公开(公告)号：US20190187716A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16221098

申请日：2018-12-14

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： Robert CANTRELL ,  Jeff BYRNE ,  Elizabeth FRETHEIM ,  Andrew B. MILLHOUSE ,  Donald R. HIGH ,  Brian MCHALE ,  John J. O'BRIEN

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B62D13/06

CPC classification number: G05D1/0225 ,  B62D13/06 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D2201/02

Abstract: An autonomous system for managing a vehicle storage area includes a control module configured to communicate, via an application program, with an autonomous yard truck. The control module instructs and facilitates the autonomous yard truck to move, dock, and/or store a trailer in the vehicle storage area. The autonomous yard truck includes a cab-less truck having a first end including a first trailer hookup and a second end including a second trailer hookup, a first set of sensors configured to position the autonomous yard truck in the vehicle storage area, a second set of sensors configured to maneuver the trailer, and a third set of sensors configured to prevent the autonomous truck from colliding with an object.