Evaluation
of automatic guided vehicle systems
Sigal Berman*,
Edna Schechtman* and Yael Edan*
*Department
of
Industrial Engineering and Management.
Abstruct -
This paper presents a methodology for detailed evaluation of
autonomous automated guided vehicles
systems (AGVS) used for material handling. The methodology
includes: stand-alone sub-module
evaluation, including comprehensive simulations and
statistical analysis of the system’s sub-modules,
along with hardware validation; quantitative system
evaluation for integrated system performance
investigation; and structured qualitative analyses for
identifying strengths and weaknesses not readily
apparent. The defined performance measures include aspects
from both multi-robot and AGV fields. The
developed methodology provides a systematic way to model,
experiment with, analyze, and compare
different AGVS control methods. To demonstrate the
methodology, it was applied to evaluate a recently
developed decentralized AGVS control method.
Robotics and
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 29 Febuary 2008, Elsevier
Ltd.
Keywords - Performance
evaluation, AGV, AGVS, Material handling, Multi robots.
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