Automation in Warehouse Development

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hamberg, Roelof (Editor), Verriet, Jacques (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Robotics and Automation.; Operations Management.; Control.

The warehouses of the future will come in a variety of forms, but with a few common ingredients. Firstly, human operational handling of items in warehouses is increasingly being replaced by automated item handling. Extended warehouse automation counteracts the scarcity of human operators and support...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Falcon Project: Model-Based Design of Automated Warehouses
• 2. A Reference Architecture Capturing Structure and Behaviour of Warehouse Control
• 3. Decentralised Warehouse Control Through Agent Organisations
• 4. Model-Driven Software Engineering
• 5. Aggregate Models of Order-Picking Workstations
• 6. Model Support for New Warehouse Concept Development
• 7. Warehouse System Configuration Support Through Models
• 8. An Industrial Solution to Automated Item Picking
• 9. Underactuated Robotic Hands for Grasping in Warehouses
• 10. Item Recognition, Learning, and Manipulation in a Warehouse Input Station
• 11. Object Recognition and Localisation for Item Picking
• 12. Integration of an Automated Order-Picking System
• 13. Self-Localisation and Map Building for Collision-Free Robot Motion
• 14. Flexible Transportation in Warehouses
• 15. Reflections on the Falcon Project.