Navigating an auto guided vehicle using rotary encoders and proportional controller

Lee, Sung How and Kim, Seng Chia (2017) Navigating an auto guided vehicle using rotary encoders and proportional controller. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 9 (2). pp. 71-77. ISSN 2229-838X

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Abstract

Auto Guided Vehicle (AGV) is commonly used in industry to reduce labour cost and to improve the productivity. A few programmable devices are combined in an AGV to optimize the usage of time and energy. AGV is widely used to transport goods and materials from one place to another place. For the first generation of AGV was used the track to guide the AGV but it was not flexible enough. This study investigates an alternative to control an AGV using two rotary encoders and proportional controller. Arduino Mega 2560 was used as a microcontroller to receive and process the signals from the rotary encoders. Logic controller and proportional controller were implemented to control the AGV, respectively. The coefficient of proportional controller was optimized to improve the performance of the AGV during navigation process. Findings show that AGV with the proportional controller with coefficient 1.5 achieved the best performance during the navigation process.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Auto guided vehicle; Rotary encoder; Proportional controller;
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK7800-8360 Electronics
Divisions:	Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering > Department of Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Miss Nur Rasyidah Rosli
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2021 08:58
Last Modified:	23 Nov 2021 08:58
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/4017

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