Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag

Andrew Dobson

Ryan Christopher Gariepy

Roydyn Clayton

Nir Rikovitch

William John Alexander Torrens

Joshua Marshall

Robert Dam

Jesse Tebbs

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.

Systems and methods for flexible manufacturing using self-driving vehicles

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.

Control augmentation apparatus and method for automated guided vehicles

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Kitchener, Canada

Andrew Dobson