System and design of a compact and heavy-payload AGV system for flexible production line

Author

Long Han ; Huihuan Qian ; Wing Kwong Chung ; Kai Wing Hou ; Kit Hang Lee ; Xu Chen ; Guanghua Zhang ; Yangsheng Xu

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. & Autom. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, China

fYear

2013

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

2482

Lastpage

2488

Abstract

This paper presents a new Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system, in which unique compact and heavy-payload under-cart design, high precision hybrid-mode stopping, modularized software and distributed AGV-caller system, are integrated to provide a reliable and worker-friendly AGV system for the flexible production Une. Besides, the results of a series of in-field tests validate the payload and precise stopping performance of our AGV system.

Keywords

automatic guided vehicles; design engineering; flexible manufacturing systems; automatic guided vehicle system; compact AGV system; distributed AGV-caller system; flexible production line; heavy-payload AGV system; heavy-payload under-cart design; high precision hybrid-mode stopping; in-field tests; modularized software; payload; precise stopping performance; unique compact; worker-friendly AGV system; Force; Friction; Joining processes; Navigation; Payloads; Radiofrequency identification; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBIO.2013.6739844

Filename

6739844