TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kiesel, Raphael
A1  - Henke, Leonhard
A1  - Mann, Alexander
A1  - Renneberg, Florian
A1  - Stich, Volker
A1  - Schmitt, Robert H.
T1  - Techno-Economic Evaluation of 5G Technology for Automated Guided Vehicles in Production
T2  - Electronics
N2  - The fifth generation of mobile communication (5G) is expected to bring immense benefits to automated guided vehicles by improving existing respectively enabling 5G-distinctive network control systems, leading to higher productivity and safety. However, only 1% of production companies have fully deployed 5G yet. Most companies currently lack an understanding of return on investment and of technical use-case benefits. Therefore, this paper analyses the influence of 5G on an automated guided vehicle use case based on a five-step evaluation model. The analysis is conducted with a use case in the Digital Experience Factory in Aachen. It shows a difference of net present value between 4G and 5G of 1.3 M€ after 10 years and a difference of return of investment of 66%. Furthermore, analysis shows an increase of mobility (13%), productivity (20%) and safety (136%). This indicates a noticeable improvement of a 5G-controlled automated guided vehicle compared to a 4G-controlled automated guided vehicle.
KW  - 5G technology
KW  - Automated guided vehicles
KW  - Economic evaluation
KW  - Technical evaluation
KW  - Smart production
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://epub.fir.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3996
SN  - 2079-9292
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
PB  - MDPI AG
ER  -