Patent ID: 11912517
Assignee: UATC, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. A smart pallet, comprising:
a support structure that receives cargo;
a drive mechanism that rotationally drives one or more ground engaging components of the smart pallet to move the smart pallet from a first position to a second position;
one or more processors; and
one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the smart pallet to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of the support structure at a first distribution hub;
controlling the drive mechanism to load the first cargo onto a trailer at the first distribution hub;
controlling the drive mechanism to move the smart pallet from the first position inside the trailer to the second position inside the trailer while the trailer is in transit from a location at the first distribution hub to another location.