---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000215"
title: "Article transport facility"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:02:37.164705Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000215"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
  - "g05d1/696"
  - "g05d2105/28"
---

# Article transport facility

## Abstract

An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. While the transport vehicle performs a combining operation with a combination target vehicle that is another transport vehicle that is a combination target, the control unit at least partially disables a surrounding area sensor so as not to detect the combination target vehicle.