15-06-2010, 05:13 PM
Abstract:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) help to reduce costs of manufacturing and increase efficiency in a manufacturing system. AGVs can carry loads or tow objects behind them in trailers to which they can autonomously attach. The trailers can be used to move raw materials or finished products. The AGV can also store objects on a bed. The objects can be placed on a set of motorized rollers (conveyor) and then pushed off by reversing them. Lower cost versions of AGVs are often called AGCs or Automated Guided Carts and are usually tape-guided. An Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVs) is a material handling system that uses independently operated, self-propelled vehicles guided along defined pathways in the facility floor.
Types of AGV:
Driverless Train
Pallets Trucks
Unit Load AGVâ„¢s
