Method, apparatus and system for controlling automated guided vehicle

An apparatus for controlling an automated guided vehicle, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a fault message, the fault message comprising travel status information for indicating a travel status of a faulty automated guided vehicle and location information of a fault point, wherein a fault occurs to the faulty automated guided vehicle at a location of the fault point;
• determining a preset range as a fault area based on the location information, the preset range comprising a plurality of locating points surrounding a locating point closest to the location of the fault point as a center, and sending an instruction for instructing prohibition of traffic in the fault area to a non-faulty automated guided vehicle executing a task;
• determining a target automated guided vehicle from automated guided vehicles currently not executing tasks based on the travel status information, and sending a task execution instruction to the target automated guided vehicle, the task execution instruction comprising an instruction for instructing to execute a target task, and the target task being a task that has not been completed by the faulty automated guided vehicle;
• and
• sending an instruction for instructing to cancel the prohibition of traffic in the fault area to the non-faulty automated guided vehicle executing the task, in response to determining that the faulty automated guided vehicle is transferred to a maintenance area.

A system for controlling an automated guided vehicle, the system comprising a server and at least one automated guided vehicle, each of the at least one automated guided vehicle being in communication connection with the server;

• the server, being configured to receive a fault message, determine a preset range as a fault area based on location information of a fault point, a fault of a faulty automated guided vehicle in the at least one automated guided vehicle occurred at a location of the fault point, the fault message comprising travel status information for indicating a travel status of the faulty automated guided vehicle and the location of the fault point, the preset range comprising a plurality of locating points surrounding a locating point closest to the location of the fault point as a center;
• a non-faulty automated guided vehicle being executing a task, being configured to receive an instruction for instructing prohibition of traffic in the fault area sent by the server;
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• the server, being further configured to determine a target automated guided vehicle from automated guided vehicles currently not executing tasks based on the travel status information, and send a task execution instruction to the target automated guided vehicle, the task execution instruction comprising an instruction for instructing to execute a target task, and the target task being a task that has not been completed by the faulty automated guided vehicle, and send an instruction for instructing to cancel the prohibition of traffic in the fault area to the non-faulty automated guided vehicle executing the task, in response to determining that the faulty automated guided vehicle is transferred to a maintenance area.