STEERING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATIC TRAVELING CART

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic traveling cart capable of being automatically steered and rider-controlled. SOLUTION: This automatic traveling cart comprises a steering gear box 98 for switching the steering by a steering handle 11 and the steering by a steering motor Mo. The steering gear box 98 comprises an automatic and manual switching mechanism for switching a manual steering and an automatic steering and a switching sensor 100 operated in interlocking with the operation of the automatic and manual switching mechanism. Simultaneously with the mechanical switching within the steering gear box 98 by the automatic and manual switching mechanism, the electric switching within a main controller 28 is also performed by the signal from the switching sensor 100.