Patent №
US 9,152,147
Granted
2015-10-06
Filed 2014
Owner
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Lab
AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14172306
A method for transportation of material includes operating a material transportation vehicle according to a material transportation plan. The plan includes a representation of one or more regions within a geographical area, each of the regions being associated with a group of one or more communication stations and a representation of a route of travel within the geographical area. The route of travel traverses a first region of the one or more regions within the geographical area. The operating includes causing the vehicle to travel along the route of travel including causing the vehicle to enter the first region, accepting control information originating from a first communication station of the communication stations associated with the first region, the first communication station being authorized to control a material transportation resource of the vehicle in the first region, and causing an exchange of the material according to the accepted control information.
AI classification
Ownership
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
assignment · 321350961
Assignors
KHAZAN, ROGER, PETCHER, ADAM SHAWN, UTIN, DANIIL M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.