TY - JOUR
T1 - Decentralized autonomous AGV system for material handling
AU - Berman, S.
AU - Edan, Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was partially supported by the BGU Paul Ivanier Centre for Robotics & Production Management. Special thnksato Doron Maresse, Ran Hessel, Victor Livshitz, Shmuel Epstein, Greg Piltz, Nissim Abuhazera, Joshua Stobitzki, Ami Eliav, Ran Shor,nSaehhrLaaykin and to thrseeotthefCIM lab team members for teirhcontribution to ths priect.oj
PY - 2002/10/15
Y1 - 2002/10/15
N2 - Decentralized control of an autonomous automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) used for material handling is expected to lead to high system flexibility and robustness. A complete control methodology for decentralized autonomous AGVS control was developed and implemented in a computer-integrated manufacturing environment. The methodology addresses all aspects of AGVS functionality: system management, navigation and load transfer. Hierarchical fuzzy behaviour-based control, a reactive navigation scheme, was expanded to multi-robot control in semistructured environments by incorporating a priori path optimization and right-of-the-way determination.
AB - Decentralized control of an autonomous automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) used for material handling is expected to lead to high system flexibility and robustness. A complete control methodology for decentralized autonomous AGVS control was developed and implemented in a computer-integrated manufacturing environment. The methodology addresses all aspects of AGVS functionality: system management, navigation and load transfer. Hierarchical fuzzy behaviour-based control, a reactive navigation scheme, was expanded to multi-robot control in semistructured environments by incorporating a priori path optimization and right-of-the-way determination.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207540210146990
DO - 10.1080/00207540210146990
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037109624
SN - 0020-7543
VL - 40
SP - 3995
EP - 4006
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
IS - 15 SPEC.
ER -
