Documentation HG G-73650ZD | English, Revision 05 | Date: 09.03.2017 | www.goetting-agv.com
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Chapter 2: Basic Principles of Track Guidance
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Basic Principles of Track Guidance
2.1 Suitable and Unsuitable Vehicle Types
The range of particularly suitable vehicle types covers all vehicles that operate predictably
and reproducibly. Several non-steered axles, trailers or vehicles with a center pivot steering
are not suitable.The wheel slippage has to be low and the wheels should be hard to mini-
mize the friction.
Figure 1
Example: Suitable vehicle types (selection)
The sketch below shows simplified versions of all the vehicles as three-wheelers, because
this is the base vehicle model used by the navigation controller. The navigation controller
can also be used for vehicles where the steered wheel is not in the middle (e.g. some fork-
lift truck types).
Figure 2
Sketch: Suitable vehicle types
One fixed axle
particularly
suited
e.g. fork-lift
truck
Symmetrical steering
particularly suited
e.g. some heavy duty
vehicles
Two fixed axles
less accuracy and
partly rubbing, grind-
ing wheels
e.g. large towing
tractors
coordinate
chassis / omni-
directional ve-
hicles
particularly
suited
e.g. special
vehicles
