Automated Guide Vehicle / AGV

Fori Automation has developed an Automated Guided Vehicle/Cart (AGV/AGC) for the aerospace industry that automatically drives and tracks a predetermined magnetic path. Two induction sensors on the bottom of the vehicle read the AGV's position cross vehicle relative to the magnetic path. Induction sensors send continuous feedback to the CPU to correct the path using the dual servo drive/steer mechanism. Each drive/steer motor contains its own internal encoder which retains its position in the PCs memory during power off. The drive/steer speed, acceleration, and deceleration rates are customer programmable. The vehicles can be driven automatically or manually with a wireless joystick in a forward, reverse, or side to side direction (crab walking). The system is powered between work zones and during manual joystick manipulation by batteries equaling a high efficiency, 300VDC system. The Fori AGV system is readily adaptable to many different power sources including induction and lithium based emerging battery technology. The batteries are recharged at each stop or work station and vehicle has an intelligent battery charger to optimize battery life. Each vehicle also has its' own control CPU and HMI screen that generates fault messages, allows for manual mode interface, and allows for individual vehicle system programming control. All vehicles can be monitored for their exact positioning and control status by a single traffic control PLC. The traffic control PLC has an HMI which will allow commands to be sent to each vehicle via wireless RF signals. The HMI screen will display the location of each vehicle, the status of each vehicle (such as any current fault status, and battery levels). Fori Automation will configure and design your AGV based on your specific application.

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