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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Brian G. Stewart, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Brian G. Stewart, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jervis B. Webb Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automated guided vehicle and a method of controlling an automated guided vehicle which are capable of varying the travel path of the automatic guided vehicle in order to reduce wear patterns created in the floor of the material handling facility. The travel path of the AGV is varied by intentionally applying a deviation from a selected predetermined route along which the AGV is traveling.