The developing history of AGV

The earliest AGV was born in America, then developed in Europe, Japan and China.

Ford Motor Co. of America used guidance vehicle with rails in 1913, which was the earliest development of AGV.

This technology was promoted in UK, where the earliest electric-magnetic guidance AGV was researched and developed. People used electric-magnetic guidance instead of rails, which made the application and installation easier. By late 1950s, AGV were promoted and used more widely in Europe.

By 1980s, under the influence of UK, Japan put AGV with magnetic guidance technology, which increased stability of AGV greatly, and more AGV were used in automobile industry.

With deeper and deeper communication between China and Japan, more enterprises in China have realized that AGV can save manpower, cost and increase work efficiency, so in recent years, AGV has grown up rapidly in China.