For the internal logistics process within a modularly designed production system, it was necessary to develop an autonomous mobile robot that would transport materials between production cells. We developed multiple concepts for the mobile robot, focusing on the loading and unloading of materials from the robot to the production modules and vice versa, as well as the positioning of the mobile robot on the production modules using a docking station. The concepts were analyzed, evaluated, and the most suitable one was selected for implementation. By testing the operation of the docking station and the autonomous mobile robot, we verified the chosen strategy for internal logistics and performed automated material handling between the mobile robot and the production module. The developed autonomous mobile robot continuously senses the production environment in real-time using sensors and creates a digital map of the layout of the modular production system. It is capable of autonomously navigating based on this map.
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