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HYBRID METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND OBJECT CARRIER MANAGEMENT

  • US 20150369832A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2014
  • Published: 12/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An automation system for use in in-vitro diagnostics comprising:

  • an automation surface configured to provide one or more paths between a plurality of testing stations, wherein the automation surface includes a plurality of predetermined risk zones;

    a plurality of carriers, each comprising an onboard processor configured to make local trajectory decisions and to control the motion of each carrier into the plurality of predetermined risk zones in response to authority granted by a traffic manager; and

    a traffic manager comprising at least one processor, configured to assign destinations to the plurality of carriers and grant authority to carriers to enter the plurality of predetermined risk zones,wherein each carrier is configured to hold one or more fluid vessels and move the one or more fluid vessels to one of the plurality of testing stations.

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