METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLE IN HARBOR LOADING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform the transferring work with a gantry crane by restricting the waste movement of the gantry crane and an automatic guided vehicle. SOLUTION: A control device computes the following work planed position based on the present work position of the gantry crane, and computes a waiting position of the automatic guided vehicle based on the following work planed position, and instructs the waiting position to a travelling control device. The control device determines whether the gantry crane moved to the following work planed range and stopped at the working position or not. In the case wherein the control device determined that the gantry crane stopped, the control device instructs the waiting automatic guided vehicle to move to the working position. When the travelling control device receives the instruction from the control device to move to the working position, the travelling control device moves the automatic guided vehicle to the instructed working position, and stops it at the working position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT