AUTONOMOUS UTILITY CART AND ROBOTIC CART PLATFORM

A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes a drive unit with drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The drive unit has motors, encoders, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of proximity and weight sensors, lights, control panel, battery and on/off, "GO" and emergency stop buttons secured throughout the cart. The encoders obtain drive shaft rotation data that the microcontroller periodically sends to the processor. 一种具有导航和移动系统的机器人小车平台，集成到传统的实用小车中以提供手动和自主两种操作模式。所述平台包括驱动单元，所述驱动单元具有替换小车的前轮的驱动轮。驱动单元具有电动机、编码器、处理器和微控制器。所述系统具有工作环境测绘传感器和固定在整个小车上的接近传感器和重量传感器、灯、控制面板、电池及开/关按钮、"GO"按钮和紧急停止按钮的线缆阵列。编码器获得驱动轴旋转数据，微控制器定期将驱动轴旋转数据发送到处理器。