An autonomous omnidirectional drive unit including a drive chassis supported on two independent, parallel, and coaxial drive wheels, actuated by two drive motors; a transport chassis the central area of which is superimposed on and connected to the drive chassis through a rotary joint, the transport chassis being supported on multiple omnidirectional wheels. The drive unit further includes a rotating device, actuated by a rotary motor, integrated in the rotary joint between the transport chassis and the drive chassis, which determines the angular position of the drive chassis with respect to the transport chassis, and a control device configured for adjusting at least the two drive motors and the rotary motor in a coordinated manner to obtain omnidirectional movement of the transport chassis.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor device including a first sensor and a second sensor, a memory, and a control device. For example, the vehicle control apparatus identifies a first pitch angle of the first sensor and a second pitch angle of the second sensor, expands a sensor fusion range of the sensor device or an error range of each of the first sensor and the second sensor based on the difference if a difference between the first pitch angle and the second pitch angle exceeds a reference value, and performs sensor fusion on detecting results of the first sensor and the second sensor by considering at least one of the sensor fusion range, the error range, or a combination of the sensor fusion range and the error range.

The present invention relates to a remote-control wagon device designed for beach travel. The device is comprised of a foldable wagon that is self-propelled via a motor. The power of the motor and the direction of the device can be controlled wirelessly via a remote. The device is optimized for beach travel and has a plurality of areas and attachments to store items.

A method includes operating a wheeled vehicle including an articulated suspension system; and articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. A wheeled vehicle having an articulated suspension system includes a skid steering controller capable of articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. The skid steering controller may be implemented in software and may, but does not necessarily, include three stages for applying a differential torque, varying the traction of at least one wheel, and finely adjusting the wheel's suspension to approach a critical damped response of the vehicle turning rate with respect to its commanded rate, respectively.

The embodiments relate to a medical device and to a method for controlling a movement of the mobile medical device. The medical device includes a chassis and a control apparatus, wherein the medical device is embodied by the chassis to perform a movement in at least two spatial directions on a plane of motion and to execute a rotary movement about an axis of rotation standing perpendicularly on the plane of motion, and the control apparatus is embodied for controlling the chassis.

Embodiments of the present application provide robots and vehicles including a chassis, a drive shaft mounted to the chassis, an integrated steering column, and a set of proximity sensors. The drive shaft may be connected to a drive wheel. The integrated steering column may be operably connected to the drive shaft for steering the drive wheel. The set of proximity sensors may be mounted to the integrated steering column. The set may be configured to scan an ambient environment, where the set includes a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor respectively oriented towards each of the opposing lateral sides of the chassis.

A midpoint correction device for performing midpoint correction of a steering torque sensor, which is applied to a vehicle provided with a EPS device that applies control torque to a steering transmission system between a steering wheel and a steered wheel, and a steering torque sensor provided in the steering transmission system, includes a control unit that includes a nonvolatile storage device and performs remote operation control of the vehicle, and the control unit stores the steering torque detected by the steering torque sensor in the storage device as a midpoint offset amount in a state where the remote operation control is performed, reads the midpoint offset amount from the storage device during traveling of the vehicle, and corrects the steering torque detected by the steering torque sensor with the midpoint offset amount, thereby performing midpoint correction.

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to remove a steering wheel of a vehicle. As disclosed herein, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry of a vehicle to: detect a request to remove a steering wheel from a steering system of a vehicle; verify a user identity based on a user profile, the user profile stored in a memory associated with the vehicle; determine whether a disengagement criterion is satisfied; and after the user identity is detected and the disengagement criterion is satisfied, disengage a lock to enable removal of the steering wheel from the steering system of the vehicle.

A process of piloting an omnidirectional autonomous vehicle on a virtual pathway, the omnidirectional autonomous vehicle including at least one reference line, and steering wheels configurable to drive the omnidirectional autonomous vehicle on the virtual pathway independently of its orientation.

A system and method for differential traction drive and steering axis coordination for an autonomous mower or other turf device includes initiating a steering motion based on determining a target forward speed and a steering rotational speed, calculating a left wheel speed and a right wheel speed, and applying the left and right wheel speeds, wherein the steering rotational speed is driven by a steering motor and the traction wheels associated with the autonomous mower, and the left and right wheel speeds are based on the target forward speed, a distance from a steering axle to the center of the respective wheel, and the steering rotational speed.