Automated Guided Vehicle with Robotic Logistics System

摘要

Development of automated guided vehicle plays a major role in engineering industries to improve the material handling technique for recent years. In this paper, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) includes a material transfer system located on the top and driving device at the bottom to move the vehicle as desired. The vehicle is a customised AGV in which it will do the special material handling task and also used for custom applications. The vehicle works on its own once the program is feed into the control device. The control device is common to both driving device and transfer device which are connected together. The control device operates the vehicle and maintains the ultimate process of automated guided vehicle. Proximity sensors are set up in the AGV's pathway to detect the vehicle movement which directly controls the start and stop process of AGV. Photo sensors are incorporated to detect the material or object in the station. A material transfer system includes loading and unloading of material through set of specific device, in which the electrical connections are interconnected. The control device receives signal from the transfer device once transferring gets completed and transmits signal to the driving system to move the vehicle to the next destination point. In accordance with the flow path, the magnetic tape method is best suited to this vehicle for best outcome. The best flow path is designed considering all aspects. It is a battery powered vehicle in which it charges automatically. Inductive power transfermethods were implemented in the vehicle to enhance better performance.