Automated guided vehicle systems for retrieving hems

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving demand information,
• the demand associated with demand for one or more items utilized by a manufacturing process;
• executing a rules engine against the demand information,
• the executing configured to identify infrastructure from which at least a portion of the items utilized by the manufacturing process is to be retrieved,
• wherein the infrastructure comprises at least one automated guided vehicle (AGV) and item and storage infrastructure having a current quantity of at least the portion of the items on hand to meet the demand;
• transmitting item detail data to the AGV,
• the item detail data identifying:
• one or more items corresponding to at least the portion of the items,
• a quantity to be retrieved for each of the one or more items, and
• information identifying a location of each of the one or more items within a coordinate system,
• wherein the coordinate system is calibrated to a distance corresponding to an incremental movement of traction components of the AGV when the traction components of the AGV are driven by one or more motors of the AGV;
• determining a sequence of incremental movements of the traction components to travel from a starting location to the first waypoint based on the coordinate system, wherein the sequence of incremental movements comprises a pre-determined number of incremental movements of the traction components to reach the first waypoint from the starting location;
• executing the sequence of incremental movements to navigate the AGV from the starting location to the first waypoint based on the pre-determined number of incremental movements of the traction components;
• receiving information that indicates the AGV is at a first waypoint,
• the first waypoint corresponding to a particular item of the one or more items;
• activating an optical sensor,
• the optical sensor corresponding to the particular item of the one or more items,
• wherein activation of the optical sensor is configured to identify the particular item for retrieval;
• receiving validation information associated with the particular item,
• the validation information received from the AGV;
• validating that the particular item has correctly been retrieved based on the validation information;
• and
• updating an inventory database,
• the updating configured to reflect a reduced quantity of the particular item is available when the validating indicates the particular item has correctly been retrieved.

A system comprising:

• an automated guided vehicle (AGV) comprising:
• one or more motors;
• traction components;
• and
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• receive demand information,
• the demand associated with demand for one or more items utilized by a manufacturing process;
• execute a rules engine against the demand information,
• the execution of the rules engine configured to identify infrastructure from which at least portion of the items utilized by the manufacturing process is to be retrieved,
• the infrastructure comprising at least AGV and an item and storage infrastructure having a current quantity of at least the portion of the items on hand to meet the demand;
• transmit item detail data to the AGV,
• the item detail data identifies:
• one or more items corresponding to at least the portion of the items,
• a quantity to be retrieved for each of the one or more items, and
• information identifying a location of each of the one or more items within a coordinate system,
• wherein the coordinate system comprises units of distance that are calibrated to a distance corresponding to an incremental movement of the traction components of the AGV when the traction components of the AGV are driven by the one or more motors such that the AGV is operable to navigate within the coordinate system by determining a number of incremental movements of the traction components needed to travel from a starting location to a destination location;
• receive information that indicates the AGV is at a first waypoint corresponding to a particular item of the one or more items;
• activate an optical sensor of the item and storage infrastructure that is disposed proximate a storage location of the particular item of the one or more items,
• wherein activation of the optical sensor is configured to identify the storage location of the particular item for retrieval;
• receive validation information associated with the particular item,
• the validation information received from the AGV;
• validate that the particular item has correctly been retrieved based on validation information;
• and
• update an inventory database stored in the memory,
• the update configured to reflect a reduced quantity of the particular item is available when the validating indicates the particular item has correctly been retrieved.