Method of and apparatus for guidance of automated vehicles
CA 2318686 A1 · Owner: Purchase, F. Jack · Inventors: Poole, Ross A.; Ward, Robert S.; Purchase, F. Jack
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The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for guiding automated vehicles, particularly in a mine environment. The invention provides for an assembly for and method of providing a simulated towing action for automated vehicles. The assembly comprises a towing vehicle an automated vehicle including drive means steering actuation means and, a controller connected to the drive and steering actuation means for control thereof, a tow frame towed behind the towing vehicle and guiding means, mounted on the tow frame and the automated vehicle for providing information to the controller of the relative spacing and orientation of the automated vehicle relative to the tow frame whereby the …
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- Filed September 12, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 12, 2020.
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