US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Oct. 20 for "Controlling movements of a robot running on tracks" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,444, issued on Oct. 20, 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 computer-implemented method for controlling movement of a robot on tracks laid out on a frame structure forming a grid includes receiving a current speed of a first wheel in a first pair of wheels of the robot, receiving a current position of the robot relative to at least a portion of the frame structure, and setting, based on the curren...