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From: jn163051@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Joel Nevison)
Subject: Re: Apogee AGV
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 16:06:07 GMT
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In article <CHzwwK.6v4@herald.indirect.com> meco@indirect.com () writes:
>I just got a flyer from a local auction house detailing an upcoming sale.
>One of the items is:
>
>      APOGEE ORBITER 750 AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE
>
>Anybody have a clue what this is?
>
>John

It is probably a three or four wheeled robot intended to deliver
items automatically within a plant environment.  Most apogee's I've
seen are roughly 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, equipped in a variety of ways.
Some have motorized rollers and can load and unload boxes from a conveyor,
Some are just a flat bed, some have mail slots and go around a plant and 
letting people greab out their mail, some are armored and deliver meals 
within a prison, etc, etc.  They can follow wires or reflective tape in or
on the floor, some systems have a central controller that tells a fleet of 
these things what to do.  Most apogee's have ultrasonic sensors and touch 
strips to avoid collisions, along with annoying synthesized messages asking you
to "excuse me" and such.  Apogee Robotics, Fort Collins, CO, 303-221-1122 
