Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) / Automated Guided Transport System (AGV)
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Problem definition
- Serious mining accidents
- Danger from mine gases that can lead to asphyxiation or explosions.
- Possible explosion can lead to the collapse of tunnels.
- Fuel required for transportation vehicles, which poses an explosion hazard if used improperly.
- Dust-induced visibility restrictions and unclear gallery routes increase the risk of employees being recognized too late, which can lead to employees being run over.
Solution approach
- Free navigation.
- Automatic control.
- Navigation using various sensor systems such as laser scanners.
- Optimization of the sensor systems, the evaluation algorithms and the communication between the vehicles and to a control center.
- Communication via safety-oriented control.
- Safety-oriented, location-dependent mode of operation.
- Location-dependent emergency stop.
- Area-dependent speed monitoring.
- Area-dependent distance monitoring.
- Movement in all three degrees of freedom
- Driving
- Traversing
- Turning around any point
- Travel drive with an output of 5kW.
- Load capacity up to 800kg.