Method of material handling with automatic guided vehicles
US9014902B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0295
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) that is capable of providing synchronized travel along a line or path while maintaining a desired takt time such that regular manufacturing operations may be performed to material or workpieces on the vehicle without the need for a traditional conveyor systems.
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