Autonomous mobile machine, method for controlling autonomous mobile machine, and controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flat boards used for transporting multiple objects are inflexible, require fixed docking sites, and have non-adjustable height, leading to reduced transportation efficiency and difficulty in maintenance.
Innovation Solution
An autonomous mobile machine comprising a mobile carrier with a frame, platform, and sensors, equipped with telescoping components and wheel assemblies, allowing flexible movement and adjustable height for efficient object transfer and transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fixed docking sites are used for transporting multiple objects, then transportation stability is improved, but transportation efficiency and flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the static fixed docking site into a dynamic mobile docking station. The mobile carrier with telescoping components can move to different locations and adjust its position dynamically, allowing the system to maintain transportation stability while gaining the flexibility and efficiency of movable docking points throughout the workspace.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile carrier serves multiple functions: it acts as a transportation platform, a movable docking station, and a height-adjustable support structure. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for multiple fixed docking sites while maintaining transportation reliability, thereby improving overall transportation efficiency.
2Reliability
If fixed docking sites are used for transporting multiple objects, then docking stability is improved, but adaptability to different locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile carrier with telescoping components provides dynamic positioning capability, allowing the docking point to be relocated to different positions while maintaining stable docking through active position control and telescoping adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile carrier acts as an intermediary between the fixed infrastructure and the objects needing transportation. It provides a stable docking interface that can be positioned at various locations, thereby decoupling the stability requirement from fixed locations and enabling adaptability to different docking points.
3Device complexity
If non-adjustable height platforms are used, then structural simplicity is improved, but transportation compatibility and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The telescoping components provide height adjustability through mechanical extension and retraction, allowing the platform to adapt to different docking heights and object positions. This dynamic height adjustment maintains structural relative simplicity while dramatically improving transportation compatibility and efficiency.
4Device complexity
If manual operation is used for transporting multiple objects, then system simplicity is improved, but labor intensity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile carrier is equipped with sensors and autonomous navigation capabilities that enable it to perform self-positioning, self-docking, and self-adjustment operations. This self-service capability reduces the need for manual intervention while maintaining system relative simplicity, thereby significantly reducing time consumption for transporting multiple objects.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system provides real-time feedback on the carrier's position, the objects to be transported, and the docking status. This feedback enables autonomous decision-making and adjustment, reducing manual operation requirements and time consumption while keeping the control system relatively simple through intelligent algorithms.
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AI summary
A mobile carrier includes a controller, the controller executing program instructions to implement operations including moving the mobile carrier to move toward a target, wherein a first mobile vehicle and a second mobile vehicle are stacked on the mobile carrier; lifting the second mobile vehicle away from the first mobile vehicle; and placing the second mobile vehicle down to a predetermined location after the first mobile vehicle moves away from the mobile carrier.