MALTA : a system of multiple autonomous trucks for load transportation

This paper presents an overview of an autonomousrobotic material handling system. The goal of the system is toextend the functionalities of traditional AGVs to operate in highlydynamic environments. Traditionally, the reliable functioning ofAGVs relies on the availability of adequate infrastructure tosupport navigation. In the target environments of our system,such infrastructure is difficult to setup in an efficient way.Additionally, the location of objects to handle are unknown,which requires that the system be able to detect and track objectpositions at runtime. Another requirement of the system is to beable to generate trajectories dynamically, which is uncommon inindustrial AGV systems.KKS MALT