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

L **e, 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 …

Manual and robotic storage and picking systems: a literature review

A Silva, LC Coelho, M Darvish… - … : Information Systems and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rising of e-commerce demands an increase in the performance of warehousing
systems, which are being redesigned to deal with a mass volume of demands to be fulfilled …

[HTML][HTML] Decision rules for robotic mobile fulfillment systems

M Merschformann, T Lamballais… - Operations Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems (RMFS) is a new type of robotized, parts-to-
picker material handling system, designed especially for e-commerce warehouses. Robots …

[HTML][HTML] Robot scheduling for pod retrieval in a robotic mobile fulfillment system

A Gharehgozli, N Zaerpour - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to increase the order picking efficiency, e-commerce retailers have started to
implement order picking systems where mobile robots carry inventory pods to pick stations …

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 …

Robotic mobile fulfillment system: A systematic review

MT Benavides-Robles, GH Valencia-Rivera… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System (RMFS) is a method for handling products, in which a
Line Follower Robot (LFR) transports products to a human workstation for packing. In this …

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 …

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 …

Intralogistics synchronization in robotic forward-reserve warehouses for e-commerce last-mile delivery

M Jiang, GQ Huang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper treats intralogistics processing in a typical robotic forward-reserve e-commerce
warehouse involving a reserve area with manual order-picking operations and a forward …

Picking-replenishment synchronization for robotic forward-reserve warehouses

M Jiang, KH Leung, Z Lyu, GQ Huang - Transportation Research Part E …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forward-reserve strategy is commonly applied when processing a large number of small
orders. This paper considers robotic forward-reserve warehouses, where pick locations are …