Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable path automated guided vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 可变路径自动导引车
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Application No.: US11669612Application Date: 2007-01-31
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Publication No.: US07991521B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Brian G. Stewart
- Applicant: Brian G. Stewart
- Applicant Address: US MI Farmington Hills
- Assignee: Jervis B. Webb Company
- Current Assignee: Jervis B. Webb Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Farmington Hills
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G01C22/00

Abstract:
An automated guided vehicle and a method of controlling an automated guided vehicle which are capable of varying the travel path of the automatic guided vehicle in order to reduce wear patterns created in the floor of the material handling facility. The travel path of the AGV is varied by intentionally applying a deviation from a selected predetermined route along which the AGV is traveling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070179690A1 VARIABLE PATH AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2007-08-02
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