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Material handling in manufacturing systems is becoming easier as the automated machine technology is improved. Nowadays, most of the research aims at increasing the flexibility and improving the performance of the automatic guided vehicle (AGV). In this paper, designed and made AGV in the Industrial Control Laboratory in Royce Lab at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology will be presented. For controlling the navigation of the AGV, a newly developed controller integrated fuzzy logic with programmable logic controller will be used. By using integrated fuzzy logic controller with programmable logic controller (IFLPLC), the flexibility of AGV will be increased and we achieved great advantages, which can be used in future. Since this AGV uses programmable logic controller and fuzzy logic controllers together, then it will be useful for factories which implement flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Online maintenance and sending the commands to other machines from AGV and so on are the advantages that can be used in FMS. The aim of this paper is to propose the practical example of IFLPLC. The designed AGV is able to reach the target. Further researches are required for collision avoidance and selecting the best way in FMS
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Yahyaei, M., Jam, J.E. & Hosnavi, R. Controlling the navigation of automatic guided vehicle (AGV) using integrated fuzzy logic controller with programmable logic controller (IFLPLC)—stage 1. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 47, 795–807 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-009-2017-8
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