US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Aug. 12 for "Method and system for autonomous controlling of movements of container handling vehicles operating in an automated storage and retrieval system" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,623, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Method and system for autonomous controlling of movements of container handling vehicles operating in an automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Ingvar Fagerland (Kolnes, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage and retrieval system includes a grid structure with storage columns and a corresponding rail system above the storage columns for guiding movements of the vehicles adapted for transferring storage containers to and from the storage columns. Each vehicle includes a vehicle controller connected to driving unit and senso...