PID controller for positioning an eletric vehicle model based on an optical sensor

The process that use automatic guided vehicle (AVG) in its architecture suffer with the lack of flexibility of some of these devices. The control, navigation and interaction with the working environment of AGV are indispensable processes for material handling in a Flexible Manufacturing System. The prospect of using an optical sensor as an economical yet efficient alternative sensor for AG navigation and control is depicted. Using optical sensors and techniques of digital images processing, a proposal of an AGV will be presented, proposing the reduction of dependence of the vehicle model in relation to layout where it is located, just by changes in programming to adapt them to other plants. The steps of a control project will be carried out, since the modeling of the system until the implementation of the PID controller used with the analysis and discussion of the results obtained.