Patent ID: 11872706
Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for avoiding collisions while navigating to a waypoint during process tending, the system comprising:
a self-driving vehicle having at least one vehicle safety sensor and a vehicle control system in communication with the at least one vehicle safety sensor;
a robot arm and at least one robot arm safety sensor carried by the vehicle; and
a robot arm control system in communication with the at least one robot arm safety sensor;
wherein when the self-driving vehicle is in motion, the vehicle control system and the robot arm control system are configured to operate in:
a first mode during which the robot arm control system is operable to prevent the robot arm from moving outside a perimeter of the self-driving vehicle and the vehicle control system is operable to control the self-driving vehicle based on the at least one vehicle safety sensor, and
a second mode during which the robot arm control system is operable to allow the robot arm to move outside the perimeter of the self-driving vehicle and the vehicle control system is operable to control the self-driving vehicle based on the at least one robot arm safety sensor and the at least one vehicle safety sensor.