Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Mark Julian Podbevsek

Ryan Christopher Gariepy

Matthew Allen Rendall

Simon Drexler

Michael Irvine

Peiyi Chen

Robert Dam

Scott Waters

Patrick William Martinson

Todd Willick

Aaron Gerlach

Vaibhav Kumar Mehta

Amritpal Saini

John Duncan Edwards

Michael O'Driscoll

Aaron Wilson

Arsalan Alim

There is provided an electrically-powered material-transport vehicle having a vehicle-charging contact on one side of the vehicle, and a second vehicle-charging contact on the opposite side of the vehicle. The vehicle has a load-bearing cap that covers the top of the vehicle, and a cap elevator for raising and lowering the cap. The cap can be raised and lowered to a transit position, a payload-engagement position, a charging position, and a maintenance position. In the transit position and payload-engagement position, the cap covers the vehicle-charging contacts so that they are not exposed. In the charging position, the cap is raised so that the vehicle-charging contacts are exposed. The vehicle can enter a charging-dock with the cap in the charging position in order to recharge the vehicle's battery.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for operating and maintaining electrically-powered material-transport vehicles

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.

Variable geometry water vessel

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Brampton, Canada

Mark Julian Podbevsek