In this paper, we introduce an autonomous decentralized method for multiple Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). In our proposed system, each AGV as an agent computes its transportation route by referring to the static path information. route. Once potential collisions are detected, one of the two agents chosen by a negotiation rule modifies its route plan. The rules are improved by reinforcement ...

This paper presents the motivation behind the new joint NIST/IEEE Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition (VMAC). This competition strives to take the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) user community driven requirements and turn them into a low-entry-barrier competition. The objectives, scoring, performance metrics, and operation of the competition are explained. In addition, the entry-barrie...

In this paper, a study on detectability and readability of barcodes using omnidirectional vision system for automated guided vehicle is presented. Images from omnidirectional camera are known to be distorted against the height of the object. We present an algorithm for detecting and reading barcodes successfully without correcting the image distortion. Experiments were conducted both when the A...

This paper deals with the problem of determining the position and orientation of an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) by fusing odometry with the information provided by a vision system. The main idea is to exploit the ability of pointing a camera in different directions, to fixate on a point of the environment while the AGV is moving. By fixating on a landmark, one can improve the navigation acc...

This paper presents a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) with Pareto optimality and elitist tactics for the control system design of automated guided vehicle (AGV). The MOGA is used to identify AGV driving system model and optimize its servo control system sequentially. In system identification, the model identified by least square method is adopted as an evolution tutor who selects the i...

This paper provides a literature review of docking research, an area that has relatively few research articles as compared to generic automatic guided vehicle (AGV) or mobile robot research. Docking refers to the arrival and stopping at a position relative to another object. Docking can include positioning the vehicle or the equipment onboard the vehicle relative to another object, for example ...

5 Executive summary This document is a pre-study for the project Autonomous Navigation for Forest Machines. The project is part of a long-term vision, of developing an unmanned vehicle that transports timber from the area of felling to the main roads for further transportation. The main goal of the project is to present a working solution for autonomous path tracking navigation, to be implement...

This paper presents the design of an output feedback trajectory controller for a Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) differential drive. Its control architecture assumes that the two drive wheels are not coupled and the vehicle dynamics is not taken into account. It employs two independent velocity controllers that ensure the wheels’ velocities referenced by the trajectory controller. The reference ...

This study proposes a new pallet recognition system using Kinect camera. Depth image of Kinect camera is produced from the infrared ray data of random dot type. This system was applied to an automated guided vehicle(AGV) to recognize the pallet in various conditions. A modularized hardware and software of the pallet recognition system was developed. The performance of the developed pallet recog...