Bosch BEG-PJ-IOT-C User Manual

Bosch AGV Control

System

Cloud Robotics

BEG/PJ-IOT-C MAY 2020

What is Bosch

AGV Control System?

AGV Control System

Why AGV Control System?

There are lots of different robot manufacturers on the market

with a great variety of functionalities. As a customer, you

have to buy several types of mobile robots from separate manufacturers to cover all requirements originating from various use cases. This leads to the problem that robots cannot cooperate with one another because they cannot communicate with robots from other manufacturers due to each using different platforms, systems and standards.

That is why a centralized mission control and fleet management platform is needed to connect mobile robots so they can communicate with one another allowing them to intelligently cooperate to solve sophisticated tasks. This leads to profit increase to the customer because of: reduced operation cost, reduced human error, increased uptime, increased efficiency.

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Robot “Bambi“

Robot Type B

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Robot “Collins“

Robot Type A

Go Charging!

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Bosch AGV Control System is a platform that connects mobile

robots from different manufacturers to communicate with one another allowing them to intelligently cooperate to solve sophisticated tasks.

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AGV Control System

How does it work?

Bosch has developed a robot management service that can
read and translate actions and messages in both directions!	Fahrt zum Laden

Robot “Bambi“

Robot Type B

The translation of raw robot messages, written in its native language, into Bosch AGV Control System compatible generic messages.

Robot

“Pocahontas“

Robot Type B

Robot “Collins“

Robot Type A

Robot Management

Service

The translation of generic system actions that can be triggered by the system or the user through the interface results in a specific action for each robot type.

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AGV Control System How does it work?

The system is based on different map types, which serve as references for the robots so that they can locate themselves indoors and outdoors. Because Bosch AGV Control System can coordinate and manage robot types from different manufac-turers in one tool, each type requires a specific reference map. Sectors have to be created so that all robots moving in the same area can communicate with one another in spite of dis-tinct maps. Sectors define the accessible area by grouping robots and their associated reference maps.

Sector A

Sector B

Map Layers in Sector A

Wifi Heat Map

Path Network Map

Laser Maps

Blueprint Map

Sector C

Geographical Map

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AGV Control System How does it work?

These maps later can be used to create a path network that applies to the entire sector. All robots in this sector operate in a common network.

Path elements have specific capabilities (pick up, drop off, charge, etc). Each robot type also possesses different capabilities to complete various actions. Therefore the actions

of one path element can only be completed by a specific robot type with the corresponding capabilities.

When the user now starts a job, the intelligent fleet management considers the path network to find the shortest path and the closest robot with the fitting capabilities to complete the job. This way it is guaranteed that jobs are always completed in the fastest and most efficient way.

Souce_01

Charging_Station_01

Capability: Plugin Charger

Job Source_01 to

Charging station_01

Requirement: Plugin Charging

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