Title :
A dynamic routing strategy for the traffic control of AGVs in automatic warehouses
Author :
Secchi, Cristian ; Olmi, Roberto ; Rocchi, Fabio ; Fantuzzi, Cesare
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. & Methods of Eng., Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a novel algorithm for the dynamic routing of a group of Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) used for transporting goods in automatic warehouses. Our strategy allows to improve the efficiency of a fleet of AGVs in terms of delivery time and its computational burden is sufficiently small to be embedded in standard industrial traffic management system. The algorithm is validated in a small-scale automatic warehouse with real AGVs.
Keywords :
mobile robots; traffic control; vehicle routing; warehousing; AGV; autonomous guided vehicles; dynamic routing strategy; small-scale automatic warehouse; standard industrial traffic management system; traffic control; Motion segmentation; Planning; Routing; Safety; Tracking; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139653
