Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hiroki Osawa

Masahiro Sakakibara

Thinh Nguyenquang

Norito Fujihara

Nobutoshi Tsujimoto

Takahiro Ueno

Akihiro Yamakawa

Takurou Miyamoto

Fumihiro Matsuura

Hiroto Isome

Kazushi Kuwahata

A traveling system includes a registration processing unit that registers map data including arrangement information of a plurality of tags, a setting processing unit that sets arrangement information of a plurality of control points in a travelable area of a second automatic traveling device in the map data, and a generation processing unit that generates a first traveling route along which the first automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the tags and a second traveling route along which the second automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the control points such that the first automatic traveling device and the second automatic traveling device do not interfere with each other.

Traveling system, traveling method, and recording medium in which traveling program is recorded

An optimization system includes an optimization server and a management server, and the management server controls an AGV. The AGV transports a cargo and notifies the management server of a traveling state during traveling. The management server stores the traveling state of the AGV in a database. The optimization server estimates the traveling parameter to be used for the subsequent experimental traveling and repeats an experiment based on an experiment design for experimental traveling and the number of times of back-and-forth sway and the right-and-left sway width of the AGV when the AGV travels by using the traveling parameter estimated from the default value of the traveling parameter and an experiment result of the experimental traveling of the AGV. After the experiment ends, the optimization server optimizes the traveling parameter for each traveling state of the AGV based on the experiment result.

Traveling parameter optimization system and traveling parameter optimization method

There is provided a cargo transport system including: a management device; and a plurality of automated guided vehicles. Each of the automated guided vehicles includes: a movement instruction receiving unit that receives, from the management device, a movement instruction for moving to at least one loading operation place where a loading operation of loading a cargo to be transported into the automated guided vehicle is performed or a specified position near the loading operation place; an information transmitting unit that transmits, to the management device, load information concerning a load state of the cargo loaded into the automated guided vehicle; and a traveling unit that performs automated traveling in accordance with the received movement instruction. The management device includes: a movement instruction management unit that transmits the movement instruction to each of the automated guided vehicles; a load information receiving unit; and a load amount management unit.

Cargo transport system and automated guided vehicle

A coupling device that couples with a cart includes a coupling portion that couples with the cart, a base portion that guides the coupling portion, and a driving motor that drives the coupling portion. The driving motor drives and controls the coupling portion so as to be changeable among a first state in which the coupling portion is housed, a second state in which the coupling portion is capable of coupling with the cart, and a third state in which the coupling portion couples with the cart. With the coupling portion and a side frame of the cart facing each other, the coupling portion changes from the second state to the third state, thereby causing the coupling portion and the side frame to be coupled to each other.

Coupling device, automatic towing vehicle, and automatic towing system

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Hiroki Osawa