With more than 10 years of experience in automation, KV-Techniek, The Robot Company, has developed its own AGVs. These Automated Guided Vehicles improve logistics processes within a company. By performing material transport jobs and routine tasks, they increase efficiency, safety and sustainability. The AGV robots have been part of GO, The AGV Company, since 2024.
AGV is the abbreviation for Automated Guided Vehicle. By ‘automatically guided’, we mean that the vehicle drives around without a driver. Here, the robot uses software, and various scanners and sensors. This makes human intervention unnecessary.
There are many advantages to integrating Automated Guided Vehicles into logistics.
Automation of repetitive tasks
In internal logistics, many processes are defined. Goods transport, for instance, is a recurring task that is always performed in the same way.
Smart deployment of personnel
Labour is becoming more expensive and skilled workers are increasingly difficult to find. Under these developments, how can you still scale up productivity while keeping operational costs low? By deploying AGVs. The autonomous forklifts perform the easy tasks, allowing staff to focus on the more complex tasks.
Reduction of damage costs
Without self-driving forklifts in a warehouse, it is still human work. That means that sometimes things go wrong. Drivers driving too fast, driving carelessly or miscalculating the situation. Resulting in damage to buildings, doors and machinery. AGV transport is accurate and reliable. Thanks to its precision, you can prevent unnecessary damage costs.
Increase in safety
Aren’t self-driving forklifts more dangerous? No, on the contrary! Automated guided vehicles are equipped with sensors and scanners to move around safely. They won’t overlook a single thing.
Always available and flexible
The AGVs transport goods from A to B without any problems. Even when there are changes, the operator can easily adjust tasks and routes. The vehicle will then adapt automatically. Besides recharging, the low-maintenance AGV does not require any breaks. In short, a versatile solution for warehouses and distribution centres in particular.
For navigation and localisation, we use a Swiss system. This technology is flexible, accurate and user-friendly. Navigation ensures that our AGV knows where it is, where to go and how to get there best. There are several scanners on it that capture fixed reference points such as walls and pillars. On the drive wheel and on the steering motor are sensors, also known as encoders. These are linked to the navigation system and calculate where the AGV is driving. Both the scanners and encoders help the AGV navigate through the area.
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