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公开(公告)号：US20190253957A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-15
申请号：US16018211
申请日：2018-06-26
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.
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92.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190062057A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-28
申请号：US16118594
申请日：2018-08-31
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Daniel CANTOR , David William BERGSMA , Kenneth James SHERK , Matthew Kingston BEDARD , Matthew Allen RENDALL , Ryan Christopher GARIEPY
Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for providing smart pick-up and drop-off are presented. The apparatus comprises at least one vertical support member and at least one storage shelf supported by the at least one vertical support member. A payload transfer surface, supported by the vertical support members, is located below the lowest storage shelf. The payload transfer surface has an access channel so that a self-driving material-transport vehicle equipped with a lift appliance can pick up or drop off a payload on the payload transfer surface. A sensor associated with the payload transfer surface senses the presence or absence of a payload on the payload transfer surface, and sends a signal to a fleet-management system in communication with the self-driving material-transport vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20180276604A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-27
申请号：US15936874
申请日：2018-03-27
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS, INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher GARIEPY , Simon DREXLER , Roydyn CLAYTON
IPC: G06Q10/08 , G05B19/418 , G05D1/02
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G05B19/4184 , G05B19/41865 , G05B19/41895 , G05D1/0238 , G05D1/0291 , G05D1/0297 , G05D2201/0216 , Y02P90/28
Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous provision replenishment are disclosed. Parts used in a manufacturing process are stored in an intermediate stock queue. When the parts are consumed by the manufacturing process and the number of parts in the queue falls below a threshold, a provision-replenishment signal is generated. One or more self-driving material-transport vehicles, a fleet-management system, and a provision-notification device.
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公开(公告)号：US20180275681A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-27
申请号：US15936880
申请日：2018-03-27
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS, INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher GARIEPY , Andrew DOBSON , Nir RIKOVITCH , William John Alexander TORRENS , Roydyn CLAYTON
IPC: G05D1/02 , G05B19/418
CPC classification number: G05D1/0291 , G05B19/41895 , G05B2219/50393 , G05D1/0297 , G05D2201/0216 , Y02P90/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for flexible conveyance in an assembly-line or manufacturing process are disclosed. A fleet of self-driving vehicles and a fleet-management system can be used to convey workpieces through a sequence of workstations at which operations are performed in order to produce a finished assembly. An assembly can be transported to a first workstation using a self-driving vehicle, where an operation is performed on the assembly. Subsequently, the assembly can be transported to a second workstation using the self-driving vehicle. The operation can be performed on the assembly while it is being conveyed by the self-driving vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US09016220B2
公开(公告)日：2015-04-28
申请号：US14027790
申请日：2013-09-16
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Patrick William Martinson , Mark Julian Podbevsek , Matthew Allen Rendall , Todd Willick
CPC classification number: B63B7/00 , B63B5/24 , B63B7/02 , B63B2003/085 , B63B2007/003 , B63B2035/008 , B63H11/00 , B63H11/01 , B63H21/17 , B63H2011/008
Abstract: A water vessel having variable geometry is described. The water vessel comprises: a frame; a plurality of hulls coupled to the frame, each one of the plurality of hulls coupled to the frame by a folding mechanism and configured to move, relative to the frame, between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration in which at least one dimension of the water vessel is reduced in respect of the deployed configuration; a plurality of thruster assemblies configured to provide thrust to the water vessel, each one of the plurality of thruster assemblies being coupled to a respective one of the plurality of hulls; and a protective device coupled to a respective one of the plurality of thruster assemblies, the protective device for preventing intake of foreign objects into the respective one of the plurality of thruster assemblies.
Abstract translation: 描述了具有可变几何形状的水容器。 水箱包括：框架; 耦合到所述框架的多个船体，所述多个船体中的每一个通过折叠机构联接到所述框架并且被配置成相对于所述框架在展开构型和收起构型之间移动，其中， 关于部署配置，水箱减少; 多个推进器组件，其构造成向水槽提供推力，多个推进器组件中的每一个联接到多个船体中的相应一个; 以及联接到所述多个推进器组件中的相应一个的保护装置，所述保护装置用于防止异物进入所述多个推进器组件中的相应一个。
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公开(公告)号：US12298146B2
公开(公告)日：2025-05-13
申请号：US17864623
申请日：2022-07-14
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Jason Scharlach , Andrew Clifford Blakey , Simon Drexler , James Dustin Servos
Abstract: Systems and methods for a stand-alone self-driving material-transport vehicle are provided. A method includes: displaying a graphical map on a graphical user-interface device based on a map stored in a storage medium of the vehicle, receiving a navigation instruction based on the graphical map, and navigating the vehicle based on the navigation instruction. As the vehicle navigates, it senses features of an industrial facility using its sensor system, and locates the features relative to the map. Subsequently, the vehicle stores the updated map including the feature on the vehicle's storage medium. The map can then be shared with other vehicles or a fleet-management system.
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97.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20250123636A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-17
申请号：US18989167
申请日：2024-12-20
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher GARIEPY , Matthew Allen RENDALL , Simon DREXLER , Roydyn CLAYTON , Shahab KAYNAMA
IPC: G05D1/693 , B66F9/075 , G05B19/418 , G05D1/223 , G05D1/247
Abstract: There is provided a driver-support system for use with a human-operated material-transport vehicle, and methods for using the same. The system has at least one sensor, a human-vehicle interface, and a transceiver for communicating with a fleet-management system. The system also has a processor that is configured to provide a mapping application and a localization application based on information received from the sensor. The mapping application and localization application may be provided in a single localization-and-mapping (“SLAM”) application, which may obtain input from the sensor, for example, when the sensor is an optical sensor such as a LIDAR or video camera.
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公开(公告)号：US12099368B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-24
申请号：US17574981
申请日：2022-01-13
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Smriti Chopra , Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Shahab Kaynama , Pavel Bovbel , Andrei Petru Ionescu , Jason Mercer
CPC classification number: G05D1/0293 , G05D1/0297 , G07C5/008 , H04W4/44 , H04W4/46 , H04L67/12 , H04W4/02 , H04W4/023 , H04W4/027
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing inter-vehicle communication are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a fleet management system, operating data from one or more self-driving vehicles via a communication network, and operating the fleet management system to determine a characteristic of a set of vehicles of one or more self-driving vehicles satisfies at least one communication condition. In response to determining the set of vehicles satisfies the at least one communication condition, the fleet management system can operate to select a stored data portion from a manager storage unit based at least on the characteristic of the set of vehicles; and transmit the data portion to the set of vehicles via the communication network. A method of providing inter-vehicle communication between one or more self-driving vehicles is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US12073357B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US18096647
申请日：2023-01-13
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Simon Drexler , Roydyn Clayton
IPC: G06F7/00 , G05B19/418 , G05D1/00 , G06Q10/087
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G05B19/4184 , G05B19/41865 , G05B19/41895 , G05D1/0238 , G05D1/0291 , G05D1/0297 , Y02P90/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous provision replenishment are disclosed. Parts used in a manufacturing process are stored in an intermediate stock queue. When the parts are consumed by the manufacturing process and the number of parts in the queue falls below a threshold, a provision-replenishment signal is generated. One or more self-driving material-transport vehicles, a fleet-management system, and a provision-notification device.
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公开(公告)号：US20240270240A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-15
申请号：US18645748
申请日：2024-04-25
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Yvan Geoffrey Rodrigues , Matthew Lord , Ivor Wanders , Jason Mercer , James Servos , Roydyn Clayton
IPC: B60W30/09 , B60W30/165 , G01C21/34 , G01C21/36
CPC classification number: B60W30/09 , B60W30/165 , G01C21/343 , G01C21/3667
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for operating one or more self-driving vehicles. In some embodiments, the self-driving vehicles may include a vehicle processor being operable to: control the vehicle to navigate an operating environment in an initial vehicle navigation mode; monitor for one or more trigger conditions indicating a possible change for the vehicle navigation mode; detect a trigger condition; determine a prospective vehicle navigation mode associated with the detected trigger condition; determine whether to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode; and in response to determining to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, adjust one or more vehicle attributes corresponding to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, otherwise continue to operate the vehicle in the initial vehicle navigation mode.
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