Split AGV path into smaller segments

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Paulo S20 asked Dec 19, '22 Joerg Vogel answered Dec 20, '22

Split AGV path into smaller segments

Hello,

Is there a way to alter the AGV navigator in a way that each path has a "max segment length"? In other words, I want to give my AGV a target destination that it should go to, but I want to stop the AGV every X number of grid nodes. This is so the AGV can perform a "check" every once in a while to make sure everything is okay.

Is this doable?

Thanks.

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FlexSim 23.0.0

agv agv path path planning

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Joerg Vogel commented · Dec 19, 2022 at 07:57 PM

By source code? Several other users have asked for this in the past. Please use here the search tool. Because yes, it is doable.

Edit here is an example of a quick search:

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/132394/how-do-i-add-code-generated-control-points-to-code.html

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Paulo S20 Joerg Vogel commented · Dec 20, 2022 at 02:05 PM

Hi @Joerg Vogel, thanks for your response.

I may have done a poor job explaining, but that's not exactly what I'm asking. I have generated a grid of control points similar to the one you linked to. What I am trying to do now is more a question of the paths along those control points than the generation of the points themselves.

Let's say I want to get from A to B. I want the AGV to stop after every n (4 in this case) nodes and do a "check". In other words, split the path that is calculated by the AGV network into smaller sub-paths.

Maybe it would be a trigger on calculate path that does this?

Thanks

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Answer 1 · 2022-12-20T18:20:54Z

Joerg Vogel answered Dec 20, '22

I have done this by inserting travel to location tasktypes (absolutely or relatively). I didn't test this for AGV path system. I did it on a workspace without any path system at all. It was just map data from global tables.

Your grid looks similar to a Kiva system. There are other newer models to use an A*Star grid.

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