Robotic mobile fulfillment systems: A survey on recent developments and research opportunities

ÍR da Costa Barros, TP Nascimento - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A literature review of smart warehouse operations management

L Zhen, H Li - Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2022 - Springer
E-commerce, new retail, and other changes have highlighted the requirement of high
efficiency and accuracy in the logistics service. As an important section in logistics and …

Adaptive task planning for multi-robot smart warehouse

A Bolu, Ö Korçak - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using autonomous mobile robots is now a necessity for today's large e-commerce
warehouses to save time and energy, and to prevent human-based errors. Robotic Mobile …

A* guiding DQN algorithm for automated guided vehicle pathfinding problem of robotic mobile fulfillment systems

L Luo, N Zhao, Y Zhu, Y Sun - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an A* guiding deep Q-network (AG-DQN) algorithm for solving the
pathfinding problem of an automated guided vehicle (AGV) in a robotic mobile fulfillment …

Industrial internet of things-driven storage location assignment and order picking in a resource synchronization and sharing-based robotic mobile fulfillment system

KL Keung, CKM Lee, P Ji - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we intend to address the value creation of utilizing the Industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT)-driven resource synchronization and sharing-based robotic mobile fulfillment …

Data-driven order correlation pattern and storage location assignment in robotic mobile fulfillment and process automation system

KL Keung, CKM Lee, P Ji - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development and implementation of ICT, academics and industrial
practitioners are widely applying robotic process automation (RPA) to enhance their …

Rack retrieval and repositioning optimization problem in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

Y Zhuang, Y Zhou, E Hassini, Y Yuan, X Hu - Transportation Research Part …, 2022 - Elsevier
Robotic mobile fulfillment systems provide a new solution for e-commerce retailers to fulfill
customers' orders, wherein racks are moved by mobile robots to workstations so pickers can …

Evaluating the benefits of picking and packing planning integration in e-commerce warehouses

S Zhong, V Giannikas, J Merino, D McFarlane… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motivated by recent claims on the potential value of integration in warehouse management,
this study evaluates the benefits arising from integrating the planning of order picking and …

Order picking optimization with rack-moving mobile robots and multiple workstations

Y Zhuang, Y Zhou, Y Yuan, X Hu, E Hassini - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study an automated warehousing system, where racks are moved by robots
to multiple workstations so that pickers at each workstation can retrieve the products from the …

Joint optimization of order picking and delivery in ergonomic picking systems with due dates for sustainability and resilience

ZZ Jiang, J Zhao, M Sun - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
E-commerce platforms, driven by consumer demand for same-day or even half-day delivery,
face challenges such as high order volumes with varying due dates, multiple picking …