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Title:
AUTONOMOUS MOVING DEVICE AND CONVEYANCE METHOD USING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011059859
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an autonomous moving device capable of holding (for example, connecting) a loading object, and being autonomously moved to a desired delivery destination without needing any high level control even when a plurality of loading objects (for example, trucks) are placed closely or arranged disorderly.

This autonomous moving device 10 is configured to autonomously move while a loading object 1 on which a conveyance object is loaded is held to convey the loading object, and provided with a holding mechanism 3 for holding the loading object from a state that it is separated from the loading object 1; and a moving mechanism 5 for moving the holding mechanism 3 to the desired conveyance destination and a control unit 7 for switching a mode between a passive mode and an autonomous mode. The control unit 7 controls the holding mechanism 3 and the moving mechanism 5 to move according to an operation command from the outside in the passive mode, and autonomously control the moving mechanism 5, and controls the holding mechanism 3 to move to a desired delivery destination in the autonomous mode.


Inventors:
MURAKAMI HIROKI
SONEHARA MITSUHARU
Application Number:
JP2009207027A
Publication Date:
March 24, 2011
Filing Date:
September 08, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
IHI CORP
International Classes:
G05D1/02; B61B13/00; B61G1/40; G05D1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH10120393A1998-05-12
JPH08164774A1996-06-25
JPS5926898A1984-02-13
JP2008184112A2008-08-14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Hotta
Toshihiro Nomura