Autonomous vehicle always facing target direction at end of run

Details Autonomous vehicle always facing target direction at end of run Autonomous vehicle always facing target direction at end of run

1998-02-27

2000-10-24

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Automatic route guidance vehicle

701 69, 701 75, 29273, 31856812, G01C 2200, G05D 100

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061380636

ABSTRACT:
An autonomous vehicle includes a chassis, pair of drive wheels, a motor for driving these drive wheels, a gyrosensor provided at the chassis for detecting a direction of the chassis, and a travel control unit responsive to an output of the gyrosensor at the end of a travel of a predetermined run indicating difference from a target direction for providing control of the rotation amount of the drive wheels so that the direction of the chassis is corrected by a predetermined amount to be aligned with the target direction. A method of controlling this autonomous vehicle is also disclosed.

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