In pursuit of flexible and agile automation within the domain of discrete manufacturing, a paint-shop with its surrounding logistics and handling processes is under construction as a laboratory prototype application. Holonic Manufacturing is argued to be a promising strategic paradigm and architecture to use for a system characterized by flexible production logistics and control. This paper des...

units output by some cells have to be carried to other units. An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a vehicle which carries the units among the cells by moving around in a space which is composed of guidepaths. The space is logically composed of space objects structured in a tree, where high-level space objects denote broader and more abstract space. In this paper, we would like to model the mov...

In this paper a control strategy of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) is proposed. The vehicle movement controlled by an inboard PLC do not need physical guide. The vehicle has 3 wheels. The front wheel is used for steering and driving. The 2 rear wheels are free and equipped with 2 encoders. The strategy is based on 2 main purposes: the path is stored in the PLC memory and the vehicle displacemen...

This paper deals with the on-line design of a supervisor to coordinate an automated guided vehicles (AGV) fleet. This supervisor ensures the system safeness (no collision) and a good coordination between vehicles (no blocking situations). It is the least restrictive, and ensures controllability and nonblocking. We propose a compositional procedure to resolve this problem allowing an efficient o...

he aim of the project is to build an assembly station with the preventive section under the process of poke yoke system. Poke yoke is the general methodology following in industry to avoid mismatching product in assembly stations. The main aim of this project is to avoid assembling process when the sequential procedure is not followed. The project also deals with AGV – Automatic Guided Vehicle....

This paper discusses the integration of intelligent systems and the use of sensor fusion within a Multi-Level Fusion Architecture (MUFA) designed for controlling the navigation of a tele-commanded Autonomous Guided Vehicle (AGV). The AGV can move autonomously within any office environment, following instructions issued by client stations connected to the Internet and reacting accordingly to dif...

In this paper, we present a navigation control algorithm for Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) that move in industrial environments including static and moving obstacles using D* algorithm. This algorithm has ability to get paths planning in unknown, partially known and changing environments efficiently. To apply the D* search algorithm, the grid map represent the known environment is generated. ...

The purpose is to report on the safety and efficacy of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV, New World Medical, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) implantation for the management of refractory pediatric glaucoma observed during one-year follow up period. A retrospective chart review was conducted on 10 eyes, all younger than 11 years, with pediatric glaucoma that underwent AGV implantation for medicamentous...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implant and the Baerveldt implant for the treatment of refractory glaucoma. METHODS We comprehensively searched four databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library databases, selecting the relevant studies. The continuous variables, namely, intraoc...