Automated guided vehicles
Siemens Nederland and VDL intensify cooperation
Next fall, the two companies will launch the second generation of their automated logistics platform based on automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for industrial companies with mixed traffic on their premises.
To strengthen this intensive cooperation, Dirk De Bilde, CEO Siemens Netherlands, Edwin Willems, Senior Vice President VDL Groep, and Karel Smits, Business Unit Manager at VDL Automated Vehicles, signed a cooperation agreement at the Hannover Messe.
The expertise and experience of Siemens and VDL will be combined to further develop the necessary infrastructures, such as for energy and networks, as well as a virtual simulation, the so-called digital twins, for the second generation of electric AGVs. VDL has been building AGVs for use in port areas for years, which are deployed at the largest and most modern container terminals in the world. Since 2017, VDL has also been producing smaller AGVs for industrial companies with so-called mixed traffic on their premises. This hybrid form of automated and non-automated transport is becoming increasingly relevant on the European market thanks to the many possible applications. It also leads to greater stability and continuity of processes.
Siemens supplies the entire drive, automation and digitalization, from the electric motors to the visualization software. The software from Siemens consists of tested, certified modules that can be used for various functions in the vehicle. Siemens also offers the safety solutions that are required within an automated system. The complete system is first set up in a virtual environment. The logistical processes are then simulated in this "digital twin".
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