Task scheduling for transport and pick robots in logistics: A comparative study on constructive heuristics

H Wang, W Chen - Autonomous Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Springer
We study the Transport and Pick Robots Task Scheduling (TPS) problem, in which two
teams of specialized robots, transport robots and pick robots, collaborate to execute multi …

Task scheduling for heterogeneous agents pickup and delivery using recurrent open shop scheduling models

H Wang, W Chen - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the transport-pick agents task scheduling (TPTS) problem in heterogeneous
agents pickup and delivery (HAPD). Two functionally heterogeneous agent types, transport …

A task scheduling problem in mobile robot fulfillment systems

W Yuan, H Sun - 2020 12th International Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies a task scheduling problem in the context of the mobile robot fulfillment
system (MRFS), a parts-to-picker storage system where mobile robots bring movable racks …

Simulated annealing algorithms for the heterogeneous robots task scheduling problem in heterogeneous robotic order fulfillment systems

H Wang, W Chen - International conference on intelligent autonomous …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In the Heterogeneous Robots Task Scheduling (HTS) problem, multiple transport
robots and multiple pick robots collaborate to achieve complex-schedule order-fulfillment …

Metaheuristic scheduling of multiple picking agents for warehouse management

JIU Rubrico, J Ota, T Higashi, H Tamura - Industrial Robot: An …, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to develop a scheduler for multiple picking agents in a warehouse
that takes into account distance and loading queue delay minimization within the context of …

An optimal algorithm to solve the combined task allocation and path finding problem

C Henkel, J Abbenseth… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider multi-agent transport task problems where, eg in a factory setting, items have to
be delivered from a given start to a goal pose while the delivering robots need to avoid …

Coupled task scheduling for heterogeneous multi-robot system of two robot types performing complex-schedule order fulfillment tasks

H Wang, W Chen, J Wang - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper addresses multi-robot task scheduling for two robot types arising from
heterogeneous robotic order fulfillment systems. The heterogeneous multi-robot system …

An efficient multi-agent approach to order picking and robot scheduling in a robotic mobile fulfillment system

S Teck, P Vansteenwegen, R Dewil - Simulation Modelling Practice and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a Multi-Agent System (MAS) for optimizing the scheduling and routing of
mobile robots and human pickers in a Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System (RMFS). The RMFS …

An automated guided vehicle conflict-free scheduling approach considering assignment rules in a robotic mobile fulfillment system

J Lu, C Ren, Y Shao, J Zhu, X Lu - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Automated guided vehicle (AGV), as a material handling equipment, has been widely used
in various applications, especially in the automated warehouse of manufacturing. The …

Joint Machine-Transporter Scheduling for Multistage Jobs with Adjustable Computation Time

K Khateri, G Beltrame - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.05769, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a scalable solution with adjustable computation time for the joint
problem of scheduling and assigning machines and transporters for missions that must be …