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...

The study objectives are to 1) provide information regarding the use and benefits of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems in manufacturing environments, and 2) review the literature related to design, modeling and simulation of AGV systems. We classify the tools utilized in design problems of AGV systems as analytical and simulation-based tools. Then, give examples of both categories from rel...

This paper presents a new absolute position measurement method using pseudo-random binary sequences. This encoding technique has the notable advantage of requiring only one code-symbol per quantization interval. This compact encoding method offers an economical solution to very-highresolution absolute position applications: shaft encoders, linear encoders, and "automated guided vehicle" (AGV) n...

Recently, the use of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at production sites has been increasing due to industrial development, such as introduction smart factories. AGVs utilizing wired induction method, which is cheaper and faster than wireless are mainly used sites. However, guidance AGV operation system disadvantage being limited small-batch or collaboration-based sites, since it difficult cha...

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. We developed a virtually infrastructure-fr...

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are the future of transportation. As a result of emerging standards, vehicles will soon be able to talk to one another as well as their environment. A number of applications will be made available for vehicular networks that improve the overall safety of the transportation infrastructure. This chapter develops a method to impart chaotic motions to an Aut...

This paper reports on the development of the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Hellenak that it is manufactured at the Machine Tools Laboratory of the Technical University of Crete. It has been designed with the use of parametric technology. The size of the model was 1.2 meters long and 0.7 meter wide. Vehicle’s load capacity is 200 Kg and volume capacity exceeds the 1 m. Hellenak has a four wheel...