Automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) are automated systems that store and retrieve products from an inventory location. They are used for unloading, sorting, put-away, storage, order-picking, staging, and loading.
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) are designed to perform their operations without direct human guidance. They are used in a wide variety of industrial applications and can be laser, inertially or Cartesian-guided.
Industrial conveyors are horizontal, inclined, declined, or vertical machinery that transports bulk materials or discrete units from one place to another at a controlled rate.