Provided is an autonomous travel system capable of effectively suppressing generation of ruts. It is a further object to provide an autonomous travel system including unmanned vehicles that travel on a transportation path constituted of opposite lanes, which is capable of suppressing generation of ruts while preventing proximity to an on-corning vehicle. An in-vehicle control device 200 includes: an offset amount determination unit 202 adapted to, based on common offset information received via a wireless communication device 240, determine an offset amount of a travel path 60 based on map information 251 and generate a target track 62; and an autonomous travel control unit 201 adapted to output a travel instruction to control traveling of a body so as to track the target track 62 to which the offset amount has been added based on the target track 62 and an own-vehicle position.

This application provides a method and an apparatus for planning a vehicle trajectory, an intelligent driving domain controller, and an intelligent vehicle. One example method includes: An intelligent driving domain controller of a first vehicle obtains a first trajectory of the first vehicle, obtains a second trajectory of at least one second vehicle based on a first communications technology, and then determines trajectory planning of the first vehicle based on the first trajectory and the second trajectory of the at least one second vehicle.

The disclosure generally relates to method and system for multi-robot route planning. The method may include determining a route plan of a node based on an order value associated with the node, wherein the order value is distance travelled from the node to one or more nodes in a network, occupying an order slot from a list of orders of the node. The method may further include sending, by a multi-route robot planner, the determined route plan of the node to the one or more nodes in the network and generating a new route plan, in response to sending the determined route plan to one or more nodes, wherein the new route plan is generated based on order value threshold and wait time estimate associated with the node. the method further includes optimizing the generated new route plan of the node to obtain an optimized new route plan, wherein the optimization comprises computing a new order value occupying a new order slot from the list of orders of the node in parallel to change in status of order value of the one or more nodes.

A vehicle control system includes a controller that detects a communication loss between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller operationally restricts movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss. The controller obtains or generates a transitional plan that designates operational settings for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle based at least in part on a location of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. The controller selectively changes movement of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle via the transitional plan to reduce a speed of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle responsive to the communication loss being detected.

A lift system for an automated storage system of the type where storage containers are stacked in storage columns arranged in a grid, and where automated container handling vehicles retrieve and replace containers from a top level of the grid. The lift system has a platform vertically movable adjacent to a face of the grid, arranged for receiving and transporting one or more containers. A dedicated mechanical device is arranged for grabbing, lifting and moving the storage containers from a staging area at the top of the grid and placing containers on the platform and vice versa.

Systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of vehicle platooning systems are described. In one aspect, drivers are more likely to enjoy a system if it begins platooning as desired and does not accidently end platoons. When a certain amount of data packets sent between vehicles are dropped, systems typically will either not engage in a platoon or end a current platoon. When a platoon has a very small gap between vehicles, the platoon should end—or not start, when a certain amount of packets are dropped. However, if a gap is large enough to provide a driver with more time to react, a system may accept a greater amount of dropped packets before it refuses to start a platoon or causes the end of a platoon.

Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control, routing, and automatic feature adjustment are disclosed. Sensors associated with autonomous operation features may be utilized to search an area for missing persons, stolen vehicles, or similar persons or items of interest. Sensor data associated with the features may be automatically collected and analyzed to passively search for missing persons or vehicles without vehicle operator involvement. Search criteria may be determined by a remote server and communicated to a plurality of vehicles within a search area. In response to which, sensor data may be collected and analyzed by the vehicles. When sensor data generated by a vehicle matches the search criteria, the vehicle may communicate the information to the remote server.

An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus (10A) that estimates a self-position of a first mobile body, and a second information processing apparatus that estimates a self-position of a second mobile body. The first information processing apparatus (10A) includes a movement control unit (12B) that performs control for moving, based on observation target information indicating a probability of the first mobile body being observed from the second mobile body, the first mobile body to a position where the second mobile body is capable of observing the first mobile body, an acquiring unit (12C) that acquires correction information capable of specifying relative positions of the first mobile body and the second mobile body from the second mobile body that has observed the first mobile body, and a correcting unit (12D) that corrects the self-position of the first mobile body based on the correction information. The second information processing apparatus includes an observing unit that observes a first mobile body around a second mobile body, and a providing unit that provides the correction information capable of specifying relative positions of the observed first mobile body and the second mobile body to the first information processing apparatus of the first mobile body.

An operation management apparatus includes a plan generator configured to generate a travel plan for each of a plurality of vehicles that form a line of vehicles and that travel autonomously along a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to transmit the travel plans to the respective vehicles and receive, from the vehicles, travel information that indicates travel status of the vehicles; and an operation monitor configured to detect, based on the travel information, whether or not overtaking and passing of the vehicles have occurred. In response to the overtaking and passing, the plan generator modifies the travel plans so as to keep the order as switched upon the overtaking and passing.

An automatic storage and retrieval system includes: a delivery vehicle; a storage container carried by the delivery vehicle; and an unloading station for unloading an item from the storage container while it is being carried by the delivery vehicle. The unloading station includes: an unloading device; and a destination conveyor configured to convey the item to a target destination, wherein the unloading device is configured to move the item through a side opening of the storage container to the destination conveyor.