公开(公告)号：US20240329663A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18704054

申请日：2021-11-10

申请人： LexxPluss, Inc.

发明人： Masaya ASO

IPC分类号： G05D1/85 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/246 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G05D107/70

CPC分类号： G05D1/857 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/2462 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： A conveyance system comprising a conveyance vehicle that conveys an object to be conveyed and a control device that controls operation of the conveyance vehicle, wherein the conveyance vehicle includes a guide line detecting unit that detects a guide line laid along a travel route; a travel controlling unit that makes the conveyance vehicle travel along the guide line; and an own conveyance vehicle position estimating unit that estimates a position of an own conveyance vehicle; and the control device includes a recording unit that records map information including position information of the guide line; and makes the conveyance vehicle travel to the guide line in the map information, when the position of the own conveyance vehicle estimated by the own conveyance vehicle estimating unit is more than a predetermined distance away from the position of the guide line in the map information.

公开(公告)号：US20240319750A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18615252

申请日：2024-03-25

申请人： University of South Florida

发明人： Zixiang NIE ,  Kwang-Cheng Chen

IPC分类号： G05D1/698 ,  G05D1/644 ,  G05D1/667 ,  G05D101/15 ,  G05D107/70

CPC分类号： G05D1/6983 ,  G05D1/644 ,  G05D1/667 ,  G05D2101/15 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： A system and methods for operating a multi-robot system (MRS) are disclosed. An example method can include receiving at least one transportation task; determining an optimal path for executing the at least one transportation task based at least in part on: (i) one or more transportation task parameters, (ii) a shared global critic function accessible to the first robot and the at least one additional robot, and (iii) a local critic function unique to the first robot; and executing the at least one transportation task in accordance with the determined optimal path.

公开(公告)号：US20240272642A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18643238

申请日：2024-04-23

申请人： IHI Corporation

发明人： Mai EMOTO

IPC分类号： G05D1/246 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G05D111/10 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC分类号： G05D1/246 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G05D2107/70 ,  G05D2111/17

摘要： A self-location estimation device includes a map information acquisition unit, an environmental information acquisition unit, and a self-location estimation unit. The map information acquisition unit is configured to acquire map information in a storage facility generated based on shape information of an object and storage status information of the object in the storage facility. The environmental information acquisition unit is configured to acquire environmental information of surroundings. The self-location estimation unit is configured to estimate a self-location based on the map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit and the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240264587A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18425037

申请日：2024-01-29

申请人： TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Keigo IKEDA ,  Daiki YOKOYAMA

IPC分类号： G05B19/418 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L58/13 ,  G05B19/406 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/644 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G05D109/10

CPC分类号： G05B19/41875 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L58/13 ,  G05B19/406 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/644 ,  G05B2219/31004 ,  G05B2219/31457 ,  G05D2107/70 ,  G05D2109/10

摘要： A system used in a factory for manufacture of a vehicle comprises: a remote controller remotely controlling running of the vehicle capable of running in the factory during a course of manufacture in the factory, the vehicle including a communication device having a communication function for remote control and a secondary battery for running; a power feeder available for charging the secondary battery; a manufacturing status acquisition unit acquiring information about a manufacturing status in the factory; and a feeding judgment unit judging whether to feed the vehicle using the acquired information about the manufacturing status. When the feeding judgment unit judges that the vehicle is to be fed, the vehicle is fed using the power feeder.

公开(公告)号：US20240231375A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18278204

申请日：2022-02-22

申请人： Universal Field Robots Pty Ltd

发明人： Jeffrey James Sterling

IPC分类号： G05D1/243 ,  G05D1/246 ,  G05D1/248 ,  G05D101/20 ,  G05D105/05 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G05D111/10 ,  G05D111/20 ,  G05D111/30 ,  G05D111/63

CPC分类号： G05D1/2435 ,  G05D1/2462 ,  G05D1/248 ,  G05D2101/20 ,  G05D2105/05 ,  G05D2107/70 ,  G05D2111/17 ,  G05D2111/20 ,  G05D2111/30 ,  G05D2111/64

摘要： An automated vehicle comprising:



a control unit configured to control movement of the automated vehicle to a location adjacent an estimated location of a drill hole;
a scanning portion including one or more scanning devices configured to scan an area of terrain in the vicinity of the estimated location of the drill hole in order to determine an actual location of the drill hole, and to generate a point cloud representing at least a portion of the interior of the drill hole;
at least one arm associated with the scanning portion, the at least one arm configured to move the scanning portion between a home position and one or more scanning positions; and
an end effector associated with the at least one arm, the end effector being configured to perform one or more operations;

wherein, upon generating the point cloud, the at least one arm is configured, based on the point cloud, to position the end effector in substantial alignment with the drill hole so that the end effector can perform the one or more operations.

公开(公告)号：US20240160223A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18510136

申请日：2023-11-15

申请人： Gideon Brothers d.o.o.

发明人： Josip Cesic ,  Kruno Lenac ,  Tonci Novkovic ,  Luka Pevec

IPC分类号： G05D1/246 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G05D1/69 ,  G05D105/80 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G05D111/10 ,  G05D111/63 ,  G06V10/82

CPC分类号： G05D1/2462 ,  G05D1/646 ,  G05D1/69 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G05D2105/87 ,  G05D2107/70 ,  G05D2111/10 ,  G05D2111/65

摘要： A system and method are described that provide for mapping features of a warehouse environment having improved workflow. In one example of the system/method of the present invention, a mapping robot is navigated through a warehouse environment, and sensors of the mapping robot collect geospatial data as part of a mapping mode. A Frontend N block of a map framework may be responsible for reading and processing the geospatial data from the sensors of the mapping robot, as well as various other functions. The data may be stored in a keyframe object at a keyframe database. A Backend block of the map framework may be useful for detecting loop constraints, building submaps, optimizing a pose graph using keyframe data from one or more trajectory blocks, and/or various other functions.

公开(公告)号：US20240134365A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US18395849

申请日：2023-12-26

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： Fabian Oboril ,  Cornelius Buerkle ,  Priyanka Mudgal ,  Frederik Pasch ,  Syed Qutub ,  Kay-Ulrich Scholl

IPC分类号： G05B19/418 ,  G05D1/698 ,  G05D107/70

CPC分类号： G05B19/41895 ,  G05D1/698 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： A system, including: a communication interface operable to receive sensor data related to a state of an object; object state estimation processor circuitry operable to estimate, based on the sensor data, a prospective probability of a degradation of the state of the object; and cobot fleet control processor circuitry operable to generate a command for either a transport cobot operable to transport the object, or another actor, to take proactive action to mitigate the prospective probability of the degradation of the state of the object.

公开(公告)号：US20240361776A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18767492

申请日：2024-07-09

申请人： Crown Equipment Corporation

发明人： Ryan Estep ,  Justin Bennett ,  Mike Etienne Ciholas ,  Ben Morelli ,  Chad Lefeld ,  Trisha Marie Luthman

IPC分类号： G05D1/242 ,  B66F9/06 ,  B66F9/075 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/10 ,  G05D1/24 ,  G05D1/243 ,  G05D1/69 ,  G05D105/80 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G08G1/16 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q5/25 ,  H04B1/7163

CPC分类号： G05D1/242 ,  B66F9/063 ,  B66F9/0755 ,  G01S5/0284 ,  G01S5/10 ,  G05D1/24 ,  G05D1/2437 ,  G05D1/69 ,  G07C5/0825 ,  G08G1/163 ,  H01Q1/1221 ,  H01Q5/25 ,  H04B1/7163 ,  G05D2105/93 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： According to the embodiments described herein, system and methods for determining relative pose of materials handling vehicles in an industrial environment may include utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array systems respectively mounted on the materials handling vehicles to send mutually received information to determine the relative pose between the vehicles, determining one or more fields of each materials handling vehicle, and determining one or more overlapping fields between the materials handling vehicles based on the determined one or more fields and the relative pose. A vehicle control may be implemented based on the determined relative pose and the overlapping fields as a field enforcement, such as a control action to avoid collision between the vehicles.

公开(公告)号：US20240329661A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18621399

申请日：2024-03-29

申请人： MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC.

发明人： Michael Thomas Fleming ,  Robertus Arnoldus Adrianus Schmit

IPC分类号： G05D1/698 ,  B65G47/46 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D101/00 ,  G05D105/28 ,  G05D107/70 ,  G06Q10/083

CPC分类号： G05D1/6987 ,  B65G47/46 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  B65G2203/0241 ,  G05D2101/22 ,  G05D2105/28 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles (“SDVs”) configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loading area includes a plurality of zones, with each zone corresponding to one or more chutes of the sorter. The control subsystem includes a controller, which is operably connected to the SDVs, and which selectively communicates instructions to dispatch SDVs to transport and replace totes in the loading area as they become filled to the predetermined capacity. A method for loading and transporting parcels in a sorting facility including a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20240329659A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18597048

申请日：2024-03-06

申请人： SICK AG

发明人： Frank BÖHLER

IPC分类号： G05D1/622 ,  B66F9/06 ,  G05D1/242 ,  G05D1/243 ,  G05D1/656 ,  G05D107/70

CPC分类号： G05D1/622 ,  B66F9/063 ,  G05D1/242 ,  G05D1/2435 ,  G05D1/665 ,  G05D2107/70

摘要： The present invention relates to an automated guided vehicle for transporting and placing a load, comprising a primary environmental sensor and at least one secondary environmental sensor, wherein the transport vehicle is configured, first, using the primary environmental sensor, to detect a drop-off location for the load and the region between the drop-off location and the transport vehicle and to check said drop-off location and said region for obstacles; if no obstacle is recognized, to travel to the drop-off location; during the journey to the drop-off location, to check the route and the drop-off location for obstacles using the secondary environmental sensor.