Abstract

In view of the future lack of human resources due to the aging of the population, the automatic, Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMSs) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) have broad application prospects. However, complex application scenarios and limited open design resources make designing highly efficient ITS systems still a challenging task. In this paper, the optimal load factor solving solution is established. By converting the three user requirements including working distance, time and load into load-related factors, the optimal result can be obtained among system complexity, efficiency and system energy consumption. A specialized visual navigation and motion control system has been proposed to simplify the path planning, navigation and motion control processes and to be accurately calculated in advance, thereby further improving the efficiency of the ITS system. The validity of the efficiency calculation formula and navigation control method proposed in this paper is verified. Under optimal conditions, the actual working mileage is expected to be 99.7%, and the energy consumption is 83.5% of the expected value, which provides sufficient redundancy for the system. In addition, the individual ITS reaches the rated operating efficiency of 95.86%; in other words, one ITS has twice the ability of a single worker. This proves the accuracy and efficiency of the designed ITS system.

Highlights

  • With the aging of the global population and the deepening of urbanization, the contradiction between the loss of agricultural population, rising labor costs and the demand for agricultural production and supply has become an important issue faced by the sustainable development of agricultural production [1]

  • Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) as an important part of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) can effectively reduce the risk of workers in hazardous operations [6], help increase production efficiency and deal with the lack of labor due to the aging of the population [7]

  • We present an efficient example of an ITS system and its detailed design based on the proposed method with optimal calculation results

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Summary

Introduction

With the aging of the global population and the deepening of urbanization, the contradiction between the loss of agricultural population, rising labor costs and the demand for agricultural production and supply has become an important issue faced by the sustainable development of agricultural production [1]. Amazon’s “KIVA” [14,15] and Ali Group’s “CaiNiao” [16] ITSs are among the leaders in the field These robots work in a standardized closed warehouse, which effectively reduces the dependence of human resources, reduce the work intensity of workers, and greatly improves the management efficiency of warehousing and logistics [17]. (2) Secondly, the density of crops in the greenhouse is high, the working space is extremely limited, and the irregularity of crop growth makes it possible for the leaves, stems and the like of the crops to hinder the ITS in the established workspace This requires more redundancy in the design of the ITS. (4) due to the patent protection of existing products and research, the technical reference we can obtain is limited, and there are many alternative implementation methods These factors determine the design of efficient ITSs remains challenging.

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An Application Case
Definition of Requirements and Input Conditions
Multiple Conditional Constraints Reasoning
Load Constraint and Factor
Work Planning and Mileage Calculating
Resistance with Load Capacity
Speed Condition under Efficiency Constraints
Structural Stability Conditions
Normalization and Optimal Solution of Multiple Conditional Constraints
Efficient Visual Navigation and Motion Control System
Specialized Undirected Weighted Connected Graph and Fixed Action Control
Vision-Based Navigation System
Qualification Calculation Based on Instance
An ITS Instance for Greenhouse Spraying Application
Test Environment Settings
DAQ System
System Test and Result Comparison
Findings
Conclusions
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