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Solving the Pod Repositioning Problem with Deep Reinforced Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search
Lin Xie, Hanyi Li
The Pod Repositioning Problem (PRP) in Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems (RMFS) involves selecting optimal storage locations for pods returning from pick stations. This work prese…
How to Integrate Digital Twin and Virtual Reality in Robotics Systems? Design and Implementation for Providing Robotics Maintenance Services in Data Centers
Lin Xie, Hanyi Li
In the context of Industry 4.0, the physical and digital worlds are closely connected, and robots are widely used to achieve system automation. Digital twin solutions have contribu…
Formulating and solving integrated order batching and routing in multi-depot AGV-assisted mixed-shelves warehouses
Lin Xie, Hanyi Li, Laurin Luttmann
Different retail and e-commerce companies are facing the challenge of assembling large numbers of time-critical picking orders that include both small-line and multi-line orders. T…
Efficient order picking methods in robotic mobile fulfillment systems
Lin Xie, Nils Thieme, Ruslan Krenzler +1
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. Inst…
Deterministic Pod Repositioning Problem in Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Ruslan Krenzler, Lin Xie, Hanyi Li
In a robotic mobile fulfillment system, robots bring shelves, called pods, with storage items from the storage area to pick stations. At every pick station there is a person -- the…
From Simulation to Real-World Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Lin Xie, Hanyi Li, Nils Thieme
In a new type of automated parts-to-picker warehouse system - a Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System (RMFS) - robots are sent to transport pods (movable shelves) to human operators at…
RAWSim-O: A Simulation Framework for Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Marius Merschformann, Lin Xie, Hanyi Li
This paper deals with a new type of warehousing system, Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems (RMFS). In such systems, robots are sent to carry storage units, so-called "pods", from t…