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 …

基于移动机器人的拣货系统研究进展

徐翔斌, 马中强 - 自动化学报, 2022 - aas.net.cn
基于移动机器人的拣货系统(Robotic mobile fulfillment systems, RMFS) 作为一种新型物至人的
拣货系统, 相比人工拣货系统和AS/RS 拣货系统(下文统称传统拣货系统) 具有更高的拣货效率 …

[HTML][HTML] Introducing split orders and optimizing operational policies in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

L Xie, N Thieme, R Krenzler, H Li - European Journal of Operational …, 2021 - Elsevier
In robotic mobile fulfillment systems, human pickers don't go to the inventory area to search
for and pick the ordered items. Instead, robots carry shelves (called “pods”) containing …

Cloud-based cyber-physical robotic mobile fulfillment systems: A case study of collision avoidance

KL Keung, CKM Lee, P Ji, KKH Ng - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid development and implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-
Physical Systems (CPS) in the engineering and manufacturing field have embraced a virtual …

Collaborative optimization of storage location assignment and path planning in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

J Cai, X Li, Y Liang, S Ouyang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS) is a new automatic warehousing system, a type
of green technology, and an emerging trend in the logistics industry. In this study, we take an …

Stronger mixed-integer programming-formulations for order-and rack-sequencing in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

JE Justkowiak, E Pesch - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the order-and rack-sequencing problem at a single picking station in
the context of robotic mobile fulfillment systems, a warehouse technology typically applied in …

Online joint optimization of pick order assignment and pick pod selection in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

G Jiao, H Li, M Huang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Robotic mobile fulfillment systems is a large dynamic system where information such as
backlog, inventory, pod location, and robot state will change with time during its operation. In …

A column generation driven heuristic for order-scheduling and rack-sequencing in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

JE Justkowiak, E Pesch - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimizing the customer-order picking process in robotic mobile fulfillment systems depends
on two closely related decisions: How to schedule the processing of orders on a workbench …

Efficient order picking methods in robotic mobile fulfillment systems

L Xie, N Thieme, R Krenzler, H Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.03092, 2019 - arxiv.org
Robotic mobile fulfillment systems (RMFSs) are a new type of warehousing system, which
has received more attention recently, due to increasing growth in the e-commerce sector …

Model-based optimization of pod point matching decision in robotic mobile fulfillment system

T Ji, K Zhang, Y Dong - 2020 IEEE 7th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research is proposed to optimize the pod point matching decision in robotic mobile
fulfillment system (RMFS). In an RMFS, pod point matching decision is to solve the problem …