A mobile body control device includes a route determination unit configured to determine a route of a host mobile body to reduce a change in a movement vector of another mobile body present in the vicinity of the host mobile body, and a control unit configured to move the host mobile body along the route determined by the route determination unit.

Provided is a method for controlling a robot cleaner including a first operation of identifying that a manual cleaner and the robot cleaner are turned on, a second operation of identifying, by the robot cleaner, a location of the manual cleaner, a third operation of moving, by the robot cleaner, to a location within a first set distance from the manual cleaner, and a fourth operation of stopping the movement of the robot cleaner when the robot cleaner is located at the location within the first set distance from the manual cleaner while the manual cleaner is moving, and performing, by the robot cleaner, cleaning while moving when the robot cleaner is located at a location within a second set distance from the manual cleaner.

A self-propelled device includes a host device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a host device movement vector including a movement speed of the self-propelled device and a distance information acquisition unit that is configured to acquire nearby device distance information including a distance and a direction to the self-propelled device for each of nearby devices located near the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device further includes a nearby device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a nearby device movement vector including a movement speed and a movement direction of each of the nearby devices for each of the nearby devices and a determination unit that is configured to determine whether a group movement is possible or not for each of the nearby devices based on the nearby device distance information, the host device movement vector and the nearby device movement vector.

A vehicle control system is provided that includes a control unit that can be disposed onboard a vehicle to control movement of the vehicle; and one or more transceiver devices that can emit plural signals from the vehicle, with at least one of the plural signals containing a vehicle identifier, and, responsive to a receiver unit disposed off-board the vehicle receiving at least one of the plural signals, the control unit can determine a location of the vehicle and can communicate a signal to the one or more transceiver devices based on the location. The control unit can change the movement of the vehicle based on the vehicle location information.

Embodiments are presented herein for adjusting the conduct of routine communications of safety messages in V2X networks in order to conserve resources in participating power-limited devices while satisfying V2X system latency demands. Scheduling (e.g., timing and/or frequency) of safety message communications performed by certain UE devices participating in a V2X network may be dynamically adjusted according to various criteria, such as factors relating to the DRX cycle schedule, motion or mobility, traffic environment, and/or battery or power capabilities of the UE devices, which may conserve UE resources and power consumption. Certain UE devices may efficiently transmit safety messages to the V2X network using one of several proposed RACH-based procedures. In some embodiments, the size of safety message communications may be reduced through various compression techniques, and/or by reducing the amount of contained information, e.g., by omitting certain parameters, which may reduce the resources consumed by performing safety message communications.

A vehicle and conveyor system for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers, wherein the vehicle has a workpiece receptacle, an assembly platform accessible to workers, its own drive which is designed to drive the vehicle independently of other vehicles of the conveyor system, a contactless route sensor for navigating the vehicle and a control apparatus for controlling the drive, inter alia on the basis of a signal from the route sensor. The vehicle may have a contactless platform sensor for monitoring the assembly platform, wherein the platform sensor is designed to at least temporarily alternatively take over the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle or to at least temporarily additionally support the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle. A conveyor system having two such vehicles and to a corresponding method is also provided.

A computer system for preventing collisions between a first and a second vehicle operating at a work site is described, along with a corresponding computer implemented method and a computer program product.

A mobile object control apparatus includes: an estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not a target first mobile object and a second mobile object will collide with each other at an intersection; a calculation unit configured to calculate, if it is estimated that the first mobile object and the second mobile object will collide with each other at the intersection, a speed of the first mobile object and a speed of the second mobile object at which a collision at the intersection is avoidable; and a selection unit configured to select the speed of the first mobile object and the speed of the second mobile object calculated by the calculation unit, based on surrounding temperatures of drive motors of the first mobile object and the second mobile object, or carrying capacities of the first mobile object and the second mobile object.

Systems and methods for a materials handling vehicle to navigate a vehicle transit surface in a warehouse environment including a navigation subsystem configured to cooperate with a traction control unit, a braking system, a steering assembly, and an obstacle detection subsystem to: determine whether the materials handling vehicle is approaching, or has arrived at, a potentially contested intersection; associate with the intersection pre-positioned warehouse object data, a set of road rules, and obstacle data; and navigate the materials handling vehicle through the intersection utilizing warehouse navigation maneuvers in combination with the associated set of road rules, obstacle avoidance maneuvers, or both, the warehouse navigation maneuvers accounting for the associated pre-positioned warehouse object data and the obstacle avoidance maneuvers accounting for the obstacle data derived from the obstacle detection subsystem.

A vehicle tilting device for tilting a delivery vehicle for increasing access to items from a storage container transported on the delivery vehicle. The vehicle tilting device comprises a base structure and a tiltable platform connected to the base structure, wherein the tiltable platform comprises guiding features adapted to guide the delivery vehicle onto the tiltable platform. The tiltable platform is arranged to be connected to a delivery grid cell of a delivery rail system such that that there is a path to and/or from the tiltable platform for the delivery vehicle via the delivery grid cell. The invention is also related to an access station, a delivery system and a method of accessing a storage container.