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A self-propelled, battery powered vehicle adapted to carry golf clubs and the like and including means to automatically follow a golfer carrying a small transmitter as he walks about a golf course. The transmitter generates a signal pattern which magnetically couples the transmitter to a directional

A self-propelled, battery powered vehicle adapted to carry golf clubs and the like and including means to automatically follow a golfer carrying a small transmitter as he walks about a golf course. The transmitter generates a signal pattern which magnetically couples the transmitter to a directional antenna system carried by the vehicle. An automatic guidance system in the vehicle provides signals which control the individual speeds of right and left wheel drive motors to affect steering and vehicle speed in response to the position and movement of the golfer\s transmitter. The vehicle may be provided with a collapsible control arm which permits manual steering of the vehicle in lieu of the transmitter control.

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In combination with an energy field, a control system comprising a plurality of antenna devices located within said energy field, separate receiver means respectively connected to said antenna devices for developing signal voltages at levels depending on the positions of the antenna devices within t

In combination with an energy field, a control system comprising a plurality of antenna devices located within said energy field, separate receiver means respectively connected to said antenna devices for developing signal voltages at levels depending on the positions of the antenna devices within the energy field, means connected to at least two of the receiver means for producing direction control signals in response to differences in energy levels between the signal voltages, means connected to at least one of the receiver means for producing speed control signals reflecting the positions of the antenna devices within the energy field, a pair of servo operating devices, and pulse developing means connected to said servo operated devices for converting the direction control and speed control signals into drive pulses of one polarity supplied to the servo operating devices.