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02 Automatic Guided Vehicle

An Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) does not require an operator and is well-suited for high labor cost, hazardous, or environmentally sensitive conditions. AGVs use either a fixed path with physical guides on the floor or free-ranging guidance without physical guides to navigate autonomously. There are several types of AGVs including tow AGVs that pull trailers, unit load AGVs with decks that can hold up to 2,000 pounds, and assembly AGVs used as mobile assembly platforms.

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02 Automatic Guided Vehicle

An Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) does not require an operator and is well-suited for high labor cost, hazardous, or environmentally sensitive conditions. AGVs use either a fixed path with physical guides on the floor or free-ranging guidance without physical guides to navigate autonomously. There are several types of AGVs including tow AGVs that pull trailers, unit load AGVs with decks that can hold up to 2,000 pounds, and assembly AGVs used as mobile assembly platforms.

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Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV)

AGVs do not require an operator


Good for high labor cost, hazardous, or environmentally sensitive conditions
(e.g., clean-room)
Also termed "automated" guided vehicle
AGVs good for low-to-medium volume medium-to-long distance random
material flow operations (e.g., transport between work cells in a flexible
manufacturing system (FMS) environment)
Two means of guidance can be used for AGV systems:
Fixed path: Physical guidepath (e.g., wire, tape, paint) on the floor used for
guidance
Free-ranging: No physical guidepath, thus easier to change vehicle path (in
software), but absolute position estimates (from, e.g., lasers) are needed to
correct dead-reckoning error
Tow AGV
Used to pull a train of trailers
Automated version of a tractor
trailer
Trailers usually loaded
manually (early type of AGV,
not much used today)

Unit Load AGV
Have decks that can be loaded manually
or automatically
Deck can include conveyor or lift/lower
mechanism for automatic loading
Typically 4 by 4 feet and can carry 1
2,000 lb. loads
Typically less than 10 vehicles in AGV system

Assembly AGV
Used as assembly platforms (e.g.,
car chassis, engines, appliances)
Greatest development activity
during the 1980s (alternative to
AEMs)
Typically 50100 vehicles in AGV
system

Light Load AGV
Used for small loads (< 500 lbs), e.g.,
components, tools
Typically used in electronics assembly and
office environments (as mail and snack
carriers)

Fork AGV
Counterbalanced, narrow-aisle straddle,
and sideloading versions available
Typically have sensors on forks (e.g.,
infrared sensors) for pallet interfacing

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