This study proposes a new pallet recognition system using Kinect camera. Depth image of Kinect camera is produced from the infrared ray data of random dot type. This system was applied to an automated guided vehicle(AGV) to recognize the pallet in various conditions. A modularized hardware and software of the pallet recognition system was developed. The performance of the developed pallet recog...

We discuss in this paper the application of the methods of operation research (OR) to tackling various design problems of Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) . We present a selective review of tile literature on applying OR to aid AGVS planning eind clesign . This study can make engineers aware of the problems commonly encountered in AGVS design and the potential use ofOR for solving these ...

We describe parallel simulations of an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) system for the container handling at a port. The AGV system is modelled with a time-driven approach and executed on efficient simulation engines implemented by using Cilk, a multi-threaded parallel programming language developed at MIT. The speedup results of the AGV simulation over sequential versions are documented. We also...