Development of a Priority Rule Based Traffic Management Policy for Standardized AGV Conflict Zone Coordination
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https://doi.org/10.26034/lu.akwi.2025.8853Keywords:
Automated Guided Vehicles, Traffic Management, Conflict Zones, Heterogenous Fleets, VDA5050Abstract
The use of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) has proven to be effective in companies across industries. In intralogistics, AGV fleets are constantly growing, making their coordination a challenge, especially in conflict areas such as junctions. Therefore, this paper presents a novel traffic management policy that promises reliable coordination of AGVs in dynamic traffic situations through the use of prioritisation rules in user-specific scenarios. The focus is on improving the adaptability and scalability of the often rigid coordination methods in current control systems, by providing scheduling templates in order to prepare them for increasing coordination requirements. The contribution thus provides a basis for the further development of the application of standardised control systems and contributes to the sustainable optimization of automated material flows.
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