Patent ID: 11914365
Assignee: EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM INC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC G

Claim 22:
23. A system for enabling autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of a plurality of vehicles at a work site, comprising:
a machine automation portal (MAP) application configured to be executed on each of a plurality of computing devices, wherein the MAP application is configured to enable each of the computing devices to provide a graphical user interface that presents a list of the vehicles available for task assignment and enables a user to select and control operation of at least one of the vehicles on the list; and
a robotics processing unit configured to provide centralized control of the vehicles operating at the work site by, for each of the vehicles, (a) generating a planned command path that the vehicle will travel to perform a task within an autonomous operating zone, (b) controlling operation of the vehicle so that the vehicle travels the planned command path for the vehicle, and (c) updating a map to reflect the current location of the vehicle during performance of the task, and wherein the robotics processing unit is further configured to transmit the map with the current location of each of the vehicles operating at the work site to each of the computing devices.