AGV

How it is used

Used in factories and warehouses to move pallets, carts and parts between stations. AGVs follow their route and stop when something blocks the path; changing a route usually means changing the floor markers. Fleet management software sends them jobs.

Example sentences

1. The AGV stops whenever someone leaves a pallet on the tape line.

2. We use three AGVs to take finished parts from the press to the warehouse.

Common collocations

• AGV route
• AGV fleet
• magnetic tape guidance
• charging station
• fleet management

Related terms

• AMRShort for autonomous mobile robot: a robot that moves materials using maps and sensors such as LiDAR and cameras, choosing its own route and driving around obstacles.
• LiDARShort for light detection and ranging: a sensor that measures distances by sending laser pulses and timing their reflections, building a picture of the surroundings.
• conveyorA machine that moves products or materials from one place to another on a moving belt, chain or rollers, along a line or between stations.
• obstacle avoidanceThe ability of a robot to detect objects or people in its way with its sensors and change its path or speed so that it does not hit them.

More terms: Machine Vision and Mobile Robots

• machine vision
• SLAM
• path planning