Coordinating hundreds of cooperative, autonomous vehicles in warehouses

AI Magazine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-19

  Wurman, Peter R ^a,b   D'Andrea, Raffaello ^b   Mountz, Mick ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Kiva Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WAREHOUSES;

STORAGE SHELVES; WAREHOUSE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 42549107441     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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