Continental develops autonomous Automated Guided Vehicles to optimise production
<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1607654244112368.jpg" alt="8.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20201211/1607654244112368.jpg"/></p><p>German technology company Continental has developed autonomous transport vehicles to accelerate the efficiency of its production.<br/><br/>According to a company release, the company deployed in-house constructed autonomous Automated Guided Vehicles (aAGV) in the production of brake systems that can transport heavy loads of over a ton.<br/><br/>These aAGVs are getting tested at Continental locations in Zvolen (Slovakia) and Frankfurt am Main (Germany). The first robotic vehicles in the development stage are now test-driving autonomously there between start and destination, transporting material for brake production.<br/><br/>This in-house development was made possible by a technology transfer from the passenger car sector.<br/><br/>"The expertise from automotive-grade environmental sensors such as radar, camera, ultrasonic, and Lidar, as well as sensor fusion and the environment model, was a key component in the development of the aAGV", Continental underlined.<br/><br/>The objective is for the aAGV to be available worldwide as a basic technology for use in production at Continental.<br/><br/>¡°Increasing efficiency in production is an important contribution to long-term competitiveness,¡± says Alexander Schmitt, Head of the Actuation & Future Products segment in the Hydraulic Brake Systems business unit of the Autonomous Mobility and Safety business area.<br/><br/>He further added, ¡°For that reason, we decided to use the aAGV for heavy loads to develop a solution that helps us to shape our processes more flexibly and efficiently. With our own expertise combined with competent partner technologies, we¡¯re developing an industrial solution that optimizes our production sequences and is also an attractive business idea.¡±<br/><br/>Continental said that it aims to optimize the entire value chain using digitized processes and data flows with high transparency and predictability, short throughput times, low inventories, and high flexibility.</p>
11 Dec,2020
