PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic traveling method highly precisely enabling automatic traveling with a simple system, and an automatic traveling transport vehicle and an automatic traveling system utilizing the method.SOLUTION: There are included an advancing direction indication pile which is disposed at predetermined intervals along a traveling route along which an automatic traveling transport vehicle travels, and to which an RFID tag that includes at least an intrinsic ID is appended, a magnetic sensor attached to the automatic traveling transport vehicle, a magnetic bearing detector that detects the advancing direction of the automatic traveling transport vehicle on the basis of data sent from the magnetic sensor, a reader that reads the data sent from the RFID tag, and a traveling controller that produces traveling control data, with which the traveling direction of the automatic traveling transport vehicle is controlled, using the data read by the reader and the advancing direction detected by the magnetic bearing detector, and controls traveling.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】 簡便なシステムで高精度に自動走行を可能ならしめる自動走行方法、及びその方法を利用した自動走行運搬車、並びに自動走行システムを提供する。【解決手段】 自動走行運搬車が走行する走行経路に沿って、所定の間隔で配置され、少なくとも固有のIDを有するRFIDタグが貼付された進行方向指示杭と、前記自動走行運搬車に取り付けられた磁気センサーと、前記磁気センサーからのデータに基づいて前記自動走行運搬車の進行方向を検出する磁方位検出部と、前記RFIDタグからのデータを読み取るリーダ部と、前記リーダ部から読み取ったデータと前記磁方位検出部が検出した前記進行方向とから前記自動走行運搬車の走行方向を制御する走行制御データを生成し走行を制御する走行制御部とを備える。【選択図】図2
