A dynamic routing strategy for the traffic control of AGVs in automatic warehouses

Cristian Secchi; Roberto Olmi; Fabio Rocchi; Cesare Fantuzzi

ICRA 2015poster20 citations

A dynamic routing strategy for the traffic control of AGVs in automatic warehouses

Cristian Secchi, Roberto Olmi, Fabio Rocchi, Cesare Fantuzzi

Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel algorithm for the dynamic routing of a group of Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) used for transporting goods in automatic warehouses. Our strategy allows to improve the efficiency of a fleet of AGVs in terms of delivery time and its computational burden is sufficiently small to be embedded in standard industrial traffic management system. The algorithm is validated in a small-scale automatic warehouse with real AGVs.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{icra2015_adynamicroutings,
  title = {A dynamic routing strategy for the traffic control of AGVs in automatic warehouses},
  author = {Cristian Secchi and Roberto Olmi and Fabio Rocchi and Cesare Fantuzzi},
  booktitle = {ICRA 2015},
  year = {2015}
}