Automated guided vehicle position recovery

The authors present two techniques that enhance the applicability of pseudorandom absolute position measurement as a cost-effective upgrading feature for industrial automated guided vehicles (AGVs). An onboard synchronization technique for code track scanning leads to minimum complexity requirements...

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Published inIEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 254 - 258
Main Authors Petriu, E.M., Basran, J.S., Groen, F.C.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.02.1990
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied sciences
Cables
Control systems
Cost function
Design optimization
Encoding
Exact sciences and technology
Mechanical engineering. Machine design
Navigation
Optical losses
Position measurement
Production facilities
Vehicles
Guided vehicle
Automation
Trajectory
Position
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Summary:The authors present two techniques that enhance the applicability of pseudorandom absolute position measurement as a cost-effective upgrading feature for industrial automated guided vehicles (AGVs). An onboard synchronization technique for code track scanning leads to minimum complexity requirements for the tracks physically laid on the floor: on a 1-bit-wide pseudorandom code track has to be added to the obvious guide path. An optimized serial/parallel implementation of the pseudorandom/natural code conversion allows the best design tradeoff to be made between the cost of the equipment and the time.< >
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ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/19.50460