Review of Comprehensive Approaches in Optimizing AGV Systems

This paper shows how researchers have focused their optimization studies in AGVs design and control optimization. This article discusses comprehensive approaches identified in other research papers. The four features examined were: focus-problem, solution methodology, manufacturing environment, and metrics. The five different optimization environments recognized and used to explore the AGV's performance were: facilities design, production planning, scheduling of machines, manufacturing system and design-control. Based on statistical tools, trends are identified in integrated approaches and maps of the conditions of the approach and solution methodologies.