Innovations Promoting the Functionality of Automated Guided Vehicles

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are available in numerous forms and sizes in the market nowadays. They enable the transport of a wide range of objects, from lightweight pieces to extremely heavy weights such as a whole engine. Work-in-process mobility, production components delivery, pallet handling, finished product handling, and trailer loading are all areas where AGVs are increasingly being deployed. There are several benefits to automating industrial activities, including increased productivity, manufacturing flexibility, and production flow.

Automated guided vehicles have improved technologically, with various innovative vision, sensor, and movement technologies being brought to the market on a regular basis. Inuitive, a vision-on-chip processing firm, has made the most current advancement in sensor modules. On December 12, 2022, the company announced the release of two new sensor modules: the M4.5S and the M4.3WN. Both sensor modules are based on the NU4000 Vision-on-Chip (VoC) processor and merge depth sensing and image processing with AI and VSLAM capabilities to offer robotic devices with human-like visual awareness. They are designed to be readily integrated into robots and drone systems.