Lesson 08 – Automated Guided Vehicle System

Question 1

Please define an AGV System

Answer 1

-In-house, 
floor-supported 
materials handling systems 
comprising automatically controlled vehicles whose primary task is materials transport rather than
the transport of passengers.

Question 2

Which are the main components of an AGV system and how do they interact together

Answer 2

-Vehicles: central elements as they perform actual transportation tasks

• Stationary Control System: covers all subordinate control components
• > task: administration of transportation orders, optimization of schedules…

-Peripheral System Components: Represent counterparts to various onboard equipment of vehicles

• On-Site Components: Aspects of site’s structural design that affect AGVS
• > gates, lifts, ground …

Question 3

Position coupling and bearing: differences and characteristics

Answer 3

• Coupling (Translatory, Rotatory sensors): Odometer, accelerometer, incremental encoder, resolver, encoder.
• Bearing (Vehicle position relative to stationary bearing markers): inductive transponders, magnets, optical markers, reflectors

Question 4

What is the role of the stationary control system ?

Answer 4

• Covers all superordinate control components
• Administration of transportation orders, optimization of schedules, communication with other control systems via predefined interfaces