Automated Guided Vehicles

A considerable cost is incurred in today's manufacturing industry in the process of manually moving components between work stations. One possible means of reducing this cost may be found through the use of computer- controllable Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). However, development of suitabl...

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Main Author: Peck, John C
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AGV(AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES)
AUTOMATIC
COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
Computer Programming and Software
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
COSTS
INDUSTRIES
INTERFACES
LANGUAGE
MANUAL OPERATION
MANUFACTURING
Mfg & Industrial Eng & Control of Product Sys
REQUIREMENTS
ROBOTS
USER NEEDS
WORK STATIONS
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Summary:A considerable cost is incurred in today's manufacturing industry in the process of manually moving components between work stations. One possible means of reducing this cost may be found through the use of computer- controllable Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). However, development of suitable computer software for the specific requirements of a plant, in a cumbersome, machine-oriented AGV Operational Language, has hindered the widespread use of AGVs. Development of such software is virtually impossible for the typical AGV user, a non-programmer. Various approaches considered for developing such a tool are analyzed in the final report. Finally, an imprementation of one approach at the Clemson Apparel Research plant is discussed. (Author) (KR)