Autonomous Guided Vehicle Systems
by Ewaryst Schulz

1. Glossary
1.1. FTS = Fahrerlose Transportsysteme
1.2. AGV = Automated guided vehicle-systems
1.3. AWT = Automatische Warentransportanlage
2. Industry
2.1. Application
2.1.1. HHLA CTA
2.2. Development
2.2.1. http://www.fts-kompetenz.de
2.2.2. http://www.ds-automotion.com
2.2.3. http://www.ek-automation.com
2.2.4. http://www.ant-system.de
3. Conferences
3.1. DARS = Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems -> http://dars2010.epfl.ch/
4. AGV Problems
4.1. Design & Layout
4.1.1. Design of Flowpath layout
4.1.2. Vehicle requirements
4.1.3. Number and location of pick-up and delivery points
4.2. Control
4.2.1. Vehicle dispatching
4.2.2. Vehicle routing & scheduling
4.2.3. Traffic management: prediction and avoidance of collisions and deadlocks
4.2.4. Positioning of idle vehicles
4.3. Maintainance
4.3.1. Battery management
4.3.2. Failure management