AGV Shaft Alignment for Electrode Reel Core Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for transporting electrode reel cores in battery production require excessive manpower, leading to inefficiencies and risks of injury due to the heavy weight of the cores, as they rely on manual handling and skilled operators for precise movement.
Innovation Solution
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) equipped with a position adjustment module that decodes identifiers on facilities to align the shaft, a pusher for moving objects, and a fixing unit to prevent objects from falling, allowing for automated and efficient transport of multiple objects to facilities with varying heights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual handling is used to transport electrode reel cores, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but excessive manpower is consumed and injury risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The AGV autonomously navigates to facilities, identifies shaft positions using cameras and identifiers, adjusts its own shaft alignment, and transports objects without continuous human intervention, enabling the system to serve itself
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical handling by human operators is replaced with an automated guided vehicle system that uses cameras, identifier decoding, and automated shaft position adjustment mechanisms to perform transport tasks
2Productivity
If skilled operators manually transport electrode reel cores, then precise control is achieved, but productivity decreases and labor costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system autonomously performs navigation, identification, alignment adjustment, and transport execution without requiring skilled operators, thereby improving productivity while maintaining operational capability
Solution Approach 2:
The camera captures identifier images, the decoder processes them to determine shaft positions, and the position adjustment module uses this feedback information to automatically align the shaft, creating a closed-loop control system that improves both productivity and operational simplicity
3Reliability
If manual pushing is used to move objects between facilities, then adaptability to varying facility positions is maintained, but safety risks increase due to heavy object weights
Solution Approach 1:
The AGV autonomously performs the entire transport process including navigating to facilities, aligning shafts, and moving objects, eliminating the need for manual handling and thereby improving safety while maximizing automation
Solution Approach 2:
The AGV acts as an intermediary between facilities, automatically transporting objects without requiring direct human contact with heavy objects, thereby improving safety while maintaining high levels of automation
4Loss of time
If multiple transport stages are used to move electrode reel cores through the facility, then flexibility in routing is maintained, but loss of time increases due to multiple handling steps
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate transport stages and handling operations are merged into a single automated guided vehicle that can transport objects directly between facilities, reducing total transport time while managing system complexity through integration
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AI summary
An automated guided vehicle for transporting an object to a facility according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body, a shaft provided in the main body for guiding movement of the object to the facility and to face a front direction of the main body, a camera provided at one end of the shaft for photographing a front direction of the main body, and a position adjustment module for decoding an identifier when an image photographed by the camera includes the identifier displayed on the facility, and using a result of the decoding to adjust a position, toward which the one end of the shaft is directed.