AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM

摘要

An automated guided vehicle system wherein a vehicle (3) has an on-board motive power source utilised for driving the vehicle over untracked portions of its path of movement between work stations (9) on an assembly line, the vehicles being guided over these path portions by guidance signals, and the vehicle is guided through the work stations by a track from which it derives power for driving the vehicle at higher speed and for replenishing the on-board power supply.