Patent ID: 11960299
Assignee: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for material handling in an area, comprising:
a. a vehicle traversal path;
b. an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
i. a controllably automatable forklift operable over a predetermined variable set of load configurations;
ii. a vehicle mover;
iii. an autonomous navigator operably in communication with the vehicle mover and operative to automatically navigate the autonomous vehicle along the vehicle traversal path within a predetermined set of environmental conditions;
iv. an obstacle avoidance system operatively in communication with the autonomous navigator, the obstacle avoidance system configured to detect an obstacle present along the vehicle traversal path; and
v. a rechargeable power system operatively in communication with the automatable forklift, the vehicle mover, the autonomous navigator, and the obstacle avoidance system, the rechargeable power system comprising:
1. A rechargeable power store;
2. A power recharge interface operatively in communication with the rechargeable power store;

c. a GPS base station operatively in communication with the automatable forklift; and
d. a supervisor/orchestrator located proximate to or within vehicle traversal path and operatively in communication with the automatable forklift, the GPS base station, and an external device, the supervisor/orchestrator operative to:
i. coordinate movement of the autonomous vehicle along the vehicle traversal path; and
ii. assign a task for the autonomous vehicle to accomplish.