摘要 |
<p>An automatic conveyance system comprising a buffer storage (1) for storing a plurality of unit racks containing units; a plurality of test cells (3) for testing the units contained in the unit racks; a plurality of test cell controllers (5), each being provided in one of the test cells (3), and each for accepting a requirement to take out a unit rack from the buffer storage (1), to store a unit rack into the buffer storage (1), or to convey a unit rack from one of the test cells (3) to another one of the test cells (3); an automatic guided vehicle (7) for conveying a unit rack; and a computer (9) connected to the test cell controllers (5) by a single bus and having information of the unit racks stored in the buffer storage (1), the computer (9) controlling, based on the requirement accepted by one of the test cell controllers (5) and the information of the unit racks stored in the buffer buffer storage (1), the automatic guided vehicle (7) so as to convey the unit rack from the buffer storage (1) to a desired one of the test cells (3), between two of the test cells (3), or from one of the test cells (3) to the buffer storage (1), whereby by simply supply a requirement by an operator without knowing what, where, and when the units are stored in the buffer storage (1), a desired conveyance is possible.</p> |