Navigation Gets a Reboot forAutomatic Vehicles

摘要

There's a battle underway to win hearts and minds in the world of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). In a word, it's all about navigation. Not long ago, every AGV system was guided by wires buried in the floor, laser targets on the walls, tape on the floor or in-floor magnets. But those established navigation systems have now been joined by on-board sensors including stereo cameras and LiDAR, two-dimensional lasers, three-dimensional lasers and a system called SLAM.