Autonomous guided vehicles (AGV) for use in hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry

Autonomous guided vehicles for use in pharmaceutical and hospital

As flexible as the jobs they do: Autonomous guided vehicles (AGV) especially for use in hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. These turnkey solutions are economical and meet their specific requirements flexibly and reliably.

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Applications for AGVs Smart autonomous guided vehicles offer many benefits for the logistics processes of pharmaceutical manufacturers and for goods transport in hospitals. AGVs are easy to integrate into existing logistics systems and can be flexibly adapted to suit the space available.

Economical

Investment costs will be much lower thanks to the use of laser scanners in the AGV instead of costly magnetic navigation systems or induction systems, and the reuse of existing transport containers.

Flexible

Modular vehicles are easy to train using building plans, and they can quickly be adapted to new requirements or structural conditions with no need for modifications.

Reliable

The technologies used have been applied in the industry thousands of times and meet the toughest requirements for reliability, precision, performance, and safety.

Turnkey

Siemens supplies all the technologies for building communication and AGVs, and takes charge of all work as main contractor in collaboration with a specialized, experienced special-purpose machine manufacturer.

AGV technology Totally Integrated Automation (TIA), the industrial automation solution from Siemens, enables all automation components to work together efficiently. Based on the proven SIMATIC controllers and I/O devices, AGVs are easy to introduce into new and existing logistics processes and production facilities.

AGVs from Siemens navigate by laser, with no need for alteration work

Navigation by laser

Manual transportation of items like laundry, food, and medications in hospitals is still common practice. The same goes for drug manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry. Using automated systems, however, can take the load off the logistics systems and improve both efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This innovative solution from Siemens keeps the necessary investment to a minimum: Because laser scanners take care of the navigation, there’s no need for the kind of costly indoor modifications that would be necessary with magnetic navigation or contact line and induction systems. AGVs from Siemens can identify obstacles and move around them, stop automatically for hazards, and thus making them especially flexible to use.

AGVs from Siemens meet the special requirements of hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry in terms of hygiene, safety, and reliability

Easy to integrate

The technology used in the vehicles consists of industrial components proven a thousand times and meets the special requirements of hospitals and pharmaceutical industry in terms of hygiene, safety, and reliability. This technology realizes the first autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) system using standard industrial hardware and software. Developed by Siemens the autonomous navigation system is able to move around freely. Thanks to the proven SIMATIC controllers and I/O devices, the system can be introduced into new and existing logistics facilities. Seamless integration is possible both horizontally (SCADA systems, SAP, MES) and vertically with interfaces to rack entry and retrieval systems.

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