Technology innovation can lead to service innovation. The all-direction automated guided vehicle (AGV) developed by MIRDC which won the iF product design award earlier this year, and has been exhibited in Taipei Expo Park where the “Future Commerce 2018” was held from April 26th to April 28th. Through the actual display in close distance, it’s expected to make people feel the wonderful life with new usage of the technology from all directions.
Dr. Chiu-feng Lin, the President of MIRDC, pointed out that this all-direction automated guided vehicle developed by MIRDC that is equipped with its features of wireless intelligence, flexible usage, and mobility. The all-direction automated guided vehicle can simultaneously control multiple AGVs. Multiple vehicles can concatenate with each other by remote control and conduct the transport mission. Also, it adopts the design structure of all-direction wheels, and compares with traditional transport model, possesses outstanding performance with flexibility, particular in a narrow space where traditional unmanned guided vehicles have difficulties to move around. The all-direction moving platform can overcome such obstacles, and it not only realizes the future intelligent transport model but also draws a blueprint of a convenient life with future technologies. It can easily apply to relevant industries such as warehousing, production, and manufacturing, as well as automation application of Industry 4.0, which will dramatically increase the acceptance and market potential of small and medium-sized enterprises.
With the support of DOIT, Ministry of Economic Affairs, MIRDC implements the Advanced/Innovative Research Project. The unmanned guided vehicle with synergized transport model can be flexibly used for the operational planning of transport platform for the industries. In the future, industries only need to design standardized vehicles. When transporting for larger and irregular-shaped objects is required, they only need to increase the number of the vehicles to complete the mission. Such design has won iF product design award, an award that is the top of global industrial design field and has been acknowledged worldwide. In recent years, with the support of governmental agencies such as Ministry of Economic Affairs, MIRDC has integrated the resources of industrial, academic and research sectors and is dedicated to promoting technological and innovating industrial models to bring about the economic values in the future.