Article ID: | iaor2007708 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 171 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 1 |
End Page Number: | 23 |
Publication Date: | May 2006 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Le-Anh Tuan, Koster M.B.M. De |
Keywords: | automated guided vehicles |
This paper presents a review on design and control of automated guided vehicle systems. We address most key related issues including guide-path design, determining vehicle requirements, vehicle scheduling, idle-vehicle positioning, battery management, vehicle routing and deadlock resolution. We discuss and classify important models and results from key publications in literature, including often-neglected areas, such as idle-vehicle positioning and battery management. In addition, we propose a new dispatching-rule classification, a framework for design and control of automated guided vehicle systems, and suggest some fruitful research directions.