A remote control system includes: a moving object configured to be movable by remote control, the moving object including a deactivation execution unit configured to reversibly or irreversibly deactivate the remote control; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the moving object; a determination unit configured to determine whether the moving object is located inside a predetermined first region and whether the moving object is located inside a predetermined second region using the position information, the second region being different from the first region; and a deactivation command unit configured to supply a first command to the moving object when the determination unit determines that the moving object is located inside the first region, the first command being a command for causing the deactivation execution unit to reversibly deactivate the remote control, the deactivation command unit configured to supply a second command to the moving object when the determination unit determines that the moving object is located inside the second region, the second command being a command for causing the deactivation execution unit to irreversibly deactivate the remote control.

A conveyance system comprising a conveyance vehicle that conveys an object to be conveyed and a control device that controls operation of the conveyance vehicle, wherein the conveyance vehicle includes a guide line detecting unit that detects a guide line laid along a travel route; a travel controlling unit that makes the conveyance vehicle travel along the guide line; and an own conveyance vehicle position estimating unit that estimates a position of an own conveyance vehicle; and the control device includes a recording unit that records map information including position information of the guide line; and makes the conveyance vehicle travel to the guide line in the map information, when the position of the own conveyance vehicle estimated by the own conveyance vehicle estimating unit is more than a predetermined distance away from the position of the guide line in the map information.

A map updating technique offers the performance advantages gained by robots using a good-quality static map for autonomous navigation within an environment, while providing the convenience of automatic updating. In particular, one or more robots log data while performing autonomous navigation in the environment according to the static map, and a computer appliance, such as a centralized server, collects the logged data as historic logged data, and performs a map update process using the historic logged data. Such operations provide for periodic or as needed updating of the static map, based on observational data from the robot(s) that capture changes in the environment, without need for taking the robot(s) offline for the computation.

The present invention relates to a method for calibrating a coordinate system of an automated industrial truck, to a method for calibrating a coordinate system of a fleet of automated industrial trucks of the same vehicle type having uncalibrated coordinate systems, and to a system for carrying out one of these methods.

A moving object comprises an unmanned driving mode that has at least one of a first driving mode in which the moving object moving by autonomous control and a second driving mode in which the moving object moving by remote control: an on-moving object device mounted on the moving object; and a moving object control device configured to control an operation of the moving object, wherein the moving object control device includes: a device identification information acquisition unit that acquires device identification information, which is identification information of the on-moving object device; a moving object identification information acquisition unit that acquires moving object identification information, which is identification information of the moving object; and a transmission unit that transmits the device identification information and the moving object identification information to a server device.

A material outbound method includes: determining a first outbound order corresponding to a first robot among at least one robot, where a carrying task performed by the at least one robot corresponds to a same workstation, and the first robot is a robot that first carries a material to the workstation; controlling a third robot according to a control strategy; and determining the control strategy for the third robot based on whether robots corresponding to the first outbound order include a second robot, where the second robot is a robot other than the first robot that corresponds to the first outbound order, the control strategy includes controlling the third robot to suspend performing a carrying task, the carrying task includes a carrying task corresponding to at least one second outbound order, and the at least one second outbound order is an outbound order other than the first outbound order.

Systems and methods for generating a coverage field for obstacle detection. The system includes a sensor to detect obstacles. The system further includes a material handling vehicle guided by a guidance system and a controller. The controller is configured to: generate a coverage field for the sensor, receive position characteristics of the material handling vehicle, determine a position of the material handling vehicle relative to the guidance system based on the position characteristics, and transform the coverage field based on the determined position of the material handling vehicle.

A method and an apparatus for determining a position of a shelf are provided. The method may include: obtaining a number of automated guided vehicles with shelf scanning devices; determining, based on the number of the automated guided vehicles, a scanning area of a place to which each automated guided vehicle belongs; determining, based on the scanning area, a scanning route of the scanning area to which each automated guided vehicle belongs; transmitting the scanning route of the scanning area to which the automated guided vehicle belongs, to the automated guided vehicle; and determining a position of a shelf in the scanning area to which the automated guided vehicle belongs based on scanning information of a shelf scanning device on the automated guided vehicle and position information of the automated guided vehicle.

An autonomous moving system according to the present disclosure includes a control unit executing control of movement of an autonomous moving body, including collision control, a setting unit setting a predetermined defense space around the autonomous moving body, for executing the collision control, and a classifying unit classifying an obstruction detected by a detecting unit installed in the autonomous moving body, and an obstruction detected by a detecting unit installed in a facility space through which the autonomous moving body moves. The setting unit changes a range of the defense space to a first range based on a result of the classifying unit classifying the obstruction detected by one of the detecting units, and changes the range of the defense space from the first range to a second range based on a result of the classifying unit classifying the obstruction detected by at least another of the detecting units.

A method for operating a working device and a working device. A working device, in particular for industrial applications, and a method for operating a working device, in which the operational safety and operational reliability are increased, are realized by carrying out at least the following method steps: detecting a safety-relevant operating situation using at least one sensor system of the working device, initiating a braking process, the braking process including using at least one drive motor of the working device to reduce speed when a critical operating situation has been detected, processing of at least one driving parameter determined after initiating the braking process, selecting between a continuation of the braking process or the initiation of an emergency braking process depending at least on the processed driving parameter.