Automatic guided vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHideki OGAWA, Daisuke Yamamoto, Takafumi Sonoura
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Abstract
In embodiments, an automatic guided vehicle includes a vehicle, a lift unit, a bumper, an extension detector, and a bumper controller. The vehicle is movable in at least a first direction. The lift unit is provided in the vehicle and lifts an object from below the object. The bumper is provided in the vehicle and is extendable and contractible in the first direction. The extension detector detects that the bumper has extended outward from the object in the first direction. The bumper controller controls a state of the bumper according to a conveyance state of the object by the vehicle.
Claims11
An automatic guided vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle which is movable in at least a first direction;
- a lift unit provided in the vehicle and configured to lift an object from below the object;
- a bumper provided in the vehicle and configured to be extendable and contractible in the first direction;
- an extension detector which detects that the bumper has extended outward from the object in the first direction;
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- a bumper controller which controls a state of the bumper according to a conveyance state of the object when transporting the object by the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.