Moreover, low labor cost and dependency on labor in the manufacturing sector of emerging economies, and technical challenges related to sensing elements act as a challenge to
AGV manufacturers.
Neuenhauser saw with the recent advances in autonomous vehicles and navigation systems that an
AGV is also a good solution for spinning mills.
A plastics manufacturing company has selected Dematic, a global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services that aim to optimize the supply chain, to design and implement an Automated Guided Vehicle System (
AGVS) for intra-plant delivery of materials.
The
AGV's processor uses the data to implement object identification, collision prediction and avoidance strategies.
Michael Fleming, product leader of the self-driving technology group for SSI Schaefer Systems International, says even industry veterans sometimes have difficulty understanding
AGV technology and how it might apply to their operation.
Comparison of technology to remove products from an
AGV using a picking robot.
Unlike other systems in the market currently, the automated robotic storage and retrieval system incorporates two types of automated guided vehicles (
AGVs) into a unified system that brings both high and low cubic velocity items to a single pick and pack station, requiring less capital investment than traditional material handling systems while increasing productivity and picking accuracy.
The new
AGV is well suited to this mid-sized niche because it has on-board intelligence and navigation sensors for safety and traffic control, rather the requiring a central management computer, said Mark Longacre, JBT marketing manager.
Hayes recalled, “As a sales manager for several automated guided vehicle (
AGV) companies there was an intention: sell
AGVs.