E-commerce retailers face the challenge to assemble large numbers of time-critical picking
orders each consisting of just a few order lines with low order quantities. Traditional picker-to …

With the advancement of the autonomous mobile robots applied to Warehouses and the
creation of the Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System after the market implementation of the Kiva …

The unmanned warehouse dispatching system of the 'goods to people'model uses a
structure mainly based on a handling robot, which saves considerable manpower and …

This paper treats a special parts-to-picker based order processing system, where mobile
robots hoist racks and bring them directly to stationary pickers. This technological innovation …

The robotic mobile fulfillment system (MFS) is widely used for automating storage pick and
pack activities in e-commerce distribution centers. In this system, the items are stored on …

This paper treats an automated warehousing system, known as the KIVA system, where
mobile robots lift complete racks and autonomously move them to stationary pickers. This …

Smart mobile robots are deployed to the warehouse environments to improve the efficiency,
because of its characteristics of high automation and flexibility characteristics. However, the …

Mobile robots are devices that can move autonomously to accomplish their goals. This
paper provides a review of such robots oriented towards manufacturing applications. It …

In this paper we present the design and implementation of Rapyuta 1, the RoboEarth Cloud
Engine. Rapyuta is an open source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) framework designed …

“Hello, I'm the TERMINATOR, and I'll be your server today”. Diners might soon be feeling this
greeting, with Optimus Prime in the kitchen and Wall-E then sending your order to C-3PO. In …