DocumentCode :
872333
Title :
Traffic control of multiple robot vehicles
Author :
Grossman, David D.
Volume :
4
Issue :
5
fYear :
1988
fDate :
10/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
491
Lastpage :
497
Abstract :
The author addresses the control of traffic when there are large numbers of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in a factory. Several possible policies for managing AGVs to minimize the impact of traffic jams were analyzed. In a grid-iron network of roads, it is shown that traffic contention can have a large effect on the collective performance of AGVs. It is shown that a particular traffic policy permits the AGVs to be autonomous and independent while avoiding deadlocks. This policy is shown to be close to optimal, even for large numbers of vehicles. It is also shown under what conditions it is beneficial to modify the factory to have highways and superhighways
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; industrial robots; mobile robots; automatic guided vehicles; highways; industrial robots; mobile robots; multiple robot vehicles; superhighways; traffic jams; Automatic control; Communication system traffic control; Production facilities; Roads; Robotics and automation; Robots; System recovery; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Vehicles;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Robotics and Automation, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0882-4967
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/56.20433
Filename :
20433
Link To Document :
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