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A bio-inspired scheduling approach for machines and automated guided vehicles in flexible manufacturing system using hormone secretion principle

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020
The product quality and production efficiency of a flexible manufacturing system have improved effectively by introducing the computer management and the material transportation system. The flexible manufacturing system performance greatly depends on the
Wenbin Gu   +3 more
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A new AGV scheduling algorithm based on harmony search for material transfer in a real-world manufacturing system

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2018
With the development of advanced manufacturing technology, more and more enterprises utilize automated guided vehicles to transfer materials for computer numerical control machines in the workshop.
Guomin Li   +4 more
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A review of the automated guided vehicle systems: dispatching systems and navigation concept

open access: yesAvtomobilʹnyj Transport (Harʹkov), 2023
Problem. As one of the three key elements of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS),automated guided vehicles (AGVs) play a significant role in material handling systems. They've been around for more than a decade, primarily in Europe.
Bourafa Rami, Siegfried Patrick
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To mesh or not to mesh: flexible wireless indoor communication among mobile robots in industrial environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Mobile robots such as automated guided vehicles become increasingly important in industry as they can greatly increase efficiency. For their operation such robots must rely on wireless communication, typically realized by connecting them to an existing ...
M Schneier   +4 more
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Road Design Criteria and Capacity Estimation Based on Autonomous Vehicles Performances. First Results from the European C-Roads Platform and A22 Motorway

open access: yesTransport and Telecommunication, 2021
Several European road operators and authorities joined the C-Roads Platform with the aim of harmonising the deployment activities of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS).
Guerrieri Marco   +3 more
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Automated Guided Vehicle

open access: yes, 2018
High demands on manufacturers have left their shipping warehouses in havoc. Human error has a negative effect on safety,efficiency,and quality. These expenses are reduced with the introduction of an Automated Guided Vehicle,AGV. A driverless,intelligent forklift uses an optical path to quickly and safely traverse a warehouse.
MR. BHARAT LATAKE   +4 more
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HEADING CONTROL OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES

open access: yesInternational Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 2021
With rapid developments in industry wide automation control systems, there have been numerous proposed design and control strategies as alternatives to conventional methods. This term paper deals with the same in the context of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) with a review of the current literature for proposed design improvements as well as ...
Abhishek Bhardwaj   +2 more
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Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Scheduling in Automated Container Terminals (ACTs) Focusing on Battery Swapping and Speed Control

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Because they are environmentally friendly and safe, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are increasingly used in newly constructed automated container terminals. However, their scheduling strategy is constrained by their limited battery capacity.
Xurui Yang   +3 more
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Scheduling of AGVs in Automated Container Terminal Based on the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) Using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
In order to improve the horizontal transportation efficiency of the terminal Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), it is necessary to focus on coordinating the time and space synchronization operation of the loading and unloading of equipment, the ...
Chun Chen, Zhi-Hua Hu, Lei Wang
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Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect the operational perfor- mance. These factors include: topological constraints, a large number of design parameters and settings, and stochastic interactions that interplay
Koster, M.B.M. (René) de   +1 more
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