• Journal of Korean Port Research
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.291-301
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• 2000

T his paper presents the lateral and longitudinal control algorithm for the driving of a 4WS AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle). The control law to the lateral and longitudinal control of the AGV includes adaptive agin tuning ability, that is the controller gain of the gravity compensated PD controller can be changed on a real-time. The gain tuning law is derived from the Lyapunov direct method using the output error of the reference model and the actual model, And to show the performance of the presented lateral and longitudinal control algorithm, we simulate toe nonlinear AGV equations of the motion by deriving the Newton-Euler Method, The read path is from quay yard area to docking position in loading yard area. The quay yard area is where the quay crane loads the container to the AGV and the docking position is where the container is transferred to the gantry crane. The road types are constructed in a straight line and J-turn. When driving the straight line, the driving velocity is 6㎧ and the J-turn is 3㎧.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.138-139
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• 2011

무인 운반차(AGV, Automated Guided Vehicle)은 1955년에 개발된 자재 운반용 무인운송 시스템으로 초기에는 제조 현장에서 자재의 운송에 국한되어 사용되었다. 최근에는 창고, 컨테이너 터미널 그리고 지하공간에서의 반복되는 실내/외 운송으로까지 그 사용이 확산되고 있다. AGV는 제조현장에서 제조 공정과 관련된 모든 자재의 이송에 적용되고 반복되는 운송의 형태에 사용되며, 실내 용도로는 수입, 저장, 분류, 반출, 이송과 공정 간의 파레트(Pallet) 이송에 사용되며, 비교적 작은 용량의 AGV가 이러한 제조현장에서 산업용도에 쓰이고 있다. AGV는 실내에서 주로 사용되는 환경적 특성상 배터리를 사용하며, 충전하거나 교환하여야 하며, 이에 소요되는 시간이 시스템의 성능에 큰 영향을 미친다. 대부분의 제조현장이나 배송센터에서 AGV는 비교적 짧은 거리를 운행하므로 대기 시간 중에 배터리를 충전하거나 교환이 가능하다. 하지만 비교적 장거리를 운행하는 시스템에서는 AGV의 가동률을 50% 이하로 유지하거나 온라인 충전 시스템을 구비하여야만 배터리 전압 강하에 의한 시스템의 마비를 예방할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11b
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• pp.432-434
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• 1998

Recently, For the material transport is increased, the AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle) is the most important part in the industrial factory. So we treat the navigation control problem and experimental results using microprocessor. In navigation control, we have faced with velocity control problem related to guide path tracking problem. Carefully, In the straight line, the AGV moves at its high speed, but in the curve line, especially when the radian ratio is very big it is difficult to follow guide line. So, Using fuzzy controller we have simulated the guide path following AGV according to the varying velocity and experimented it with microprocessor.(Intel 80C196KC) Now, If we use the AGV industrial factory, we will improve the product and efficiency in spite of changing the factory environment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.1
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• pp.387-392
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• 2006

In the environment where AGVs(Automated Guided Vehicles) operate concurrently in limited space, collisions. deadlocks, and livelocks which have negative effect on the productivity of AGVs occure more frequently. The accelerated motion of an AGV is also the factor that make the AGV routing more difficult because the accelerated motion makes it difficult to estimate the vehicle's exact travel time. In this study, we propose methods of avoiding collisions, deadlocks, and livelocks using OAR(Occupancy Area Reservation) table, and selecting best route by estimating the travel time of an AGV in accelerated motion. A time-driven simulation validated the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

• IE interfaces
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.233-241
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• 2004

The main subject to become a hub port is automation. The automated container terminal has already operated in advanced ports and it has been planned for the basic planning and operation design in domestic case. The key of automated container terminal is effective operation of both ATC(automated transfer crane) and AGV(automated guided vehicle) which is automated handling equipments. This is essential to productivity of automated container terminal. This study suggests the most optimal method of equipment operation in order to minimize loading time using each three types of effective ATC operation methods and AGV dispatching rules in automated container terminals. As the automated equipment operation causes unexpected deadlocks or interferences, it should be proceeded on event-based real time. Therefore we propose the most effective ATC operation methods and AGV dispatching rules in this paper. The various states occurred in real automated container terminals are simulated to evaluate these methods. This experiment will show the most robust automated equipment operation method on various parameters(the degree of yard re-marshaling, the number of containers and AGV)

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.97-108
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• 2001

Design and evaluation of AGV-based material handling systems are very complicated due to the randomness and the large number of variables involved Vehicle travel time is a key parameter for designing and evaluating AGV systems. Although loaded travel time is relatively easy to estimate, determination of empty vehicle travel time is difficult due to the inherent randomness of material handling systems. Most previous studies assume that the empty vehicle travel time is the same as the loaded travel time or assume very specific environments. This paper presents new vehicle travel time models for AGV-based material transport systems. The research effort is focused on the estimation of empty vehicle travel time under various vehicle dispatching policies. Simulation experiments are used to verify the proposed travel time models.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.391-393
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• 2005

Automatic guided vehicle(AGV) in the factory has an important role to advance the flexible manufacturing system. In this paper, we propose a novel object-transportation control algorithm of cooperative AGV systems to apply decentralized control scheme based on virtual-passivity. It is shown that the cooperative AGV systems ensure stability and the convergence to scaled multiple of each desired velocity field for multiple AGV systems. Finally, the application of proposed virtual passivity-based decentralized control algorithm via system augmentation is applied to be the tracking a circle. Also. the simulation results for the object-transportation by two AGV systems illustrate the validity of the proposed control scheme.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.55 no.6
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• pp.261-263
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• 2006

Automatic guided vehicle(AGV) in the factory has an important role to advance the flexible manufacturing system. In this paper, we propose a novel object-transportation control algorithm of cooperative AGV systems to apply decentralized control scheme based on virtual-passivity. It is shown that the cooperative AGV systems ensure stability and the convergence to scaled multiple of each desired velocity field for multiple AGV systems. Finally, the application of p reposed virtual passivity-based decentralized control algorithm via system augmentation is applied to be the tracking a circle. Also, the simulation results for the object-transportation by two AGV systems illustrate the validity of the proposed control scheme.

• IE interfaces
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.438-447
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• 2007

This paper presents an aspect-oriented approach to simulation design and analysis in system design phase for integrated logistics system simulation. The integrated logistics system composed of AS/RS (Automated Storages and Retrieval System), AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicle System), STVs (Sorting Transfer Vehicle System) and Conveyor System is designed by using the aspect-oriented approach and UML (Unified Modeling Language). The multi-factorial design of experiments and regression analysis are used for design parameters of the system and Evolution Strategies is used to verify each parameter. Aspect-oriented approach for the integrated logistics system simulation shows the advantages of code reusability, extendible, modulation, easy improvement and a better design technique.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.219-225
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• 2000

The major movement block of the containers have range between apron and designation points on yard in container terminal. The yard tractor operated by human takes charge of its movement in conventional container terminal. In automated container terminal, AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle) has charge of the yard tractor's role and the navigation path is ordered from upper level control system. The automated container terminal facilities must have the docking system to guide landing line to have high speed travelling and precision positioning. The general method for docking system uses the vision system with CCD camera, infra red, and laser. This paper describes the detection of AGV's position and orientation using laser slit beam to develop docking system.