Nidec-shimpo Corporation

Syunta Sato

Masahiro Akamatsu

Hitoshi Inoue

Norio Deguchi

Hiroki Akamatsu

An automatic guided vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention moves a trolley including a trolley body, wheels attached to the trolley body, and a section to be connected which is provided on the lower surface of the trolley body. The automatic guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body; drive wheels attached to the vehicle body; and a connection mechanism which is connected to the trolley, wherein the connection mechanism includes a connecting section disposed on an upper side of the upper surface of the vehicle body so as to be movable horizontally in a first direction, and includes a drive apparatus which moves the connecting section in the first direction and connects the connecting section to the section to be connected.

Automatic guided vehicle and method for controlling automatic guided vehicle

There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management systemmanages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path. The travel management apparatus includes: an image displaying device; an input device; an image processing circuit which generates, when the input device accepts from a user a designation of a plurality of locations on the image displaying device, an image containing a plurality of marker objects indicating the plurality of locations; a signal processing circuit which converts a set of coordinates of each marker object on the image into a set of coordinates in a space to be traveled by the vehicle, and sets a line segment or a curve on the image displaying device that interconnects the plurality of marker objects as the traveling path in the space; and a second communication circuit which transmits data representing each set of coordinates in the space and the traveling path to the vehicle.

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Kyoto, Japan

Syunta Sato