Automatic traveling vehicle and storage facility thereof
US11927958B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/81
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic traveling vehicle includes a vehicle structure including a first top plate, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a storage mode when a storage execution condition is satisfied. The storage mode includes a storage posture formation process of causing the vehicle to automatically travel so as to take a predetermined storage posture together with a counterpart automatic traveling vehicle. In the storage posture, the vehicle is in a superposition state in which the vehicle overlaps with the counterpart vehicle in a plan view, or a parallel state in which the vehicle is lined up with the counterpart vehicle while the first top plate and a second top plate of the counterpart vehicle are standing and facing each other so as to be parallel to or substantially parallel to a vertical direction.
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