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- Patent Title: Control augmentation apparatus and method for automated guided vehicles
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Application No.: US15429222Application Date: 2017-02-10
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Publication No.: US10662045B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Andrew Dobson , Jesse Tebbs , Robert Dam , Roydyn Clayton
- Applicant: Clearpath Robotics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Kitchener
- Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
- Current Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kitchener
- Agency: Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l.
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B66F9/06 ; B66F9/075

Abstract:
An augmentation module is described for an automated guided vehicle (AGV) deployed in a facility and including a control module for controlling a drive mechanism based on navigational data received from a navigation sensor. The module includes a inter-module communications interface connected to the control module; a memory; and a processor connected to the communications interface and the memory. The processor is configured to: obtain an operational command; generate control data to execute the operational command; convert the control data to simulated sensor data; and send the simulated sensor data to the control module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170233231A1 CONTROL AUGMENTATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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