A robot includes a controller configured to: detect a virtual wall signal; identify a virtual wall according to a signal threshold and the virtual wall signal; and when the virtual wall is identified, adjust the signal threshold, and control the robot to travel along an outer side of the virtual wall according to an adjusted signal threshold and the virtual wall signal, such that a driving wheel of the robot is located at the outer side of the virtual wall when the robot is traveling along the outer side of the virtual wall; wherein the outer side of the virtual wall is a side of the virtual wall within an active region of the robot.

An automated guided vehicle system including at least one automated guided vehicle (AGV) for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.

A system and method for independently routing vehicles and delivering containers and closures to unit operation stations are disclosed. The containers and closures can, in some cases, be transported on the same vehicle. In other cases, the containers and closures can be transported on different vehicles.

A robotic garden tool for use with a boundary wire producing an electromagnetic field, the robotic garden tool including a body, one or more wheels coupled to the body, a working tool coupled to the body, and a first sensor set coupled to the body. Where the first sensor set includes a first sensor configured to detect the orientation and magnitude of the electromagnetic field along a first detection axis, and a second sensor configured to detect the orientation and magnitude of the electromagnetic field along a second detection axis and output a signal representative thereof. The garden tool also including a controller in operable communication with the first sensor set, where the controller is configured to determine the relative location of the boundary wire with respect to the first sensor set based at least in part on the signals output by the first and second sensors.

An autonomous vehicle, for example, an automated guided vehicle or an autonomous mobile robot, has a support structure having a general double-hull configuration, with two separate longitudinal hulls, parallel to each other and transversely spaced apart, and at least two bridge structures that connect the hulls to each other. The aforesaid bridge structures have ends connected to the two hulls by interposition of elastic joints, in such a way that the two hulls are free to perform differentiated oscillating movements so as to allow the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle to remain in contact with the surface on which the vehicle is moving, even when this surface has irregularities and/or slope variations.

The various embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for operating one or more self-driving vehicles. In some embodiments, the self-driving vehicles may include a vehicle processor being operable to: control the vehicle to navigate an operating environment in an initial vehicle navigation mode; monitor for one or more trigger conditions indicating a possible change for the vehicle navigation mode; detect a trigger condition; determine a prospective vehicle navigation mode associated with the detected trigger condition; determine whether to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode; and in response to determining to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, adjust one or more vehicle attributes corresponding to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, otherwise continue to operate the vehicle in the initial vehicle navigation mode.

An automated guided vehicle control system includes an automated guided vehicle (AGV) transporting parts by moving along a guide line designed on a floor of a factory; and a server displaying a guide line map of the factory on a screen through an AGV path setting UI, setting a transport path of the AGV depending on selection of a node which is present in the guide line and AGV motion information considering a link direction between neighboring nodes included in the transport path and transmitting the set transport path and motion information to the AGV through a wireless relay.

There is provided a technique capable of easily realizing control to cause an autonomous travel device to perform a predetermined operation at a predetermined position on a travel route. An autonomous travel device (2) is an autonomous travel device that travels along a line (1) placed on a travel route, and includes a detecting unit (line sensor (21)) that detects the line (1), and a control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous travel device (2) on the basis of a detection result from the detecting unit. The control unit determines a width (W) of the line (1) on the basis of the detection result from the detecting unit. If the determined width (W) of the line (1) is smaller than a predetermined reference width, the control unit causes the autonomous travel device (2) to perform a travel operation of traveling along the line (1). On the other hand, if the determined width (W) of the line (1) is larger than or equal to the predetermined reference width, the control unit causes the autonomous travel device (2) to perform a predetermined operation different from the travel operation.

A robot includes a controller configured to: detect a virtual wall signal; identify a virtual wall according to a signal threshold and the virtual wall signal; and when the virtual wall is identified, adjust the signal threshold, and control the robot to travel along an outer side of the virtual wall according to an adjusted signal threshold and the virtual wall signal, such that a driving wheel of the robot is located at the outer side of the virtual wall when the robot is traveling along the outer side of the virtual wall; wherein the outer side of the virtual wall is a side of the virtual wall within an active region of the robot.

The present invention provides a self-moving device. The automatic working system includes: a self-moving device, configured to move and execute a work task within a working area defined by a boundary; and a magnetic device, disposed within the working area or at a position near the boundary of the working area, where the self-moving device includes a boundary recognition module, a magnetic signal detection module, and a control module; the boundary recognition module is configured to recognize the boundary of the working area; the magnetic signal detection module is configured to detect a magnetic signal generated by the magnetic device to further recognize the boundary of the working area and/or guide the self-moving device; and the control module is configured to control a movement pattern of the self-moving device based on a recognition result of the boundary recognition module and/or a detection result of the magnetic signal detection module.