Automated guided vehicle, system comprising a computer and an automated guided vehicle, method of planning a virtual track, and method of operating an automated guided vehicle

US9410811B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KUKA Roboter GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Patrick Pfaff · Augsburg, DE
• Bjorn Klein · Friedberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an automated guided vehicle, a system with a computer and an automated guided vehicle, a method of planning a virtual track and a method of operating an automated guided vehicle. The automated guided vehicle is to move automatically along a virtual track within an environment from a start point to an end point. The environment comprises sections connecting the start point the end point, and the intermediate point. A graph is assigned to the environment.