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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Seegrid Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Chun Zhang, Carnegie, PA (US);
Nathan Greco, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Adam Grusky, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bruce Thompson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ed Butina, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Jacob Seal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John Harrold, II, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Young, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Benjamin Schmidt, Wexford, PA (US);
Andrew Tracy, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
SEEGRID CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A transport vehicle, such as a vision guided vehicle, can comprise a drive portion constructed to facilitate movement of the transport vehicle and a load portion constructed to engage an object of interest. The load portion can comprise an object engagement apparatus and at least one sensor coupled to or disposed within a distal end of the object engagement apparatus, wherein the sensor can be at least a 2D sensor. The engagement apparatus can comprise forks, at least one fork having sensor coupled to or disposed within a fork tip. The 2D sensor can comprise a scanning LIDAR sensor arranged to collect information to identify a pickable pallet, for example.