A work vehicle capable of autonomously moving in a work area, the work vehicle including a control unit, wherein the control unit starts an alignment in response to a request for the alignment from a manned forklift acquired via a communication unit, determines whether or not a positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is in a state before starting the alignment, and notifies the manned forklift that a movement direction of the work vehicle and a movement direction of the manned forklift are not orthogonal to each other via the communication unit, when the positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is not in the state.

A remote controller includes: an acquisition unit; a detection unit; a control value generation unit; and a transmission unit. The control value generation unit generates a retreat control value if at least either one of a first case and a second case applies. The first case includes two or more moving objects overlapping each other in the sensor information. The second case includes establishing an expectation before sensor information acquisition that the two or more moving objects overlap each other when the sensor information is acquired. The retreat control value defines the running motion of at least any of the moving objects establishing a locational relationship allowing a detection subject moving object of the moving objects as a subject of detection using the sensor information to be detected by the detection unit without causing an overlap of the detection subject moving object with a different one of the moving objects.

This automated analysis support robot for carrying out an inspection of an analysis module that automatically analyzes a biological sample comprises a vehicle body, a camera mounted on the vehicle body, a communication device which communicates directly or indirectly with the analysis module, and a computer for controlling the vehicle body and the camera, wherein the computer: controls the vehicle body to move to a predetermined operating position and to face an inspection target provided in the analysis module; images the inspection target using the camera; and processes a video of the inspection target to calculate management data relating to the inspection target.

A movement control system (1) according to the present disclosure includes a first processing unit (121) and a second processing unit (220) that communicate with each other, in which the first processing unit generates route information used to control a movement route of a mobile device using sensor information acquired from the second processing unit, on the basis of non-real-time processing with no constraint of a response time required for processing, and the second processing unit controls movement of the mobile device along the route information generated by the first processing unit, on the basis of real-time processing with a constraint of the response time required for the processing.

A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles (SDVs) configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loading area includes a plurality of zones, with each zone corresponding to one or more chutes of the sorter. The control subsystem includes a controller, which is operably connected to the SDVs, and which selectively communicates instructions to dispatch SDVs to transport and replace totes in the loading area as they become filled to the predetermined capacity. A method for loading and transporting parcels in a sorting facility including a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area is also disclosed.

A control system for arranging a transport of a package to a recipient in a building provided with an elevator system is described, the control system is configured to: determine an access right of a mobile robot carrying the package in response to a receipt of an access request descriptive of requesting an access of the mobile robot to the building; arrange an elevator service to the mobile robot in response to a detection that the mobile robot is provided with the access; and manage a delivery of the package to the recipient in response to a detection that the mobile robot resides in a predefined location with respect to the recipient in the building. A method and a computer program are also provided.

A control device is configured to generate a control command for controlling a movable body, using three-dimensional point cloud data about the movable body that is measured using a distance measurement device, the control device including: a range specification unit configured to specify a use range that is a range including only some of the three-dimensional point cloud data; and an estimation unit configured to estimate at least one of the position and orientation of the movable body, using the three-dimensional point cloud data in the use range.

A show-ride system includes a first moveable component configured to couple with and support a show structure; a second moveable component configured to couple with and support the show structure; and a manipulator of the first moveable component, wherein the manipulator transfers the show structure from the first movable component to the second moveable component. The show-ride system also includes detection circuitry to determine an initial position of the first moveable component and an initial position of the second moveable component. The show-ride system also includes a positional controller configured to determine adjustments to the initial position of the first moveable component and/or the initial position of the second moveable component and provide instructions regarding the adjustments to the first moveable component and/or the second moveable component for a transfer of the show structure while the first moveable component, the second moveable component, or both are in motion.

A production system for a forestry application comprising a server and a wireless production network, configured to be connected to forest machines and vehicles, at least one forestry harvester vehicle and one forwarder vehicle, the vehicles having a wireless data connection to the production system server and network, having a positioning system, identify the type of processed logs, measure the amount of processed logs, measure the lengths of processed logs, measure the quality of the processes logs, visually record the vehicle surroundings, process the recorded images to identify objects, store them, and send them via the production network, the vehicles having a display so that the vehicle operator may compare images with different time stamps, the system adapted to visualize changes between the images based on the identified objects and time stamps, so that the vehicle operator may identify tracks, objects, logs, log piles during visually impaired conditions.

A robot is navigated to a target location passively collision-free. An obstacle (21) is detected by sensors. An obstacle velocity dynamic window is calculated within a control cycle. An obstacle mobility boundary is determined and inflated to an inflated boundary that includes a collision threshold. Admissible velocities of the robot are identified as those in which the robot would be outside the inflated boundary at a next control cycle or the robot velocity is reduced if there is no admissible velocity. An optimal velocity among admissible velocities is selected. The position of the robot is updated, and the process is repeated until the target location is reached. Without the use of an inflated boundary, admissible velocities of the robot are identified as those that avoid projected obstacle boundaries for a preset number of possible obstacle trajectories.