DocumentCode
1280640
Title
Guest Editorial: A Revolution in the Warehouse: A Retrospective on Kiva Systems and the Grand Challenges Ahead
Author
D´Andrea, R.
Author_Institution
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Volume
9
Issue
4
fYear
2012
Firstpage
638
Lastpage
639
Abstract
The author reflects on the automation and robotics innovations that Kiva Systems developed that allow the company to successfully develop and deploy warehouse systems with hundreds - sometimes thousands - of autonomous mobile robots, and to describe some of the remaining research questions.
Keywords
Mobile robots; Multiagent systems; Reliability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1545-5955
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TASE.2012.2214676
Filename
6295687
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