In this research, a special form of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) routing problem is investigated. The objective is to ®nd the shortest tour for a single, free-ranging AGV that has to carry out multiple pick and deliver (P&D) requests. This problem is an incidence of the asymmetric traveling salesman problem which is known to be NP-complete. An arti®cial neural network algorithm based on Kohon...

We propose an intelligent vision-based Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) system using fiduciary markers. In this paper, we explore a low-cost, efficient vehicle guiding method using a consumer grade web camera and fiduciary markers. In the proposed method, the system uses fiduciary markers with a capital letter or triangle indicating direction in it. The markers are very easy to produce, manipulat...

Currently, connict-free routing in AGV systems is established by means of one of the following three approaches: (i) the problem elimination through the adoption of a segmented path ow or tandem queue connguration, (ii) the identiication of imminent collisions through forward sensing and their aversion through vehicle backtracking and/or rerouting, or (iii) the imposition of zone control and ex...

utomated guided vehicles (AGVs) have been operating effectively in factories for decades. These vehicles have successfully used strategies of deliberately structuring the environment and adapting the process to the automation. The potential of computer vision technology to increase the intelligence and adaptability of AGVs is largely unexploited in contemporary commercially available vehicles. ...

United States and European safety standards have evolved to protect workers near Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV's). However, performance standards for AGV's and mobile robots have only recently begun development. Lessons can be learned from research and standards efforts for mobile robots applied to emergency response and military applications. Research challenges, tests and evaluations, and pr...

A multi-AGV based logistic system is typically associated with two fundamental problems, critical for its overall performance: the AGV’s route planning collision and deadlock avoidance; task scheduling to determine which vehicle should transport load. Several heuristic functions can be used according application. This paper proposes a time-based algorithm dynamically control fleet of Autonomous...

An Intelligent IoT Environment (iIoTe) is comprised of heterogeneous devices that can collaboratively execute semi-autonomous applications, examples which include highly automated manufacturing cells or autonomously interacting harvesting machines. Energy efficiency key in such edge environments, since they are often based on an infrastructure consists wireless and battery-run devices, e.g., e-...

With the advancements of robotic technologies, the industrial environments are adopting more and more aspects of automation to enhance product quality and accuracy and to reduce product cost. One of these aspects is the use of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) which is gaining importance in industrial logistics and transportation systems. Automated Guided Vehicles are the essential parts of all au...