说到仓储AGV大家一定都知道有一个叫做KIVA机器人的公司，后来被亚马逊收购了。而且KIVA机器人不卖给亚马逊以外的客户。

  想一想就让大家气愤，想买还不卖。随着中国崛起，电商发达了。什么淘宝、京东、苏宁、国美等等电商崛起，都想使用KIVA机器人。但是KIVA多少钱都不卖。

  国内AGV企业也发觉到KIVA这种AGV确实很适合电商模式，工作效率高、单车成本低等等。国内AGV企业开启仿照模式。因此国内很多AGV企业开始设计出自己的仓储AGV。并投入到实际应用中。

  今天咱们不谈仓储AGV的二维码导航技术、也不谈一个AGV控制系统运行多少台AGV，也不说单车运行速度快慢等技术问题。

   我想说说随着国际化，很多国内AGV厂商慢慢地想把仓储AGV出口到国外，因此大家最好研究一下下面的内容，再考虑一下出口。

  亚马逊申请了很多专利

  关于亚马逊在相应国家专利情况。

  USA: Yes, Amazon/Kiva has a very broad patent US 6,895,301 in USA on goods-to-man with rack storage. A deal needs to be made with Amazon to enter the USA market.

  Canada: Unknown

  Europe: There are specific patents, listed below. There are also other Patents pending, which we advice to design around, as well as keeping a watch on, in order to prevent future lawsuits.

  以下是亚马逊KIVA机器人技术专利情况。

  Rack rotation during travelling. EP 2 933 763 A1, EP 2 849 968 A1, CN 104364121 A

  "Second positioning", i.e. if the vehicle is stopping inaccurately, it can reverse a little bit and try again. EP 2 038 716 B1

  Combined the transporting inventory holders with MDUs and conveyance equipment. EP 2 044 495 B8, EP 2 407 845 B2

  The use of three different MDUs for getting an item from an inventory holder to an order holder and then to shipment. EP 2 100 264 A2

  Inventory restocking station or inventory pier. EP 2 904 511 A2, CN 104903921 A

  How a robot places items in a holder and then places a fixed divider to form a bin. WO 2016/064719 A1

  A robot connected to a base tool. WO 2016/130338 A1

  Most likely more...

  看到这里，大家还是好好地研究一下KIVA机器人，否则出口了，很容易遭受法律起诉呀。

  或者你想出口仓储AGV，你首先与KIVA达成协议。