Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Robert Dam

Ryan Christopher Gariepy

Roydyn Clayton

Andrew Dobson

Jesse Tebbs

Matthew Allen Rendall

Simon Drexler

Michael Irvine

Peiyi Chen

Mark Julian Podbevsek

Scott Waters

Aaron Wilson

Aaron Gerlach

Vaibhav Kumar Mehta

Amritpal Saini

Michael O'Driscoll

John Duncan Edwards

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

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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Robert Dam