ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,355, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Controlling movements of a robot running on tracks" was invented by Ingvar Hognaland (Nedre Vats, Norway), Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling movement of a robot on a plurality of tracks laid out on a frame structure forming a grid includes detecting a current speed and an angular position for one wheel in a pair of wheels of the robot; tracking a current position of the robot relative to at least a portion of the frame structure; and setting a driving se...