Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are robots moving freely in manufacturing environments or warehouses require a means of navigation. Frequently transportation routes are marked with optical lines or electric wires embedded into the floor. More recently, electric wires are replaced by RFID tags returning static IDs in defined positions. All approaches share the inflexibility if routes have to be changed or require to determine the exact locations of all RFID tags. The paper analyses potentials, challenges, and applications of using rewritable, stationary RFID tags for marking routes for autonomous vehicles in manufacturing environments. This approach promises to be flexible, robust, and inexpensive. Two algorithms are proposed also considering additional sensors.
A rewritable RFID environment for AGV navigation
Eine wiederbeschreibbare RFID-Umgebung für die Navigation von automatisch geführten Fahrzeugen
2008
6 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 5 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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