To this day, automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) controllers of different suppliers are not compatible with each other. If the customer wishes to extend his AGVS, this may have unpleasant consequences as the supplier may no longer provide an according service. That is why a consortium of seven companies from the material flow business and three institutes of scientific research developed a platform for the implementation of concrete AGVS controllers. All such applications have the same architecture, therefore maintenance and future changes may be done by other suppliers. Consequently the customer is no longer dependent on a single supplier.
