摘要 |
The invention provides a method for communicating the need to move a mobile robot, such as an AGV<1>, from one location (node) (2,4,6-10) to another, on a node-by-node basis, incrementally, among the nodes established in a physical environment such as a factory. The invention also provides the means to generate the commands necessary to accomplish this motion, by providing specific steering and drive information such as angle and speed to the mobile robot or AGV<1>. The invention accomplishes these tasks in response to direct commands from a stationary controller as well as in response to continuous node-by-node position updates provided by an external navigation system, such as a visual navigation system, or an internal dead-reckoning navigation system, or both. |
申请人 |
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, DALLAS, TEX., US |
发明人 |
SUMMERVILLE, DAVID F., GARLAND TEXAS 75041, US;WAND, MARTIN A., PLANO TEXAS 75075, US;RICE, HARADON J., PLANO TEXAS 75023, US;WILLISTON, JOHN P., PLANO TEXAS 75075, US;DOTY, THOMAS J., DALLAS TEXAS 75253, US |