A vehicle and conveyor system for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers, wherein the vehicle has a workpiece receptacle, an assembly platform accessible to workers, its own drive which is designed to drive the vehicle independently of other vehicles of the conveyor system, a contactless route sensor for navigating the vehicle and a control apparatus for controlling the drive, inter alia on the basis of a signal from the route sensor. The vehicle may have a contactless platform sensor for monitoring the assembly platform, wherein the platform sensor is designed to at least temporarily alternatively take over the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle or to at least temporarily additionally support the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle. A conveyor system having two such vehicles and to a corresponding method is also provided.


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    Title :

    Vehicle for a conveyor system and method for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers


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    Publication date :

    2025-07-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge





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