Automated Guided Vehicle System for Work-in-Process Movement

Abstract

The paper presents an automated guided vehicle transportation subsystem used for work-in-process movement, built at the Production Engineering Institute of Cracow University of Technology. It describes design and operational parameters of built vehicles as well as the principles of integration of AGV control subsystem with the AIM multi-agent manufacturing control system. Furthermore, results of the verification of applied path-finding, anti-collision and anti-deadlock algorithms are included.

A method for the automatic creation of bidirectional transportation paths for AGVs in Delmia QUEST

“…This kind of solution guarantees a high flexibility and efficiency. However, there are many problems associated with the AGVs construction and control; for example, some aspects of design and operational parameters of AGVs are presented in [1]. The biggest problem is to develop collision-free and deadlock-free methods of controlling AGVs.…”

Some Aspects of Design and Construction of an Automated Guided Vehicle

“…An automated guided vehicle is an unmanned vehicle which follows a set of physical or virtual guidepaths. AGV is a basic part of a fully automated, computer controlled material handling system [5]. It is equipped with a low-level control system, DC motors for steering and driving, necessary sensors, wireless communication and batteries as the energy source.…”