Automated guided vehicle systems, state-of-the-art control algorithms and techniques

M De Ryck, M Versteyhe, F Debrouwere - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) form a large and important part of the logistic transport
systems in today's industry. They are used on a large scale, especially in Europe, for over a …

Survey of research in the design and control of automated guided vehicle systems

IFA Vis - European journal of operational research, 2006 - Elsevier
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are used for the internal and external transport of
materials. Traditionally, AGVs were mostly used at manufacturing systems. Currently, AGVs …

A review of design and control of automated guided vehicle systems

T Le-Anh, MBM De Koster - European journal of operational research, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review on design and control of automated guided vehicle systems.
We address most key related issues including guide-path design, determining vehicle …

Design and operational issues in AGV-served manufacturing systems

T Ganesharajah, NG Hall, C Sriskandarajah - Annals of operations …, 1998 - Springer
Abstract Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems are already in widespread use and their
importance for material handling is expected to grow rapidly. The advantages that such …

The parallel AGV scheduling problem with battery constraints: A new formulation and a matheuristic approach

M Boccia, A Masone, C Sterle, T Murino - European Journal of Operational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are frequently used in larger systems, known
as AGV-based transportation systems, for the movement of goods and materials from one …

Evaluating battery charging and swapping strategies in a robotic mobile fulfillment system

B Zou, X Xu, R De Koster - European Journal of Operational Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Robotic mobile fulfillment systems (RMFS) have seen many implementations in recent
years, due to their high flexibility and low operational cost. Such a system stores goods in …

Manufacturing 4.0 operations scheduling with AGV battery management constraints

M Abderrahim, A Bekrar, D Trentesaux, N Aissani… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The industry 4.0 concepts are moving towards flexible and energy efficient factories. Major
flexible production lines use battery-based automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to optimize …

Resource management in decentralized industrial Automated Guided Vehicle systems

M De Ryck, M Versteyhe, K Shariatmadar - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an advanced decentralized method where an Automated Guided
Vehicle (AGV) can optimally insert charging stations into an already assigned optimal tour of …

Modeling and analysis for an automated container terminal considering battery management

X Xiang, C Liu - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of information technology, automation and intelligence techniques
have gradually taken place of the manpower in container terminals. The automation of …

Comparative analysis of different routing heuristics for the battery management of automated guided vehicles

QS Kabir, Y Suzuki - International Journal of Production Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores how different routing techniques for the battery management of
automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can affect the performance of a system. Four heuristics …