Autonomous systems in intralogistics: state of the Art and future research challenges

J Fottner, D Clauer, F Hormes, M Freitag, T Beinke… - Logistics …, 2021 - econstor.eu
The paper at hand presents a definition of autonomous intralogistics systems and a
classification of intralogistics systems with regard to their degree of autonomy. Intralogistics-; …

A novel route selection and resource allocation approach to improve the efficiency of manual material handling system in 200-mm wafer fabs for industry 3.5

CF Chien, CW Chou, HC Yu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motivated by realistic needs to enhance the productivity for 200-mm wafer fabs, this paper
aims to propose a novel approach for manual material handling system (MMHS) to mimic …

Meta-model based simulation optimization for automated guided vehicle system under different charging mechanisms

JC Chen, TL Chen, YC Teng - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
With improved efficiencies, auto-guided vehicle (AGV) systems have developed rapidly and
matured technologically in recent years. This research presents meta-model based two …

Clustered multi-task sequence-to-sequence learning for autonomous vehicle repositioning

S Lee, DE Lim, Y Kang, HJ Kim - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clustered multi-task learning, which aims to leverage the generalization performance over
clustered tasks, has shown an outstanding performance in various machine learning …

Automatic guided vehicles fleet size optimization for flexible manufacturing system by grey wolf optimization algorithm

V Chawla, A Chanda, S Angra - Management Science Letters, 2018 - growingscience.com
Automatic guided vehicle system (AGVs) plays a vital role in material handling operations for
a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Optimum AGVs fleet size selection is one of the most …

Bayesian Optimization for the Vehicle Dwelling Policy in a Semiconductor Wafer Fab

B Kang, C Park, H Kim, S Hong - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs) prefer simulation-based decision making for
vehicle dwelling policies because it can capture a fab's scalability and complexity. Vehicle …

Generation of material handling system alternatives: A constraints satisfaction problem approach

Z Soufi, P David, Z Yahouni - Computers in Industry, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of Industry 4.0, the design of efficient Material Handling Systems (MHS) plays
a critical role in optimizing industrial operations and enhancing productivity. The integration …

A simulation-based framework for multi-objective vehicle fleet sizing of automated material handling systems: an empirical study

KH Chang, AL Chang, CY Kuo - Journal of simulation, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Automated materials handling systems (AMHS) play a key role in semiconductor
manufacturing. Vehicle fleet sizing is one of the critical issues when designing an effective …

Automated transportation of auxiliary resources in a semiconductor manufacturing facility

MA Ndiaye, S Dauzère-Pérès, C Yugma… - 2016 Winter …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the design of an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) transport system
for the main auxiliary resource, the mask (also called reticle), in the photolithography area of …

Material handling robots fleet size optimization by a heuristic

V Chawla, A Chanda, S Angra - Journal of Project …, 2019 - growingscience.com
The application of material handling robots (MHRs) has been commonly observed in flexible
manufacturing systems (FMS) for efficient material handling activities. In order to gain …