This paper overviews the concepts of implementing complete warehouse automation in a distribution center outlining the motivations for using autonomous robots in a warehouse …
HJ Kim, C Pais, ZJM Shen - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS) performs the order fulfillment process by bringing inventory to workers at pick-pack-and-ship warehouses. In the RMFS, robots lift and carry …
W Echelmeyer, A Kirchheim… - 2008 IEEE International …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotics-logistics can be understood as the field of activities in which applications of industrial robot-technologies are offered and demanded in order to ensure the optimization …
The Kiva warehouse-management system creates a new paradigm for pick-pack-and-ship warehouses that significantly improves worker productivity. The Kiva system uses movable …
T Lamballais Tessensohn, D Roy… - IISE …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract A Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System is a recently developed automated, parts-to- picker material handling system. Robots can move storage shelves, also known as inventory …
M Merschformann, T Lamballais… - Operations Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems (RMFS) is a new type of robotized, parts-to- picker material handling system, designed especially for e-commerce warehouses. Robots …
This paper addresses the application of automation in warehouse order picking. Specifically, the paper deals with Robotic Mobile Fulfilment Systems (RMFSs). Existing literature has …
M Löffler, N Boysen, M Schneider - Transportation science, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
In the e-commerce era, efficient order fulfillment processes in distribution centers have become a key success factor. One novel technology to streamline these processes is robot …
Z Yuan, YY Gong - IEEE Transactions on Engineering …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies a robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS) featured by robots transporting movables shelves to order pickers. The RMFS can increase productivity, reduce costs …