Variable path automated guided vehicle

An automatic guidance, vehicle technology, applied in navigation, mapping and navigation, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as floor abrasion, difficulty, misleading AGV guidance path, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-03-04
JERVIS B WEBB INT CO
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This wear can lead to floor abrasion, wear patterns can cause the AGV to be inadvertently misled from the guidance path, or cause difficulties when the AGV deviates from the intended route to avoid obstacles

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[0021] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for guiding an automated guided vehicle (AGV) along a variable path of travel to reduce wear patterns in the floor of a material handling facility.

[0022] exist figure 1 An AGV traveling along a predetermined route 12 in the floor of a materials handling facility is indicated generally at 10 in the drawings. In this example, the AGV 10 includes wheels 14 for traveling along a predetermined route 12 and a frame 16 for housing a load (not shown). It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to AGVs having four wheels, but may also include various other wheel configurations, including, for example, three wheel configurations with one drive wheel and one steer wheel. The frame 16 of the AGV 10 includes a controller 18 which is used in conjunction with the detection system. The frame 16 may incorporate many different features and is not meant to be limited to a flat bed, for example the frame 1...

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An automated guided vehicle and a method of controlling an automated guided vehicle which are capable of varying the travel path of the automatic guided vehicle in order to reduce wear patterns created in the floor of the material handling facility. The travel path of the AGV is varied by intentionally applying a deviation from a selected predetermined route along which the AGV is traveling.

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[0001] Cross-references to related applications [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 764,094, filed February 1, 2006, the entire contents of which are considered part of the disclosure of this application and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety . technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to material handling vehicles, and more particularly to an automated guided vehicle capable of changing its path of travel in order to reduce wear patterns that develop in the floor of a material handling facility. Background technique [0004] Non-autonomous material handling vehicles may include, for example, manually operated fork lift trucks used to transport materials from one location to another within a facility. When transporting materials, such non-autonomous material handling vehicles do not follow the same travel path when traveling on the same route due to human error and operator variability. ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G01C21/00
Inventor 布赖恩·G·斯图尔特
Owner JERVIS B WEBB INT CO
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