Article transport facility
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United States of America Patent
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Mar 9, 2021
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Oct 18, 2018
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Apr 12, 2018
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Apr 14, 2017
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An article transport facility includes one or more rails which include one or more portions in which a travel path is curved, and an article transport vehicle configured to travel along the one or more rails to transport an article. The article transport vehicle includes a guided portion configured to be in contact with the one or more rails to be guided thereby, an obstacle detection sensor configured to detect an obstacle in a detection area which is set to be located ahead of the article transport vehicle, and a setting portion configured to changeably set the detection area. The setting portion is configured to change the detection area depending on an in-contact-rail shape which is a shape of one or more portions of the one or more rails that the guided portion is in contact with.
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