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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Autostore Technology As, Nedre Vats, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0244 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system is configured to follow a set route on a track being laid out in the automated storage and retrieval system and having one or more track features. The vehicle includes a first set of wheels capable of moving the vehicle in a first direction; a second set of wheels capable of moving the vehicle in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of sensors attached to the vehicle and configured to detect track features and to measure a distance to a track feature while the vehicle is moving in the first direction or the second direction.