Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are generally considered to be simple machines that replace personnel to perform simple tasks. Although this is true in some respects, in the past ten years, AGV has been integrated into many industries outside of distribution and manufacturing, such as retail, military and even healthcare.
 
With the continuous growth of AGV usage, the logical question that many business owners and operation managers think of is: When I want to realize warehouse or DC automation, how to determine whether AGV is suitable for my industry and my operation? I can weigh the advantages and disadvantages of AGV to decide whether to use them?
Advantages and disadvantages of automatic guided vehicles (AGV)
The simple fact is that AGV is not suitable for every industry or all business sectors. To help you determine whether they are suitable for you, here are some of the main advantages and disadvantages of using AGVs.
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1. Reduce labor costs
AGV can reduce labor costs in your operations in a variety of ways: By replacing labor with AGV, the company only needs to pay a fee for the equipment (initial investment) instead of the ongoing costs of new employees, such as medical insurance, wages Single tax, salary increase, vacation time, etc.
 
2. Increase security
The AGV was programmed with safety in mind, so it was packed with cameras, lasers and other sensors so that they could be safely operated around people and buildings. In contrast, equipment operated by human operators such as forklifts does not have as many built-in safety mechanisms and ultimately relies on human input, which may be compromised in many ways. Although the operator may always be distracted or fatigued and cause an accident, there is no need to worry when using an AGV.
 
In addition, the AGV can work in the best state or not in the best state for humans, such as around extremely hot, cold or dangerous substances.
 
All these increased safety results in reduced costs and reduced operational downtime, which ca