Summary

AGVs are generally battery-powered, driverless vehicles that travel on paths of energized buried wire, chemical trails or maps programmed into vehicle microprocessor memory. The addition of battery constraints to AGVs simulation could increase the number of AGVs required to maintain constant production rate. 

Who?

The global automated guided vehicle market size was valued at USD 3.0 billion in 2019 and is expected to witness a CAGR of 14.1% from 2020 to 2027. Some manufacturing factories need to improve their manufacturing capacity in the short term to meet the increasing market demand. AGV battery management becomes very important to take some very early decisions.

What?

Problem

Waiting & travelling time, travelled distance, load weight are the main raison of increasing AGV battery utilization. The addition of battery constraints to AGV simulation could increase the number of AGVs required to maintain constant throughput. The percentage of additional AGVs depends on the battery configuration and the systems operating requirements. Simulation is very required to assess the exact impact in each individual situation of replenishment system and discharging model. Evaluating different KPIs like AGVs number, AGV Battery Manufacturer and number & localization of charging zones, becomes mandatory to avoid investments risks.

Business use cases

Most of our customers want to ensure that a particular battery charging schemes is feasible and batteries are sized properly so AGVs will be able to accomplish a system’s desired throughput without running out of energy prematurely. The life expectancy of a battery is also studied to make the best choice of battery manufacturer.

How?

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