AGV Robot

What is AGV autonomous robot?

Benefits of using AGV autonomous robots in modern industry

• Increase production productivity: AGV transports goods continuously 24/7 without rest, ensuring on-time delivery, reducing waiting time in the production line.
• Reduce labor costs: Replace manual tasks such as pulling goods, helping businesses save manpower and long-term operating costs.
• High accuracy: With a guidance system (magnetic tape, laser, SLAM), AGV moves precisely along the route, minimizing errors compared to humans.
• Optimize factory space: Compact design, does not require wide aisles, suitable for both narrow spaces and large factories.
• Enhance safety: Safety sensors (LIDAR, ultrasound) help detect obstacles, reduce the risk of work accidents and damage to goods.
• Smart management: Connected to real-time software, AGV allows tracking of goods flow, optimizes schedules and improves management efficiency.
• Flexible application: Can be customized to pull goods, lift pallets or integrate conveyors, meeting diverse needs from automobile manufacturing to warehousing.
• Protect goods: Automatic, stable operation, limiting collisions or damage due to improper manual handling.
• Comprehensive automation support: Integrate with MES, SCADA systems or industrial robots, bringing businesses closer to smart factories (Smart Factory).
• Energy saving: Using high-performance batteries (such as lithium-ion), durable operation with low maintenance costs, environmentally friendly.

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Structure of AGV autonomous robots

• Free Path Navigation: AGV uses gyroscope sensors to determine direction, combined with laser sensors to scan the environment or local positioning system (SLAM) to calculate instantaneous coordinates. Thanks to that, the vehicle automatically finds the shortest path, flexibly moving to any location in the programmed area.
• Fixed Path Navigation: AGV follows a fixed path such as magnetic tape, rail, colored line or magnetic wire. This system is simple, low cost, but the path needs to be reset if the route is changed. Metal, optical or magnetic sensors help the vehicle identify the path.

• Automatic charging: The vehicle automatically goes to the charging station when the battery is low.
• Manual battery replacement: Quickly replace the battery at the base station.

• Ultrasonic sensor: Transmits sound waves, measures reflection time to calculate distance, suitable for hard obstacles such as walls or people.
• Infrared sensor: Uses infrared rays to detect nearby obstacles, works well in low light environments.
• Laser sensor: Scans the environment to create 2D/3D maps, for high accuracy in locating and avoiding obstacles.

• Conveyor: To transport goods smoothly.
• Lifting mechanism: Lifts pallets or crates to a certain height.
• Towing pin: Pulls the cart behind, as in Intech Group's towing AGV lines.

How does an AGV work?

• Programming and mapping: AGVs are pre-programmed with a map of the working environment through management software or a central control system (MES), including routes, destination locations, restricted areas, and stops. This helps the vehicle determine the optimal route before operating.
• Environment detection: AGVs use sensors such as ultrasonic, infrared, laser, or proximity to collect information about their surroundings. These sensors determine location, detect obstacles, and accurately guide movement.
• Data processing: The central processor (PLC or microchip) receives data from sensors, analyzes the current location, destination and other factors to calculate the shortest path and make instant decisions.
• Movement control: The control system (using PID or linear method) adjusts the speed, direction and trajectory. The electric motor combined with omnidirectional wheels ensures that the AGV moves flexibly and stably.
• Connection and communication: The AGV can communicate via Wi-Fi, RF or cable with the management system (MES), receive remote commands and send real-time data on operating status.
• Task execution: Depending on the design, the AGV can: Pull a cart with a connecting pin (like Intech Group's ITA-01), Lift and lower pallets or containers with hydraulic mechanisms, transfer goods via integrated conveyors (like ITA-02).

Disadvantages of AGV Robots to Note

• High initial investment costs: Purchasing, installing and integrating AGVs into the production system requires a large investment, especially with lines using advanced technology such as laser or SLAM. This can be a challenge for small businesses.
• Dependent on infrastructure: AGVs running on paths (magnetic tape, colored lines) require the establishment and maintenance of fixed infrastructure. If the route changes, businesses have to spend money and time reconfiguring.
• Limitations in complex environments: In crowded areas, unexpected obstacles, or spaces that are not pre-programmed, AGVs may perform poorly or require more expensive sensors.
• Maintenance and upgrade costs: Batteries, sensors, and motors require regular maintenance. Technology or software upgrades can also incur significant costs.
• High technical requirements: Deploying and operating AGVs requires highly trained staff to troubleshoot, program, and integrate with systems such as MES or SCADA.
• Limited adaptability with some lines: Low-cost AGVs (such as the ITA-01 line from Intech Group) may be limited in flexibility, making it difficult to customize for more complex tasks such as lifting or integrating conveyors.

Applications of AGV Robots in Modern Industry

• Transporting components in production: AGVs move components and raw materials between stations in automotive, electronics or mechanical production lines, ensuring on-time delivery and reducing errors.
• Smart warehouse management: AGVs transport goods from storage areas to packaging or shipping areas, supporting automatic warehouse management at high speed and accuracy.
• Pulling carts in factories: AGV lines such as Intech Group's ITA-01 specialize in pulling carts containing materials or products, suitable for factories with large spaces.
• Automatic pallet lifting and lowering: AGVs are equipped with a lifting mechanism to handle heavy pallets or boxes, commonly found in logistics warehouses or food factories.
• Integrated conveyor belts: AGVs with conveyor belts (such as ITA-02) support the transfer of goods between production stages or from the line to the warehouse, increasing automatic connectivity.
• Applications in special environments: AGVs are used in healthcare (transporting equipment, medicines), agriculture (moving harvested products) or hazardous environments (chemical plants).
• Assembly line support: AGVs deliver components to assembly stations at the right place and time, reducing waiting times and improving production efficiency.

Comparing the efficiency of AGVs with traditional transportation methods

• AGV: Continuous transportation 24/7 at a steady speed, programmed to optimize routes, reduce waiting time and increase productivity. For example, AGVs such as Intech Group's ITA-02 can handle dozens of trips per hour.
• Traditional: Dependent on human power or forklifts, slower speed, prone to interruptions due to breaks or errors. Lower productivity, especially during night shifts or high workloads.

• AGV: Guidance technology (magnetic tape, laser, SLAM) ensures delivery to the right location, at the right time, minimizing errors. Real-time management systems also track progress accurately.
• Traditional: Prone to human error, such as wrong location or delay, especially in complex production lines such as automobile or electronics manufacturing.

• AGV: High initial investment costs (purchase, installation, integration), but labor savings, low maintenance, and long-term efficiency, especially with durable lithium-ion batteries.
• Traditional: Low initial costs (only need a cart or hire workers), but labor costs increase over time, plus costs incurred due to errors or accidents.

• AGV: Equipped with safety sensors (LIDAR, ultrasound) to detect obstacles, reducing the risk of accidents and damage to goods.
• Traditional: Forklifts or workers are prone to accidents due to fatigue, lack of concentration, especially in crowded or dangerous environments.

• AGV: Compact design, no need for wide aisles, optimizing factory space, especially with lines like Intech Group's ITA-01.
• Traditional: Forklifts or hand trucks require larger spaces, easily causing congestion in small factories.

• AGV: Supports integration into smart factories (Smart Factory), connects with industrial robots and management software, promotes comprehensive automation.
• Traditional: Does not support automation, depends on manual operations, difficult to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0.

Types of AGV Self-Propelled Robots manufactured by Intech Group

• Description: This is an AGV line specializing in pulling carts or trailers containing components and materials, suitable for factories with large-volume transportation needs. AGV ITA-01 uses an automatic or manual pulling mechanism.
• Guidance technology: Mainly using magnetic tape or laser, ensuring precise movement on a fixed route.
• Application: Automobile production lines, mechanics, or large warehouses, where continuous transportation between areas is required.
• Advantages: Large load capacity (up to several tons), saving time when pulling multiple carts at the same time.

• Description: This AGV is equipped with a conveyor on the vehicle body, allowing receiving and returning goods directly to the production line or warehouse without manual operation.
• Guidance technology: Laser or SLAM, flexible in changing spaces.
• Application: Beverage, electronic components, or food factories, where goods need to be continuously circulated between stages.
• Advantages: Increase continuity, reduce processing time, easy integration with MES systems.

• Description: Designed with lifting forks to handle pallets or heavy boxes, replacing traditional forklifts. This type automatically lifts, lowers and moves goods to the designated location.
• Guidance technology: Laser or magnetic tape, combined with safety sensors to avoid collisions.
• Applications: Logistics warehouses, distribution centers, or food factories where goods need to be loaded onto high shelves.
• Advantages: Safe, precise, minimizing the risk of work accidents.

• Description: Intech Group provides custom-designed AGV solutions according to requirements, from size, load to functions such as lifting, pulling, or rotating, suitable for specific environments.
• Guidance technology: Choose between laser, SLAM, or GPS (for outdoor AGVs), depending on the application.
• Applications: Chemical plants, medical (transporting equipment), or agriculture (moving harvested products).
• Advantages: Meet specific needs precisely, optimizing efficiency for each business.

AGV Self-Driving Vehicle Quote and Influencing Factors

• Towing AGV: Price from 200-500 million VND, such as Intech Group's ITA-01, suitable for transporting large volumes.
• Forklift AGV: Price around 300-800 million VND, depending on load capacity and lifting height.
• Conveyor AGV: Price from 400-1 billion VND, such as ITA-02, used for continuous production lines.
• Customized AGV: Price is higher, from 500 million to several billion VND, depending on specific requirements.

• Magnetic tape or colored stripes: Lowest cost, from 200-400 million VND.
• Laser or SLAM: Higher price, from 400-800 million VND, due to high flexibility and accuracy.
• GPS (outdoor): Usually the most expensive, suitable for special environments.

• Small payload AGV (under 500 kg): Price from 200-400 million VND.
• Large payload AGV (1-5 tons): Price from 500 million to 1.5 billion VND.

• Domestic AGV (such as Intech Group): Cheaper, easier to maintain, ranging from 200-800 million VND.
• Imported AGV: Price is 30-50% higher due to shipping costs and taxes, usually from 500 million to several billion VND.

• Lithium-ion batteries or automatic charging increase the price by 10-20%.
• Safety sensors (laser, LIDAR) or MES/SCADA integration also increase costs.
• This is an estimated price. Actual prices depend on the specific requirements of the business (load, route, system integration).

Contact Intech Group to get an exact AGV Robot quote:

• Hotline: 0966 966 032
• Email: info@intech-group.vn
• Website: https://congnghiepviet.com.vn/