Article transport facility

An article transport facility, comprising:

• a plurality of article transport vehicles configured to travel along a predetermined travel route;
• and
• an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user and to control the article transport vehicles by transmitting a signal corresponding to an operation performed by the user to the article transport vehicles,
• wherein each of the article transport vehicles comprises:
• a vehicle body;
• and
• a vehicle transmission/reception section provided on the vehicle body and configured to transmit and receive a signal for communicating with the operation terminal,
• wherein the operation terminal comprises:
• an operation section configured to be operated by the user;
• a terminal transmission/reception section configured to perform transmission and reception of a signal with the vehicle transmission/reception section;
• and
• an extensible section connecting the operation section and the terminal transmission/reception section and configured to extend and contract a distance between the operation section and the terminal transmission/reception section, and
• wherein the operation terminal further comprises a setting changing section configured to change a setting of at least one of a signal transmission strength and a reception sensitivity of the terminal transmission/reception section.