Patent ID: 9145286
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B66F,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an autonomous industrial truck, having the following method steps: by means of a measuring apparatus of an autonomous industrial truck determining whether the industrial truck potentially collides with at least one obstacle on the basis of the present movement of said industrial truck, determining those points of the industrial truck at which the obstacle will potentially be hit, determining the distance between the obstacle and the point of the industrial truck, and determining a maximum velocity of the present movement of the industrial truck on the basis of the determined distance, with the result that the industrial truck reliably comes to a standstill in front of the obstacle on the basis of possible braking of the industrial truck; wherein the movement of the industrial truck runs along a circular path or on a straight line, wherein movement of the obstacle relative to the industrial truck is determined according to the equation whereby the industrial truck moves in a circular path with the radius and the instant center of rotation with the vehicle's coordinates (x m , y m ); and the position of the obstacle is described with the vehicle's coordinates (x 0 , y 0 ), and r 0 is the distance of the obstacle to the instant center of rotation.