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Decision Rules for Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Marius Merschformann, Tim Lamballais, René de Koster +1
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 bring mova…
Active repositioning of storage units in Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Marius Merschformann
In our work we focus on Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems in e-commerce distribution centers. These systems were designed to increase pick rates by employing mobile robots bringin…
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…
Path planning for Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems
Marius Merschformann, Lin Xie, Daniel Erdmann
This paper presents a collection of path planning algorithms for real-time movement of multiple robots across a Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System (RMFS). Robots are assigned to mov…