What is mission-based dispatch? How is it different from regular AGV dispatch?
Conventional dispatch Conventional systems download a routing package from central dispatch. This instructs the AGV, in incremental steps, on how to get from the point of origin to the point of destination. Most systems download routing instructions to the AGV on a milestone to milestone basis the AGV seldom knows the final destination. Using a checkpoint feedback loop, AGV progress is reported back to the routing computer as milestones are achieved. As each milestone is completed, dispatch sends a new milestone destination to the AGV. In this manner, the AGV moves “stone by stone” to the destination. Mission-based dispatch In contrast, using mission-based dispatch, ADAM receives only the destination from central dispatch. There are no navigational instructions of any kind communicated in the initial download or while enroute. ADAM navigates to the destination independently to complete the mission, detecting obstacles and instantly generating an alternative shortest path to destination
