Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Michael O'Driscoll

Ryan Christopher Gariepy

Matthew Allen Rendall

Simon Drexler

Michael Irvine

Peiyi Chen

Robert Dam

Scott Waters

Mark Julian Podbevsek

Aaron Gerlach

Vaibhav Kumar Mehta

Amritpal Saini

John Duncan Edwards

Arsalan Alim

Aaron Wilson

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

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Waterloo, Canada

Michael O'Driscoll