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US 2026/0250108 A1Published application
System and methods for autonomous trailer stands
AssigneeRobotic Research OpCo, LLC
InventorsSteven Rotundo, Eric Meyer, Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy, Greg Ramsey
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for autonomous trailer stands in which an automatically adjustable trailer stand is placed by an autonomous vehicle, adjusted by the autonomous vehicle to engage with a trailer, and disengaged from (e.g., deposited by) the autonomous vehicle.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a vehicle configured to traverse an area;
- a trailer stand operatively coupled to the vehicle, the trailer stand configured for positioning relative to a trailer;
- and
- one or more controllers for controlling operation of at least one of the vehicle and the trailer stand.
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A system, comprising:
- a yard vehicle configured to traverse an area;
- a trailer stand releasably coupled to the yard vehicle;
- an actuator coupled to the trailer stand to cause transition of the trailer stand between a first transport condition to enable maneuvering of the trailer stand by the yard vehicle about the area and positioning beneath one end of a trailer, and a second deployed condition where the trailer stand supports the one end of the trailer;
- a controller configured to control the actuator;
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- one or more sensors to detect a condition of the trailer stand relative to at least one of the yard vehicle and the trailer.
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A system, comprising:
- a self-propelled trailer stand configured for movement about a yard;
- an actuator coupled to the trailer stand to cause transition of the trailer stand between a first transport condition to enable positioning beneath one end of a trailer, and a second deployed condition where the trailer stand supports the one end of the trailer;
- a controller configured to control movement of the trailer stand about the yard and actuation of the actuator;
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- one or more sensors to detect at least one of an object in the yard, location of the trailer stand or a condition of the trailer stand relative to the trailer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.