STAIR CLIMBING ROBOTIC VEHICLE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240034117A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17815837

    申请日:2022-07-28

    摘要: The disclosure generally pertains to a robotic vehicle. An example robotic vehicle has a base platform that includes at least a chassis, an actuator, a sensor, and a controller. The chassis includes a first wheel that is attached to a first section of the chassis and further includes a second wheel attached to a second section of the chassis. The actuator has a proximal end attached to the first section of the chassis and a distal end attached to the second section of the chassis. The sensor is configured to obtain information associated with a stair structure located on a traversal path of the robotic vehicle. The controller evaluates the information obtained by the sensor and operates the actuator to vary a separation distance between the first section of the chassis and the second section of the chassis so as to enable the robotic vehicle to traverse the stair structure.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE MOVEMENT IN A PARKING LOT

    公开(公告)号:US20240294087A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18177984

    申请日:2023-03-03

    IPC分类号: B60L53/65 B60L53/35 G08G1/14

    摘要: A method includes obtaining parking lot data associated with the parking lot, where the parking lot data indicates an availability of a plurality of parking spaces of the parking lot and obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, where the vehicle data includes one or more physical characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, one or more electrical charging characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, or a combination thereof. The method includes dynamically defining one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot based on the vehicle data and the parking lot data and controlling a movement of the plurality of vehicles via the exit lane, the entry lane, and the one or more charging lanes based on the vehicle data and the one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot.

    Modular autonomous robot distributed control

    公开(公告)号:US11951627B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17540946

    申请日:2021-12-02

    摘要: A distributed control system for an autonomous modular robot (AMR) vehicle includes a top module processor disposed in communication with a lower module processor, and memory for storing executable instructions of the top module processor and the lower module processor. The instructions are executable to cause the top module processor and the lower module processor to navigate a bottom module, via the bottom module processor, the AMR vehicle to a target destination. The instructions are further executable to determine, via the bottom module processor, that the AMR vehicle is localized at a target destination, transmit a request for a cargo unloading instruction set, and receive, via a top module processor, a response to a cargo unloading instruction set sent from the bottom module processor. The instructions further cause the top module processor to unload the cargo to a target destination surface via an unloading mechanism associated with the top module.

    NOVEL CONTAINER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED END-TO-END PACKAGE DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20220297939A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17207369

    申请日:2021-03-19

    IPC分类号: B65G1/137 B65G67/04 B65G67/24

    摘要: Disclosed is an end-to-end delivery system that uses standard containers designed for autonomous vehicle (AV) goods delivery, a purpose-built AV cargo management system, a purpose-built robot to load and unload packages, and software to coordinate the various tasks involved. The standard containers may include a hardware locking interface for locking to a carrying robot. The cargo management system may include a programmable conveyor system installed on each floor of a multi-floor cargo space within the AV. For example, the floor may include a roller surface to allow omnidirectional routing of packages. An elevator shaft may be used for receiving and off-loading containers. The software may identify a target container anywhere within the multi-floor cargo space, and determine how to rearrange the containers within a grid in the AV so that the target container may be moved to the elevator shaft for unloading.