An autonomous advertising cart with display panels and speakers integrated into its navigation, movement and location tracking system. The cart displays advertising containing text, picture and video images, and speakers play sounds, music or other recordings. The cart selectively provides advertising communications depending on the items on the cart, where the cart is in the building, the time of day, the presence of people, etc., as the autonomous cart travels through its work environment. The advertisements are stored on-board the cart or received real-time via wireless communication. The cart preferably has microphones and customer observation cameras to collect real-time information about the working environment and customers to enhance the advertising experience and provide feedback about the advertising experience.
B62B 3/00 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet
B62B 3/02 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet comportant des parties réglables, rabattables, attachables, détachables ou transformables
B60P 3/025 - Véhicules adaptés pour transporter, porter ou comporter des charges ou des objets spéciaux l'objet étant une boutique, une cafétéria ou un étalage
G05D 1/227 - Transfert de la commande entre la commande à distance et la commande embarquéeTransfert de la commande entre plusieurs dispositions de commande à distance
G05D 1/246 - Dispositions pour déterminer la position ou l’orientation utilisant des cartes d’environnement, p. ex. localisation et cartographie simultanées [SLAM]
G05D 1/43 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
B62B 3/10 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet caractérisées par des supports spécialement adaptés à des objets de forme définie
B62B 5/00 - Accessoires ou détails spécialement adaptés aux voitures à bras
G05D 1/606 - Compensation ou utilisation des conditions ambiantes externes, p. ex. du vent ou des courants d’eau
12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
Produits et services
Robotic cart platforms that convert manual push carts into autonomous carts used to transport items; autonomous carts equipped with robotic cart platforms.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
G01C 21/34 - Recherche d'itinéraireGuidage en matière d'itinéraire
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.-à-d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p. ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée [DNC], systèmes d'ateliers flexibles [FMS], systèmes de fabrication intégrés [IMS], productique [CIM]
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The platform and system include motors, encoders, an IMU, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of digital cameras, proximity or radar sessors, as well as weight sensors, lights, a 15 key control panel secured throughout the cart. When in autonomous mode, the system provides navigation, movement and location tracking with or without wireless connection to a server. Destination keys allow autonomous navigation to desired destinations. Looping, boomerang and home keys facilitate autonomous navigation for a variety working environments and situations. The radar sensors provide enhanced obstacle avoidance, cart localizing, route planning and human interaction capabilities.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
G01C 21/34 - Recherche d'itinéraireGuidage en matière d'itinéraire
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
Produits et services
Robotic cart platforms that convert manual push carts into autonomous carts used to transport items; autonomous carts equipped with robotic cart platforms; motors for land vehicles.
A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The platform and system include motors, encoders, an IMU, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of digital cameras, proximity or radar sessors, as well as weight sensors, lights, a 15 key control panel secured throughout the cart. When in autonomous mode, the system provides navigation, movement and location tracking with or without wireless connection to a server. Destination keys allow autonomous navigation to desired destinations. Looping, boomerang and home keys facilitate autonomous navigation for a variety working environments and situations. The radar sensors provide enhanced obstacle avoidance, cart localizing, route planning and human interaction capabilities.
B62B 5/00 - Accessoires ou détails spécialement adaptés aux voitures à bras
B62B 3/00 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet
A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes a drive unit with drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The drive unit has motors, encoders, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of proximity and weight sensors, lights, control panel, battery and on/off, "GO" and emergency stop buttons secured throughout the cart. The encoders obtain drive shaft rotation data that the microcontroller periodically sends to the processor.
A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes a drive unit with drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The drive unit has motors, encoders, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of proximity and weight sensors, lights, control panel, battery and on/off, "GO" and emergency stop buttons secured throughout the cart. The encoders obtain drive shaft rotation data that the microcontroller periodically sends to the processor.
G05D 1/227 - Transfert de la commande entre la commande à distance et la commande embarquéeTransfert de la commande entre plusieurs dispositions de commande à distance
G05D 1/228 - Dispositions d’entrée de commande situées à bord de véhicules sans pilote
G05D 1/646 - Suivi d’une trajectoire prédéfinie, p. ex. d’une ligne marquée sur le sol ou d’une trajectoire de vol
G05D 1/87 - Dispositions visant à réagir aux défaillances du système ou d’origine humaine ou à les prévenir utilisant des dispositions de commande redondantes
A robotic cart platform with a navigation and movement system that integrates into a conventional utility cart to provide both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The platform includes a drive unit with drive wheels replacing the front wheels of the cart. The drive unit has motors, encoders, a processor and a microcontroller. The system has a work environment mapping sensor and a cabled array of proximity and weight sensors, lights, control panel, battery and on/off, “GO” and emergency stop buttons secured throughout the cart. The encoders obtain drive shaft rotation data that the microcontroller periodically sends to the processor. When in autonomous mode, the system provides navigation, movement and location tracking with or without wireless connection to a server. Stored destinations are set using its location tracking to autonomously navigate the cart. When in manual mode, battery power is off, and back-up power is supplied to the encoders and microcontroller, which continue to obtain shaft rotation data. When in autonomous mode, the shaft rotation data obtained during manual mode is used to determine the present cart location.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p. ex. utilisant des pilotes automatiques
B62B 5/00 - Accessoires ou détails spécialement adaptés aux voitures à bras
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
B60W 50/14 - Moyens d'information du conducteur, pour l'avertir ou provoquer son intervention
B62B 3/00 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet
B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
Produits et services
Computer hardware and downloadable computer software for route planning, navigation, monitoring and obstacle avoidance for autonomous movement of a robotic cart platform to a user selected destination; Computer peripheral equipment; Electronic components for computers, Electronic displays, namely, digital keypad screens; Motor encoders and power controllers, Light Detection and Ranging scanners; Computer hardware, namely, interface components, Proximity sensors, Wireless communication adapters for computers; Batteries, audio speakers and flashing safety lights, all for robotic cart platform systems Robotic cart platforms used to transport items; motors for land vehicles; and carts for robotic cart platform systems
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
Produits et services
Computer hardware and downloadable computer software for route planning, navigation, monitoring and obstacle avoidance for autonomous movement of a robotic cart platform to a user selected destination; computer peripheral equipment; electronic components for computers, electronic displays, namely, digital keypad screens; motor encoders and power controllers, light detection and ranging scanners; computer hardware, namely, interface components, proximity sensors, wireless communication adapters for computers; batteries, audio speakers and flashing safety lights, all for robotic cart platform systems Robotic cart platforms used to transport items; motors for land vehicles; and carts for robotic cart platform systems