On 26 April, our colleagues were guests at the Innovation Campus of MUGLER SE in Oberlungwitz. They brought along MULI - THE Automated Guided Vehicle, which has been making its rounds for several years now at the Kompetenzzentrum Textil vernetzt competence centre – in the “Vernetzte Produktionsketten” (connected production chains) showcase of our project partner Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut STFI.
Under the title “5G in the Production Environment,” interested visitors were able to experience the use of 5G technology, using the indoor navigation of an automated guided vehicle as an example. Transmitting the sensor data is a particular challenge for controlling and navigating the AGV. To evaluate the data and generate the vehicle control commands, the localisation data must be transmitted between the edge cloud and the AGV in real time. The 5G technology provided by MUGLER makes this possible!
Using 5G in the production environment brings many advantages. For example, intralogistics processes can be optimised by detecting hidden objects. Fleet-based control of several automated guided vehicles through sensor data fusion enables safer and more efficient handling of transport orders, for example by reducing waiting times in complex situations such as intersection areas.
We thank the organisers Kompetenzzentrum Textil vernetzt and MUGLER SE for the exciting insights and the exchange of experience on 5G in the production environment!
