Ssi Schäfer Automation Gmbh (de)

Ssi Schäfer Automation Gmbh

Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Kg Automatenbau

Ralf Kleedörfer

Dennis Chong

Jürgen Utschig

Uwe Witschel

Joseph Bayer

There is disclosed a driverless transport system, DTS, () comprising: a travelling course (), formed of routes (), preferably travelled unidirectionally, which are defined respectively by one track (), and of markers (); a fleet () of at least two driverless transport vehicles, DTV, () travelling along the tracks () in a forcibly guided manner; and at least one station () defined by: at least one of the tracks (), at least one of the markers (), and an individualizing assigned station identifier; wherein each of the stations () can comprise a terminal () for allocation of travelling destination and wherein each of the stations () represents an area of the travelling course (), within which the DTVs () can get assigned a new travelling destination and/or can be loaded, unloaded, energetically charged, and/or stopped; wherein the markers () include information, which is station-specific by being associating the respective information with the respectively assigned station identifier; wherein each of the DTVs () comprises: a communication unit () for transmitting and receiving information; a marker-detection unit () for reading, preferably contactless, the information from the markers (); and a controlling unit () for processing read and received information; and wherein communication between the DTV () and communication between the DTVs () and terminals () is respectively performed directly, and in particular in a DTV-unspecific manner.

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