Automated Guided Vehicles
AssigneeRobocoaster Limited
InventorsGino De-Gol, Rene Masey, Bruno Bolsens
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Abstract
The present invention relates to automated guided vehicles, hereinafter referred to as AGVs, and specifically to AGVs used for entertainment purposes. More specifically, the present invention relates to using in a passenger carrying AGV a capacitor or a plurality of capacitors as a power source.
Claims20
A passenger carrying automated guided vehicle used for entertainment purposes, the automated guided vehicle being propelled by at least one electric motor, wherein the automated guided vehicle comprises at least one capacitor as a power source for the at least one electric motor.
A method of for operating a passenger carrying automated guided vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing the passenger carrying automated guided vehicle with a capacitor as a source for electrical energy;
- charging the capacitor of the passenger carrying automated guided vehicle with electrical energy;
- using the electrical energy stored in the capacitor to supply electrical motors of the passenger carrying automated guided vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.