Dec-2014 to Feb-2015
An Automated Guided Vehicle or Automatic Guided Vehicle(AGV) is a portablerobotthat follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation. They are most often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around a large industrial building, such as a factory or warehouse. Different types of AGV's are Wired type, guide type, Magnetic tape etc. Magnetic tape mode :- The magnetic tape is laid on the surface of the floor or buried in a 10mm channel; not only does it provide the path for the AGV to follow but also strips of the tape in different combinations of polarity, sequence, and distance laid alongside the track tell the AGV to change lane, speed up, slow down, and stop.