Advances in Robotics & Automation

Implementation of AGVs Indoors to Transform Warehouses to Fully Autonomous Environment

Abstract

Mahmoud Sabra

Mobile robots are becoming more and more part of our industrial world. With the development of robotics, the design of the mobile robot
has become conditioned to the function it has to fulfill. It is important to make a study and understand the difference concepts found in robotics
in order to design the most suitable mobile robot for a certain industry. Holonomy is one of these concepts discussed in this paper.
Holonomic and non-holonomic mobile robots use different wheels where the first is omnidirectional and the latter is limited with its
movement. And thus, which robot to use remains a question in the minds of those running warehouses. In addition to that, it is worth to
explore the different sensors used on vehicles in order to covert them to automated guided vehicles. Understanding the concept of
holonomy, knowing the difference in the performance of holonomic and non- holonomic robots , as well as AGVs systems help in making the
decision suitable for the warehouses.