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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Oscar Dario Ramos Cantor, Hildesheim, DE;
Sarah Uttendorf, Hannover, DE;
Monique Duengen, Hannover, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A controller, first automated guided vehicle, second automated guided vehicle and methods of guiding a platoon of automated guided vehicles. The method includes providing by the controller a first target position and a first target orientation to the first automated guided vehicle having sensors used for person safety and navigation that is configurable or configured to lead a platoon of automated guided vehicles, and sending by the controller to the second automated guided vehicle not having sensors used for person safety and navigation a command to join the platoon of automated guided vehicles and/or to follow the first automated guided vehicle in the platoon of automated vehicles.