Development of a flexible AGV for flexible manufacturing systems

Industrial Robot

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-468

  Martinez Barbera, Humberto ^a   Herrero Perez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Automation; Materials handling; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; CAN BUS; COMPLEX MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HANDLING; FLOOR LAYOUT; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLES; LASER SCANNER; LOCALISATION; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANT LAYOUT; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956314274     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911011063281     Document Type: Article

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