Custom AGV network

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fiz asked Oct 10, '24 Felix Möhlmann commented Oct 10, '24

Custom AGV network

Hi I am using AGV network for my AGV to travel, guided by process flow logic.

Currently, when the AGV travels to the pick up point, it is performing as intended, as shown here in the sequence below.
AGV travel to pick up control point:
AGV pick up and Travel loaded to main path (blue):

However, when AGV enters main path, turn and travel, the trolley should not turn with the AGV as the trolley should be parallel with the path (red):

Hence, I am trying to find a way so that the agv knows that whenever it enters a the main path for the very first time only after loading, it should turn independently.

Also would like the reverse on unload (when it exits the main path)

Any help given would be very much appreciated!

SimModel Rev.2.zip

Notice that there is label in the path

which may be use for classifying certain path as main

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.2.1

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Answer 1 · 2024-10-10T06:49:44Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Oct 10, '24 Felix Möhlmann commented Oct 10, '24

The only solution that comes to mind is to use the AGV customization delegate to hook into the travel logic. For each kinematic a message is send to the AGV with a value of either 90 or 0 depending on whether the travel section is on a main path (oneway) or a side path (twoway). In the On Message trigger of the AGV the rotation of the loaded item is set according to the received value.

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fiz commented · Oct 10 at 07:10 AM

Thank you @Felix Möhlmann , thats helpful. However, I would like the if block condition to be link to the path label rather than if its one way or two way,

how can i reference the label.pathtype instead in the highlighted code above?

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Felix Möhlmann fiz commented · Oct 10 at 07:12 AM

"section.path" is a reference to the path object. From there just access the label as normal with "section.path.labelName".

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