2018
Automated and Robotic Warehouses
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Developments and Research Opportunities
Logistics and Transport , Volume 38 - Issue 2 p. 33- 40
The first automated, high-bay, warehouses were introduced some 50 years ago. Since then, developments have continued
at a rapid pace. Initially, automation was mainly focused on pallet warehouses with bulk storage facilities. A major
reason was to increase the storage density, which could be achieved by making the warehouses higher. Later, mini-load
warehouses and order picking warehouses were also automated.
In this paper we will discuss the different types of
automated systems as well as a number of scientific results that are now known about such systems. We will first discuss
storage systems for unit loads (bins and pallets). This will be followed by order picking systems from which individual
packages can be picked. Finally, we will provide our future expectations of warehouse automation.
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doi.org/10.26411/83-1734-2015-2-38-4-18, hdl.handle.net/1765/112376 | |
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This paper is an updated and extended version of R. de Koster (2015), Warehouse Automation: Developments in Practice and in Science, in: R. de Koster (ed.), Past and Future. Perspectives on Material Handling, ERIM, Rotterdam, 121-132 | |
de Koster, R. (2018). Automated and Robotic Warehouses. Logistics and Transport, 38(2), 33–40. doi:10.26411/83-1734-2015-2-38-4-18 |