Article Transport Facility

An article transport facility, comprising:

• a plurality of transport vehicles configured to travel on a floor to transport articles;
• and
• a control system configured to control the plurality of transport vehicles, and
• wherein the control system configured to:
• manage the floor by dividing the floor into a plurality of subareas each sized to accommodate a transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles,
• control each of the plurality of transport vehicles to travel from a subarea at a starting point among the plurality of subareas to a subarea at a destination point among the plurality of subareas through adjacent subareas of the plurality of subareas in sequence,
• perform a normal process of controlling the plurality of transport vehicles to cause not more than one transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles to enter a same subarea of the plurality of subareas at a same time, and
• perform, in response to an abnormality in a transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles, an abnormality process of setting a subarea likely to contain, among the plurality of subareas, an abnormal transport vehicle having the abnormality as an entry prohibited area prohibiting entry of other normal transport vehicles of the plurality of transport vehicles.