Method for operating a driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) which is to be moved automatically to a target position relative to an object (10, 41), wherein the object (10, 41) has two characteristic features (14a, 15a, 42a, 43a) and the target position lies on the connecting line between the two characteristic features (14a, 15a, 42a, 43a) or is located at a distance from this connecting line, comprising the following method steps: (a) moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to a position at which the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) is capable of determining, by means of a distance measuring device of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40), a first distance (a) between the current position of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and the first characteristic feature (14a, 42a) and a second distance (b) between the current position of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and the second characteristic feature (15a, 43a), (b) determining the first distance (a) and the second distance (b) by means of the distance measuring device, then (c) automatically moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) for a predetermined first time period in a translational movement, onto which a first rotational movement is superposed, wherein the direction of the first rotational movement depends on the first distance (a) and the second distance (b), (d) following expiration of the first time interval, automatically moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) for a predetermined second time interval with the translational movement, onto which a second rotational movement is superposed, the direction of which is inverse to the first rotational movement, and (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) until a termination condition is satisfied, wherein the termination criterion is defined by the lengths of the first distance (a) and the second distance (b) on a circle with a radius (r) around the centre point of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and through the centre point of the distance measuring device, wherein the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) stops automatically when the equation of the circle: r 2 = x 2 + y 2 is satisfied for a first desired offset x=x offset,desired and a second desired offset y=y offset,desired, wherein the first desired offset represents a maximum allowed offset of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to the target position parallel to the connecting line, and the second desired offset represents a maximum allowed offset of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to the target position perpendicular to the connecting line. (a) moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to a position at which the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) is capable of determining, by means of a distance measuring device of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40), a first distance (a) between the current position of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and the first characteristic feature (14a, 42a) and a second distance (b) between the current position of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and the second characteristic feature (15a, 43a), (b) determining the first distance (a) and the second distance (b) by means of the distance measuring device, then (c) automatically moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) for a predetermined first time period in a translational movement, onto which a first rotational movement is superposed, wherein the direction of the first rotational movement depends on the first distance (a) and the second distance (b), (d) following expiration of the first time interval, automatically moving the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) for a predetermined second time interval with the translational movement, onto which a second rotational movement is superposed, the direction of which is inverse to the first rotational movement, and (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) until a termination condition is satisfied, wherein the termination criterion is defined by the lengths of the first distance (a) and the second distance (b) on a circle with a radius (r) around the centre point of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) and through the centre point of the distance measuring device, wherein the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) stops automatically when the equation of the circle: r 2 = x 2 + y 2 is satisfied for a first desired offset x=x offset,desired and a second desired offset y=y offset,desired, wherein the first desired offset represents a maximum allowed offset of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to the target position parallel to the connecting line, and the second desired offset represents a maximum allowed offset of the driverless transport vehicle (1, 40) to the target position perpendicular to the connecting line.