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by Mr Jos
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[m00se]

Just an idea: you could make it into a "game" where you get a certain beginning situation (like red pallet in slot A3, blue in B1 etc.) and an ending situation that you have to achieve with minimum amount of movements possible.