Autonomous Vehicle in Industrial Logistics Application: Case Study

Background

Manufacturing companies are subject to permanently changing environments. The factories have to be continuously adapted to stay sustainable and competitive in the global market. Especially the smart driven logistic system facing huge problem relating to data processing and analyzing mechanism in navigation and control of the system. While the introduction of IIOT in logistic systems encounter solution for Automated Guided vehicle problems like planning path to reach destination, localize the material and localize the vehicle itself, navigate the customer location/ navigate the vehicle by the customer and sender itself, identifying the obstacle in the tracked path, recognize the obstacle and materials to pick and place operation with low budget by Mac et al., (2016). The laser and camera-based image processing-based vehicle positioning and obstacle avoid methodology were frequently followed (S. Lee & S. Lee 2013). For example, the PAN robot in advance where the laser mapping technology synchronized with stereo camera-based vision sensor to handle autonomous trouble-free loading and unloading in modern factory warehouses in European countries. Zhang et.al., (2018) pointed that the sensor data must be handle carefully and stored in repository in secured manner, by deploying fog computing cyber security system in industry 4.0. Thus, the data driven model based on data processing and analyzing data in a more secure manner to avoid the error-free system. These vehicles encounter problems like unable to predict alternate path when it identifies obstacles, when it deviates from a predefined path, the navigation and localization of vehicle are complicated.