AGV is the automatic guided vehicles (Automated Guided Vehicle) of the initials. AGV belongs to a wheeled mobile robot (WMR - Wheeled Mobile Robot), which is equipped with automatic guidance devices such as electromagnetic or optics, capable of traveling along a prescribed guiding path, with safety protection and various transfer functions. category. More direct point: AGV is unmanned (Driverless) of the truck.
AGV generally battery-powered, is also useful non-contact energy transfer system - CPS (Contactless Power System) as the driving force. AGV equipped with non-contact navigation (guidance) device, can achieve unmanned transport operations. Its main function is in the computer monitoring, according to the path planning and job requirements, accurate walking and docked to the designated location, complete a series of operating functions.
AGV is characterized by wheeled movement, compared with walking, crawling or other non-wheeled mobile robot with quick action, high efficiency, simple structure, controllability, good security and other advantages. Compared with the other equipment commonly used in material handling, the active area of the AGV does not need to be provided with fixed devices such as rails and pedestals, which are not restricted by the space, the road and the space. Therefore, in the automated logistics system, the most able to fully reflect its automation and flexibility, to achieve efficient, economical and flexible unmanned production.