The Simplest and Most Reliable Guiding Technique for AGVs

Roboteq’s Magnetic Guide Sensor is capable of detecting and reporting the position of a magnetic field along its horizontal axis. Our sensor is intended for applications in Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs), using inexpensive adhesive magnetic tape to form a guide on the floor.

Watch the Video: How the Magnetic Guide Sensor Works

Superior to Other Guiding Techniques

Technique	Easy to lay	Easy to change	Passive	Dirt immune	Ιnvisible
Magnetic Guide	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Induction Wire	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Optical	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Compared to other guiding techniques, magnetic guides are totally passive and therefore easy to lay and modify. The tape creates an invisible field that is immune to dirt and unaffected by lighting conditions. The magnetic track can be totally hidden under any non-ferrous flooring material.

Precise, Sensitive, Fast

Effective Forks and Location Markers Management

A complete, Magnetic Guide following AGV can be built with just an MGS1600 sensor and one of the many dual channel motor controllers in our catalog.

Easy to Interface with Anything

The MGS can be interfaced directly with any of Roboteq’s motor controllers in order to create an effective AGV solution with just two components. The sensor can also be connected to any PLC, PC or single board computer using a choice of Analog, PWM, RS232, USB or CANbus interfaces.

Tough and Tougher

Chose between ABS plastic with 2m cable, or all-metal with a waterproof industrial M12 connector.
Built to last, both are equally IP64 water and dust resistants

Flexible and Durable Magnetic Tape

Tape is available in 25 and 50mm width. The wider tape offers a larger adhesive area and is very well suited for use in heavy traffic areas. The tape is easy to lay and can be bent to create virtualy any shape paths.

For heavily traveled areas Roboteq offers a 5x5mm square tape that can be inserted in a groove carved into the floor.

Chosen by the World's Top AGV Makers

Roboteq's Magnetic Guide Sensor is the World's most accurate and most versatile MGS. It is the easiest to integrate, monitor and troubleshoot. No wonder it has been selected by the World's Finest manufacturers for their Magnetic Guided AGV's.

Magnetic Guide Sensors