vehicle - Blog - Global Risk Community2024-03-28T18:56:08Zhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/vehicleAutomated Guided Vehicle: What’s trending in and around the industry?https://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/automated-guided-vehicle-what-s-trending-in-and-around-the2020-03-25T11:10:30.000Z2020-03-25T11:10:30.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p>Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have come forth as a widely-demanded technology due to its unavoidable benefits. An AGV can be simply understood as a <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/automated-guided-vehicle-market/">fully-automated transport system</a>. The vehicle provides benefits ranging from better workforce safety, reduced production time, and low operational costs. The industry is driven by some of the massive technological trends such as the rapid adoption of mobile robots, Industry 4.0, and advancements in navigation technology.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028316697,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028316697,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028316697?profile=original" /></a></p><h2>Getting familiar: The what, why and where of automated guided vehicles</h2><h3><strong>What is an automated guided vehicle?</strong></h3><p>Automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems help in moving and transporting items in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers without any fixed conveying system or manual intervention. It follows configurable guide paths to optimize storage, picking, and transport functionality in the premium space environment. The last few decades witnessed significant advances in robotic technology.</p><h3>Why has technology gained an unsurprising demand lately?</h3><p>The growing need for high efficiency in the healthcare, automotive, e-commerce, and food & beverage sectors is raising the need for automation. The AGV-enabled automation of industrial installations can help meet the requirements of material handling capacity, reduce production time, reduce the chances of human error, increase safety, ensure high production volumes and increase accuracy and repeatability. The adoption of AGVs enables just-in-time (JIT) delivery of raw materials, computerized control of the received assembled parts and tracking of the shipped items.</p><h3>Where do we see the wide-scale adoption of the automated guided vehicle technology?</h3><p>AGVs are used in several end-use sectors, such as automotive, logistics, healthcare, manufacturing, and food and beverage industries. Increased productivity and decreased labor costs are the main factors that drive the need for industrial equipment. The demand for AGVs is expected to increase due to a rise in industrial automation. Expanding industrialization has led to a persistent need for specialized material handling and transport solutions for fueled performance.</p><h2>AGV for different industries:</h2><h3>Manufacturing</h3><p>Technological advancements and a rising population have put a greater demand on the manufacturing sector. Industry 4.0 will be the next step for the manufacturing industry by introducing internet technologies to an integrated automation system. By applying internet technologies to optimized automation systems, it became possible to make manufacturing processes more efficient, less reliance on human intervention and allowing systems to make self-decision. For decades, autonomous systems such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have been used in construction facilities and distribution centers.</p><h3>Retail</h3><p>Increasing globalization and the advent of online retail and bulk retail have increased demand for AGVs in the retail sector. The deployment of AGVs in factories and warehouses allows them to do this. Service quality and customer happiness are the main competitive factors in the e-commerce market. Companies are offering a single-day delivery option with certain additional charges and with rising disposable income in both emerging and advanced economies, the commercial viability of these schemes is increasing significantly. The single-day delivery method is carried out by e-commerce warehouses with the aid of AGVs.</p><h3>Healthcare</h3><p>Automated guided vehicles are penetrating the healthcare industry step by step. Multiple reasons influence this new situation. For example, reducing AGV costs and increasing salaries for human staff. Also, developments in sensor technology for location and navigation, environment recognition and collision avoidance, fleet management, and content monitoring, as well as a more comprehensive diagnosis of individual vehicles are the factors (among many others) driving the transition. Mobile robots are becoming more convenient, performing non-value-added tasks such as moving the trollies of 800 to 1,000 pounds that require the unskilled workforce. The AGVs play an important role in day-to-day operations and help staff focus on their core care skills and provide quality care for patients.</p><h2>What’s trending in and around the automated guided vehicle industry?</h2><h3>The trend of mobile robots</h3><p>Because of demands in automation, the mobile robot has been one of the focuses of research in this period. In their industrial plant, many industry players are using a mobile robot to eliminate manual labor, as well as to ensure more efficient and standardized processes. The industrial use of mobile robots is typically referred to as the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV).</p><p>The advancements in navigation technology allow the AGV to be used for several tasks like carrying the load to pre-determined locations sent from the stock management, mobile app, and pallet handling. More recently, the paradigm of Industry 4.0 has been widely accepted in the sectors, where critical process data is traded for better management over the internet.</p><h3>Industry 4.0 and AGVs</h3><p>Industry 4.0 combines different technologies to further improve the coordination and management of manufacturing environments. Through the introduction of internet technology, the principles can be extended to existing manufacturing factories. Such innovations are aimed at improving connectivity between systems and handling facilities within factories in a better way. This can be done by creating a virtual equivalent using the sensor data from real-world systems. This enables better monitoring and control of the processes.</p><p></p><p>The smart factories comprise of smart devices and products that demonstrate IoT and CPS concepts. On-board processing, communication technology, data storage, sensors, and actuators are required for Smart devices. Smart products can define themselves, explain their status, history, and future processes. Manufacturing in smart factories is, therefore, more versatile and smarter, resulting in more individualized products and allowing factories to have a modular structure.</p><h3>Advancements in the navigation technology</h3><p>The earliest automated guided vehicles were directed by a wired method around the factory. Though this navigation technique is still used today, plant managers have to choose from several other methods. The tape is sensed by sensors on the AGVs, and this is used to direct the vehicle. Reference points are located on the factory floor at coordinates x, y in inertial navigation. Changes to the pathway can be made by simply changing the points of reference, making this process more versatile.</p><p>The next step from inertial navigation is open path navigation, which states that the vehicle can travel from one position to another independently, going from a guided vehicle to a self-driving vehicle. Speed and efficiency are important in the environment of the warehouse. Navigation developments have made the AGVs highly competitive.</p><h2>Automated guided vehicle industry insights</h2><p>Mar-2018: Toyota launched T-ONE, new, in-house smart automated guided automation software developed for vehicles. The program was developed as an integration layer that interacts with automated guided vehicles (AGVs) from Toyota Autopilot and existing infrastructure such as product recognition equipment, warehouse management systems, and other material handling equipment.</p><p></p><p>May-2018: Toyota has introduced a new electric forklift with heavy-duty Traigo80. This forklift provides high speed, maneuverability, and efficiency. The powerful motors provide a strong climbing ability and fast travel speed, making the forklift usually reserved for engine-powered forklifts suitable for challenging applications. With the help of a sharp rear steering angle, the truck can also navigate in small spaces where appropriate, for example in production or storage areas.</p><p></p><p>Nov-2018: Oceaneering launched REVO-GT, a vehicle system. This system uses driverless, self-guided community transit vehicles and has a capacity of up to 24 passengers. This allows the passengers to choose one or more specific destinations from pre-programmed routes linking different origins.</p><h2>Taking everything into account</h2><p>Industrial structures are rapidly evolving, moving towards automated systems to enhance and optimize productivity levels, reorganize logistics, and improve transportation & logistics systems. Industry 4.0’s emergence has contributed to the widespread sharing of data and automation in the manufacturing industry.</p><p></p><p><strong>Free Valuable Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/automated-guided-vehicle-market/">Global Automated Guided Vehicle Market to reach a market size of USD 5.4 billion by 2025</a></p><p></p><p>With growing interest and a move toward automated systems and innovations, the automated market for guided vehicles has seen growth in recent years. Technological advances, especially in the navigation area, have played an important role in increasing the adoption of the automated guided vehicle in the manufacturing sector.</p></div>Vehicle Tracking System: The Next-Generation Smart Transportation Solutionhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/vehicle-tracking-system-the-next-generation-smart-transportation2019-05-29T09:52:26.000Z2019-05-29T09:52:26.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p>A whole new generation of solutions has emerged in different sectors through the synergies between information technologies and telecommunications, enabling companies to increase their efficiency, significantly reduce costs and delivery speed. Providing real-time information on vehicle movement is one such technological spin-off that is essential for the emerging sectors.</p><p>In addition, modernizing the transport and logistics sector in developing countries is likely to have a positive impact on the smart transport market. These countries are following the success of <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/vehicle-tracking-systems-market/">smart transport systems</a> in developed countries. For example, the U.K. government adopted an intelligent transportation system for driver safety and logistics improvement.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028291883,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028291883,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028291883?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>What is a Vehicle Tracking System?</strong></p><p>A vehicle tracking system is the system that enables vehicles to be tracked and controlled on a 24/7 basis through an online computer, smartphone, tablet, etc. with the help of GPS satellites. Vehicle tracking systems allow instantaneous, historical tracking of vehicle speeds, routes they traveled, stops and idling times on maps with new and old reports. The vehicle tracking system is a technology used by a mobile network or GPS technology to acquire real-time vehicle location data. The system is made up of a positioning device, software, and sometimes a view sensor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Why is there a need for this technology?</strong></p><p>The GPS-based vehicle tracking system makes it easy to track multiple vehicle locations in real time. It consists of a vehicle-mounted GPS and software that collects on the screen data and pictures of the vehicle. In addition to the vehicle location, GPS devices can also send real-time data on the condition of the vehicle and specific events in the GPS device.</p><p>Developing technologies allow the collection of data on the vehicle or even its driver to be progressively different in nature. Sophisticated tracking systems can provide driver insights and even read digital data on-board computers. GPS-based vehicle tracking system enables even remote blocking of vehicle engines in the event of an emergency or security.</p><p></p><p><strong>Who are the market boosters of the Vehicle Tracking System technology?</strong></p><p>Nearly any company that operates a vehicle or a whole fleet of vehicles can find truly practical uses for GPS vehicle tracking. Companies can better plan and communicate with customers when tracking their vehicles, equipment, and inventory. Cable companies, plumbers or any kind of Delivery Company can benefit from using GPS in the service industry. Municipalities use GPS to track bus fleets, waste trucks, street sweepers and snowplows. Public safety groups, such as fire and police, can also find faster emergency response routes.</p><p>The transport & logistics industry came into existence as one of the early adopters of this technology. GPS tracking devices are widely used for tracking purposes in commercial vehicles such as trucks, trailers, buses and light commercial vehicles. According to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), global sales of commercial vehicles increased significantly in 2016. This factor drives the deployment of GPS tracking for commercial vehicles, thus driving growth in the transportation & logistics industry.</p><p></p><p><strong>Click Here For Free Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/vehicle-tracking-systems-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/vehicle-tracking-systems-market/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages of employing a Vehicle Tracking System</strong></p><p>GPS tracking units send and receive software information in real time via the cellular (GSM) network. If a connection is lost, the information will be stored in internal memory and transferred to the network. Modern vehicle tracking software enables information on desktop, laptop, and mobile phones to be visualized and scanned.</p><p>One of the major benefits of a vehicle tracking system that are seen in transport-related activities is increased productivity and efficiency. The ability to track commercial vehicles allows predicting accurate delivery times, informing customers in advance of late delivery, time or date changes. Tracking fuel consumption helps companies to calculate the exact cost of their journey, warning drivers of driving style and selected routes. To ensure discipline among vehicle users, other companies use GPS tracking to reduce operating expenses. Typically, one thing is certain about vehicle tracking systems- saving business time and money in one way or another.</p><p></p><p><strong>What’s Trending?</strong></p><p>There is a massive increase in the use of smart transport systems to ensure proper transportation safety and tracking. The safety issues in transportation services tend to have a detrimental effect on vehicle tracking systems sales. In addition, growth in fleet operations in emerging markets, particularly in market expectations for vehicle tracking systems, is expected to increase revenue growth. Accumulating market changes is a challenging factor for emerging industry participants. This growing number of industry market players leads to a fragmented industrial structure.</p><p></p><p><strong>To Sum Up</strong></p><p>The vehicle tracking system market is witnessing wide-ranging acceptance for both heavy commercial vehicles and light commercial vehicles. GPS vehicle tracking is extensively used in logistics, and many other companies use it mostly to track their own cars, ensuring that employees do not use it for their own purposes, but only for business purposes.</p><p>Other sectors that actively use GPS tracking systems include public transportation, car rental, and perishable goods transportation, farming, construction, and other special equipment. The explosive growth of the ride-hailing industry, which affixes supporting government policies and increasing consumer demand, is likely to offer lucrative opportunities for the global vehicle tracking system market. As a result, the global market for <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/vehicle-tracking-systems-market/">vehicle tracking system</a> is projected to grow at a CAGR of 18.9% by the near future.</p></div>Next Level of Commercial Vehicle Telematics Solutionhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/next-level-of-commercial-vehicle-telematics-solution2019-04-30T11:53:45.000Z2019-04-30T11:53:45.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p><strong>What is Commercial Vehicle Telematics?</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/commercial-vehicle-telematics-market/">Commercial vehicle telematics</a> enables the monitoring and controlling of a commercial vehicle by the means of telecommunication devices. It is a blend of telecommunications and information technology in commercial vehicles. The combination of Global Positioning System (GPS) and on-board diagnostics enables users to record, track, and map and navigate commercial vehicles. Wireless, location technologies, electronic vehicles, etc., pursue a future for commercial vehicle telematics technology. Increased vehicle efficiency, improved routing, increased vehicle safety, accident prevention and injury, damages, etc. are among the benefits of the telematics technology.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294682,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294682,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028294682?profile=original" /></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Why does the automotive world need Commercial Vehicle Telematics?</strong></p><p>Innovative solutions for efficient supply chains logistics and fleet management play a vital role in telematics development. Telematics provides visibility and data in real time in order to improve the processes, preserve products integrity, maximize their shelf life, and reduce losses and insurance risk throughout the entire supply chain. Telematics solutions integrate capacities, like live traffic updates, intelligent tracking and routing, quick roadside assistance, automatic trading and telematics. It is therefore essential to optimize fleet operating metrics such as fuel reduction, resource optimization and real-time connectivity.</p><p></p><p><strong>Commercial Vehicle Telematics and the pool of End Users</strong></p><p><strong>Healthcare</strong></p><p>The extensive uses of commercial telematics in healthcare vertical have changed patient and providers ' dynamics. In this field, some of the advantages of telematics include reporting hours, time analysis between visits, tracking of emergency calls by staff in the vicinity of a person, reports on staff travel, bidirectional communication and improvised efficiency as well as responses.</p><p></p><p><strong>Government Agencies</strong></p><p>Fleets of government sectors face various challenges including tight budgets, rules / policies and compliance with state and local law. The government sector is examining solutions that can help meet budget constraints and are sufficiently flexible to respond to changes in technology. The vertical utilities, which include LCVs and M&HCVs, use commercial vehicle telematics solutions to manage fleets. Telematics solutions for utilities often aim to increase float visibility by optimizing routing technologies, analyzing driver behavior and performance of vehicles and improving operational efficiency.</p><p></p><p><strong>Insurance</strong></p><p>Telematics technology has originated from the convergence of various supporting technologies, including wireless, GPS, IT and telecommunication sensor networks. Advancements in these technologies and other technologies have helped make telematics more useful in personal and commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicle telematics provides insurers with the necessary driver's performance scoring capabilities, operational insurance, crash and claims management, care and localized services. In addition, it adds fleet management capabilities and enhanced data reporting to improve the profitability of commercial lines.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Click Here For Free Insights:</em></strong> <em><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/commercial-vehicle-telematics-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/commercial-vehicle-telematics-market/</a></em></p><p></p><p><strong>Where do we see Commercial Vehicle Telematics?</strong></p><p><strong>Tele-Health</strong></p><p>The term telehealth covers a wide range of technologies and services for patient treatment and for the improvement of the whole health care system. Telehealth is an e-health subset of information for health professionals and health consumers, education and training of health workers, as well as online and telecommunications management of the health systems. As stated by the World Health Organization, telehealth consists of “Surveillance, health promotion and public health functions.”</p><p></p><p><strong>Navigation</strong></p><p>GPS's most popular commercial use is in automotive navigation systems. A car driver just needs to feed in the screen of the GPS receiver the destination before starting a trip. The GPS car navigation system makes it easy and fast to find the way. The most convenient and fastest way to get to the destination is to use a GPS system while driving on an unfamiliar road or being caught by heavy traffic. Car GPS navigation systems can show other possible routes to a destination through the satellites. The car GPS navigation system also gives additional information that the driver might be interested in, depending on the functional capabilities.</p><p></p><p><strong>What are the major applications for Commercial Automotive Telematics Market?</strong></p><p>Commercial Automotive Telematics is used for tracking vehicles, vehicle maintenance, passenger safety, and many other applications. High-speed and highway collisions are increasingly driving demand. Different government initiatives to curb accidents and provide the drivers and passengers with immediate assistance further strengthen the demand. </p><p>The vehicle sensors and controllers can measure the driving performance along with the location of GPS and fuel consumption and thereby analyze and use this data for further reporting. Commercial vehicle telematics is the future of transportation that enhances traffic flow, reduces traffic and kilometer distances, prevents accidents, optimizes security problems as well as facilitates the management and maintenance of fleets.</p><p></p><p><strong>To Conclude…</strong></p><p>The use of telematics can make a regular vehicle a smart one. The automotive industry needs to address the importance of being a critical monitor of telematics not only to detect performance and faults in vehicles, but also to ensure the safety of drivers. The scenario, though gradually, is transforming. Cutting edge features such as fuel management, GPS navigation, vehicle tracking, support for automatic driving assistance systems, triggering alerts not only increase the utility, but also increase the value offered to the client. In the long term, these connected trucks would be an integral part of the future intelligent cities as well as a take a huge leap toward transport modernization. To conclude, the <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/commercial-vehicle-telematics-market/" target="_blank">Commercial Vehicle Telematics Market</a> is anticipated to rise at a CAGR of 19.4% during the forecast period.</p></div>Global Automotive Camera Market (2018-2024) | KBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/global-automotive-camera-market-2018-2024-kbv-research2019-02-25T08:10:42.000Z2019-02-25T08:10:42.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p>An Automotive Camera is designed to capture high-quality video to enhance visibility for providing better safety for the driver. Recent years have witnessed increasing concerns among consumers regarding security and safety. This has proven to be boosting factor in the development of <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/automotive-camera-market/">automotive camera</a> technology time and again. Consumers are installing advanced driver assistance systems and various legislations are mandating installation of cameras in vehicles. According to one of the leading market research company, <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/">KBV Research</a>, these are some of the prominent factors that would offer extraordinary opportunities to the worldwide market of Automotive Camera and rise the industry up to $5.9 Billion with a growth rate of 29.8%.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294059,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294059,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="8028294059?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>Digital Camera</strong></p><p>The technology for the digital camera is developed to be recognized as a requisite feature in every modern vehicle. Digital cameras are used in reversing aids, blind-spot backing systems, and obstacle-detection systems. Digital cameras are somewhat new products yet, their technology is evolving rapidly and effectively. Although digital cameras are mostly incorporated into mobile devices and vehicles, high-definition dedicated cameras have more adoption in professional arenas.</p><p>Digital cameras are identified by wide-ranging sizes, prizes, and functions. Furthermore, specialized cameras like astrographs are used widely for military, medical, and scientific purposes. Digital cameras have made photography available to a larger mass of people. The latest editing technologies have transformed the way photographs are presented before the public.</p><p></p><p><strong>Thermal Camera</strong></p><p>Thermal cameras form a heat zone image which uses infrared radiation. It is similar to a common camera that forms images by using visible light. However, unlike a common camera, thermal cameras function in 14,000 nm wavelength. Thermal cameras integrated with video analytics, are considered the best way of detecting people in the outdoors.</p><p>Developments, innovations, and price reductions have made them available for common security uses, which include prevention of theft and vandalism. When a thermal camera is monitoring the perimeter of a building, it mostly deals with low light scenarios, that it, nighttime hours. Advanced video analytics software has proven thermal cameras as cost-effective in a business protection scenario, mainly because, they reduce false alarm frequencies.</p><p></p><p><strong>Automotive Camera in Blind Spot Detection</strong></p><p>Blind spots are those areas around a vehicle where the eyes of a driver fail to reach. These areas can sometimes be caused by passengers, headrests, or window pillars. Mirrors can be used to eradicate the blind spots behind a vehicle, however, they tend to occupy a large area on both sides of the vehicle. A convex blind spot often does the job of a mirror in a better way. Nevertheless, the images displayed on a convex blind spot are distorted. This makes it difficult for a driver to figure out the actual distance.</p><p>Having said that, automotive cameras in blind spot detection systems employ numerous sensors and cameras which provide nearly precise information about objects that might get missed out from the vision of a driver.</p><p></p><p><strong>Lane Departure Warning System</strong></p><p>Even a fleeting lapse in concentration while driving can drift a driver away from the lane. To assist a driver in sustaining concentration, lane departure warning function uses an automotive camera that can warn the driver of straying from the marked lane. Automotive cameras in such scenarios seldom help in avoiding accidents. When the camera detects that the vehicle is about to unintentionally move away from the lane, the driver gets cautioned by means of a visual, haptic, or an audible signal.</p><p>The lane detection algorithm of an <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/automotive-camera-market/">automotive camera</a> tracks and classifies all common lane markups up to roughly 60 meters ahead, whether the road markings are continuous, white, dashed, yellow, red, or blue. These cameras serve greatly in avoiding accidents that can be caused by inadvertent drifting from the lane.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294086,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294086,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="8028294086?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>Trends and Future Perspective</strong></p><p>The growing trend towards the use of automotive cameras in transportation is pushed by legislation as well as consumer demands for better safety and enhanced the driving experience. Self-driven cars are already demanding manufacturers to put automotive cameras for enhancing the features as well as improving the controlling functions in a vehicle. The ever-increasing demand and superior level supply of automotive cameras will significantly raise the market of this technology over the coming years.</p><p></p><p><strong>Full Report:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/automotive-camera-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/automotive-camera-market/</a></p><p><strong>Click Here For Free Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/automotive-camera-market-size/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/automotive-camera-market-size/</a></p></div>