Glossary of Terms

AGV: Automated Guided Vehicle
LIDAR: Light Detection and Ranging is a sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances
RLT: Robotic Lift Truck
VGV: Vision Guided Vehicle
AGC: Automated Guided Cart
Turtle: Unit Carrier
Mole: Unit Carrier
AMC: Automated Mail Cart
SLAM: Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping
ISO3691-4: Legislation for Driverless industrial trucks and their systems
Geonavigation/ Natural navigation: Navigation by means of observations of natural features within the building
B56.5: US Legislation for Driverless, Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles
PLd: Performance Level = d
CAT 3: Category 3 = electrical system ensuring a safety function employing redundant channels and validation
Infrastructure free: No installation required within the application for mounting of fixed features such as reflectors or wire guidance
Intelligent Pallet Detection: Using the safety scanner of the machine to detect the presence of a pallet to be collected
Side Safety: Safety lasers mounted in such a way to extend coverage down the sides of the truck
Cobotics: When people and robots collaborate
LTO: Lithium Titanate Oxide
MoveBox: MoveBox mounted to the truck for intelligent robotic control
CommBox: Remote box used to interface with supervisor software