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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Ryuya Murakami, Hinocho, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article transport facility includes one or more rails which include one or more portions in which a travel path is curved, and an article transport vehicle configured to travel along the one or more rails to transport an article. The article transport vehicle includes a guided portion configured to be in contact with the one or more rails to be guided thereby, an obstacle detection sensor configured to detect an obstacle in a detection area which is set to be located ahead of the article transport vehicle, and a setting portion configured to changeably set the detection area. The setting portion is configured to change the detection area depending on an in-contact-rail shape which is a shape of one or more portions of the one or more rails that the guided portion is in contact with.