A method, apparatus, and system for controlling an automated guided vehicle. An embodiment of the method comprises: receiving a fault message comprising travel state information for indicating the travel state of a faulty automated guided vehicle and position information of a fault point where a fault occurs (201); determining a fault region, and sending an instruction for indicating prohibition of passing in the fault region to a non-faulty automated guided vehicle (202); determining a target automated guided vehicle from the automated guided vehicles currently not executing a task, and sending a task execution instruction to the target automated guided vehicle (203); and in response to determining that the faulted automated guided vehicle is transferred to a maintenance region, sending an instruction for indicating cancel of the prohibition of passing in the fault region to the non-faulty automated guided vehicle that is executing a task (204).

A liquid-cooled integrative power system for electric forklift includes an integrated transmission gearbox, an integrated motor controller, a drive motor, an oil pump motor, an oil pump and a vehicle controller. The integrated transmission gearbox includes a drive motor transmission mechanism and an oil pump motor transmission mechanism. The integrated motor controller includes a drive motor control unit and an oil pump motor control unit. The integrated transmission gearbox, the integrated motor controller, the drive motor, the oil pump motor, the oil pump and the vehicle controller are completely integrated and mounted to form the liquid-cooled integrative power system for electric forklift.

An onboard powertrain for an automated guided vehicle, AGV, is presented herein. The onboard powertrain includes a split-source inverter, SSI, having at least one middle point pole, a positive DC-link pole, and a negative DC-link pole, a battery and an inductor connected in series between the positive or negative DC-link pole and the middle point pole, and a supercapacitor connected between the positive and negative DC-link poles.

A hybrid dump truck for surface mining, comprising a cyber-physical system including a sensing system and a control system, and a driving unit for performing autonomous driving of the dump truck along a travel path using at least the sensory data of the sensing system, wherein the closed cycle path is determined based on topographical data, wherein the control system is configured to control a cyclic energy level of the electric energy storage unit, wherein rates of change of power during autonomous or semi-autonomous driving of the hybrid dump truck from a predetermined reference point of the closed cycle path along said closed cycle path are controlled based on a desired velocity such as to reduce a difference in energy levels of the electric energy storage unit at the reference point of the closed cycle path.

Disclosed is a method for controlling an automated guided vehicle, comprising: if an item transportation request is received, planning a path of a target automated guided vehicle to obtain an initial path; and performing the following control steps on the basis of the initial path: taking at least part of the travel path from the initial path as the path to-be-traveled; controlling the target automated guided vehicle to travel according to the path to-be-traveled determining whether the end position of the path to-be-traveled is the target end position, and if the end position of the to-be-traveled path is not the target end position, re-planning the path of the target automated guided vehicle, and taking the updated path as the initial path to continue the control steps.

A modular movable robot includes a lower plate provided with a traveling unit, an upper plate spaced above the lower plate, a plurality of lower supporting frames vertically elongated between the lower plate and the upper plate, a top plate spaced above the upper plate, a plurality of upper supporting frames vertically elongated between the upper plate and the top plate, and a housing surrounding edges of the lower plate, the upper plate, and the top plate. A longitudinal length of the housing is longer than a horizontal width of the housing.

A load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in a storage system a grid framework structure, the load handling device including: a vehicle body housing a driving mechanism operatively arranged for moving the load handling device on the grid framework structure; a lifting device having a lifting drive assembly and a grabber device configured to releasably grip a container and lift the container from the stack into a container-receiving space; are chargeable power source electrically coupled to an electrical charge point for electrically coupling to a charge head of a charge station wherein; the electrical charge point includes a charge collector connectable to the charge head of the charge station under action of a magnet.

The present invention relates to a battery arrangement for an electrically powered industrial vehicle. The battery arrangement comprises a battery and ancillary equipment arranged to connect the battery to the vehicle. The battery is removably connected to the vehicle and comprises a current sensor. The battery is in a first state (A) when a measured current out from the battery exceeds a predetermined first current level. In the first state (A) the battery is prevented from turning power off to the vehicle. The battery is in a second state (B) when a measured current out from the battery is below a predetermined first current level for a predetermined first period of time. In the second state (B) the battery is allowed to turn power off to the vehicle.

Systems and methods for autonomous provision replenishment are disclosed. Parts used in a manufacturing process are stored in an intermediate stock queue. When the parts are consumed by the manufacturing process and the number of parts in the queue falls below a threshold, a provision-replenishment signal is generated. One or more self-driving material-transport vehicles, a fleet-management system, and a provision-notification device.

A wheel drive apparatus of an automated guide vehicle (AGV) is provided, which includes: a bogie frame; drive frames including a pair of drive wheels installed so that power is transmitted through opposite side surfaces of the bogie frame, and first auxiliary wheels opposite to second auxiliary wheels, with a gap “b” outside of each of the opposite side surfaces of the bogie frame; rotation shaft portions pivotally coupled at shaft points of each of the drive frames and the bogie frame; and connection portions in which first connection arms are respectively formed in the drive frames, and second connection arms are respectively formed in the bogie frame, and the first and second connection arms are vertically connected as a slip rod so as to move up and down at a predetermined gap “a”, and thus which does not cause the drive wheel to float in the air even if any of the auxiliary wheels or any of the drive wheels of the AGV travelling along the floor contacts a depression, a barrier and a slope.