Laser-guided warehouse workers

When a major North American CD maker wanted to trim production costs it turned to automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) from Transbotics Corp. This 10-AGV system integrates with packaging robots and an automatic storage and retrieval system. The result: one-third the labor cost and no loss of jobs. Most...

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Published inMachine Design p. 34
Main Author Willis, Ryan S
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville Endeavor Business Media 01.02.2003
Subjects
Cost reduction
Flooring
Lasers
Packaging industry
Pallets
Production management
Robots
Vehicles
United States > US
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Summary:When a major North American CD maker wanted to trim production costs it turned to automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) from Transbotics Corp. This 10-AGV system integrates with packaging robots and an automatic storage and retrieval system. The result: one-third the labor cost and no loss of jobs. Most modern AGVs do away with the wires and are instead guided along computer-generated pathways by gyros, magnetic spots and tape, or lasers. Of these, lasers have become the preferred navigation method.
ISSN:0024-9114
1944-9577