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AGV

Automated Guided Vehicle

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. 

What is an AGV?

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.

Advantages AGV

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.

AGV navigation

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.   

Contact

Are you looking for a customised solution? Or curious to find out more? Contact us! 

 

AGV Donkey

Meet our Donkey. This vehicle is the only one of the three with fixed forks instead of counterweight. As a result, it easily lifts pallets with open bottom decks and loading units such as pallet boxes, crates, gitterboxes or containers.

AGV Rhino

The Rhino is the GO-to vehicle for companies with heavy loads up to 2000 kg. This automatic forklift can transport all kinds of load units with its fork. Here, the side shift, fork positioner and mast tilt functions are essential.

AGV Giraffe

The AGV with the tallest mast is, of course, the Giraffe. Just like the Rhino, the Giraffe can pick up all types of loading units with its fork. It lifts goods up to 5000 mm in height. The Giraffe features a side shift and fork tilt function.