Analysis of automatic guided vehicles and self-guided vehicles for hospital foodservice

This thesis analyzes the relative merits of "Automatic Guided Vehicles" (AGVs) and "Self Guided Vehicles" (SGVs) in the area of hospital foodservice; Data is derived from the bids of Apogee Robotics for their Orbiter{dollar}\sp{\rm TM}{dollar} system (AGV) and Transitions Research Corp for the HelpMate{dollar}\sp{\rm TM}{dollar} self guided robot, to Humana Hospital Sunrise. The major difference between the two systems is that the AGV can carry a full Dietary cart with thirty trays but is limited to a pre-laid track system. Conversely HelpMate has a map of the facility programmed in its memory and can roam anywhere, but is only able to carry four trays; Final system recommendations are based on these bids and other data and a conclusion is made to lease/purchase the Helpmate self guided vehicle. A social history of the confrontation between men and machines is included.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Hotel Administration

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

1992

Author dc:creator

• Roden, Michael Andrew

Contributors dc:contributor

• Frank Borsenik

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/185

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1184