Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are used as a material handling device in flexible
manufacturing systems. Traditionally, AGVs were mostly used at manufacturing systems, but …

Abstract Multi-load Automated Guided Vehicle's (AGV) are regarded as a potential tool to
tackle the low-efficiency issue that have plagued traditional single-load AGV systems for …

ABSTRACT Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs) and Automated Guided Vehicles
(AGVs) are considered important elements of the manufacturing system. The positioning …

Reducing cost of material handling has been a big challenge for companies. Flexible
manufacturing system employed automated guided vehicles (AGV) to maintain efficiency …

The efficiency of transportation system management plays an important role in the planning
and operation efficiency of flexible manufacturing systems. Automated Guided Vehicles …

We consider the automated material handling system design problem in a cellular
manufacturing system (CMS). Simple transportation units including low-cost automated …

Automated material handling systems (AMHSs) with double closed-loops and shortcuts
have been widely adopted by general 300mm semiconductor fabrication enterprises due to …

A mathematical model is developed to assess the reliability of machines and AGVs in
flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). The model considers two features of automated …

Effective transportation methods in automated manufacturing systems increase efficiency
and decrease final product cost. Flexibility of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) in …

We propose a new mixed-integer program for the traveling repairman problem (TRP). The
model benefits from the position-based variables. We aim to utilize only available solvers for …