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1. A method for guiding an automatically guided vehicle along a floor, comprising:
a. providing an automatically guided vehicle, said automatically guided vehicle including,
i. a sensor for sensing a line on said floor, andii. a steering, mechanism that uses information from said sensor to steer said automatically guided vehicle along said line on said floor; b. providing a plurality of line projectors, wherein each of said line projectors includes,
i. a laser emitting a beam,ii. a diverging lens in the path of said beam, wherein said diverging lens creates a diverging fan of coherent light from said laser; c. mounting said plurality of line projectors so that said diverging fan of each of said line projectors is oriented toward said floor; d. switching on said plurality of line projectors, so that each of said diverging fans produces a projected line on said floor, with said projected lines joining to form a defined path; locating said automatically guided vehicle on said defined path so that said automatically guided vehicle may then follow said defined path; and activating said automatically guided vehicle so that said automatically guided vehicle travels along said defined path. |