Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3995-4006 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 15 SPEC. |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Oct 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
