- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle for pushing feed, methods and systems thereof
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Application No.: US16171900Application Date: 2018-10-26
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Publication No.: US10558223B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Francis Leclair , Pascal Leclerc , Marc-Antoine Durand , Richard Fleurent , Marjolaine Marcotte , Yvon Therrien , Jean-Pierre Malleret , Kevin Rousseau , Victor Rousseau , Martin Rousseau , Claude Beauregard
- Applicant: ROVIBEC INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Nicolet
- Assignee: ROVIBEC INC.
- Current Assignee: ROVIBEC INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Nicolet
- Agency: Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l.
- Priority: CA2983986 20171026
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; A01K1/10 ; A01K5/02

Abstract:
There is provided an autonomous vehicle for pushing feed lying on a floor, comprising a frame; a skirt rotatably connected to the frame, wherein a bottom portion of the skirt continuously contacts the floor to push the feed. The vehicle comprises a sensor assembly for detecting a magnetic field emitted from a magnetic guiding element inserted in the floor and a control unit mounted for directing rotation of the skirt and for guiding the vehicle along a predetermined path formed by the magnetic guiding element. Also provided is an autonomous vehicle with a skirt drive mechanism mounted to the frame for driving rotation of the skirt, and an autonomous vehicle comprising a prism-shaped skirt rotatably connected to the frame. There is also provided methods for installing a magnetically guided autonomous vehicle and for pushing feed using an autonomous vehicle, as well as systems and kits comprising said vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190129443A1 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR PUSHING FEED, METHODS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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