Operation assistance for autonomous material handling vehicles

The present disclosure generally relates to autonomous operation of material handling vehicles within a facility, such as a factory or warehouse. An unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle can encounter a variety of issues operating within the facility, and may need assistance to resolve such...

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1. Verfasser:	GONCALVES, Fernando D
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD LIFTING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The present disclosure generally relates to autonomous operation of material handling vehicles within a facility, such as a factory or warehouse. An unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle can encounter a variety of issues operating within the facility, and may need assistance to resolve such issues. The unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle can transmit a request for assistance to a manned, non-autonomous material handling vehicle, and a human operating the manned, non-autonomous material handling vehicle can assist the unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle. 500-A Determine that an unmanned vehicle needs assistance 510 operating within a facility Transmit a request for assistance to a manned vehicle ~520 in the facility Notify a human operating the manned vehicle of 530 the request for assistance Receive an input from the human responsive to 540 the request for assistance Affect operation of the unmanned vehicle based on 550 the input from the human