Autonomous Traveling Apparatus Boom Position Speed Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous traveling apparatuses with booms face safety issues when traveling at high speeds or lifting booms to high positions, as they can become unstable and prone to overturning, limiting their ability to safely monitor obstacles on high or opposite sides of partitions.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an autonomous traveling control system that limits the traveling parameters based on the boom's position, using a state control portion to adjust velocity limits and prohibit travel when the boom is at its highest position, ensuring safe operation and continuous monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the autonomous traveling apparatus travels at high speed, then productivity is improved, but stability deteriorates and the apparatus may overturn
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic speed limitation based on boom position. The autonomous traveling control portion adjusts the maximum allowable traveling speed according to the current boom position, allowing higher speeds when the boom is in stable positions and reducing speeds when the boom is elevated, thus maintaining stability while optimizing productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The state control portion continuously monitors the boom position and provides feedback to the autonomous traveling control portion, which then adjusts the speed limits accordingly. This closed-loop control ensures that traveling speed is always appropriate for the current operational state
2Adaptability or versatility
If the boom is lifted to high position for monitoring, then monitoring capability is improved, but stability deteriorates and the apparatus may overturn
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts traveling speed limits based on boom position. When the boom is lifted to high positions for monitoring, the maximum traveling speed is reduced or travel is prohibited, allowing the apparatus to maintain monitoring capability while preventing instability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the traveling parameter (speed limit) based on the boom position parameter. The autonomous traveling control portion stores and applies different speed limits corresponding to different boom positions, enabling the system to adapt traveling parameters to maintain stability while achieving monitoring objectives
3Adaptability or versatility
If the apparatus is designed to lift the boom for monitoring high obstacles, then adaptability is improved, but safety deteriorates due to overturning risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control where the autonomous traveling control portion adjusts speed limits in real-time based on boom position. This allows the apparatus to safely operate in various configurations, maintaining both adaptability for monitoring high obstacles and reliability through automated safety constraints
Solution Approach 2:
The state control portion provides continuous feedback on boom position to the autonomous traveling control portion, which automatically adjusts traveling parameters to prevent unsafe operations. This feedback mechanism ensures that the apparatus can adapt to different monitoring needs while maintaining safety through automated control
Data Source
AI summary
An autonomous traveling apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; an autonomous traveling control portion which causes the apparatus main body to autonomously travel with a designated traveling parameter; a boom provided on the apparatus main body; a lifting and lowering control portion which lifts and lowers a position of one end of the boom to a designated height on the apparatus main body; and a state control portion which controls the autonomous traveling control portion so that the traveling parameter is limited based on the position of the one end of the boom or controls the lifting and lowering control portion so that the position of the one end of the boom is limited based on the traveling parameter. With such a configuration, provided is the autonomous traveling apparatus capable of safely performing autonomous traveling, and lifting and lowering of the one end of the boom.