TY - GEN
T1 - Dynamic control of multiple vehicles moving along the same rail in automated vehicle storage and retrieval systems
AU - Habl, Andreas
AU - Rautenberg, Anna
AU - Fottner, Johannes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The emerging trend towards increased flexibility and throughput capacity of automated warehouses is pushing the implementation of rail-guided automated vehicle storage and retrieval systems (AVSRSs). Especially in tier-captive AVSRSs, where horizontal and vertical transport is largely separated, high throughput capacities can be achieved. However, by deploying more than one vehicle on each tier, the performance of those systems can be further increased and thus transformed into high-powered AVSRSs. In this work, we present an algorithm which provides for the efficient and yet robust dynamic control of multiple vehicles moving along a common rail on a tier. By conducting a simulation study, we show the performance improvement of horizontal transportation in high-powered AVSRSs by analyzing different allocation strategies.
AB - The emerging trend towards increased flexibility and throughput capacity of automated warehouses is pushing the implementation of rail-guided automated vehicle storage and retrieval systems (AVSRSs). Especially in tier-captive AVSRSs, where horizontal and vertical transport is largely separated, high throughput capacities can be achieved. However, by deploying more than one vehicle on each tier, the performance of those systems can be further increased and thus transformed into high-powered AVSRSs. In this work, we present an algorithm which provides for the efficient and yet robust dynamic control of multiple vehicles moving along a common rail on a tier. By conducting a simulation study, we show the performance improvement of horizontal transportation in high-powered AVSRSs by analyzing different allocation strategies.
KW - Allocation strategies
KW - Automated vehicle storage and retrieval systems
KW - Discrete-event simulation
KW - Dynamic control
KW - Shuttle systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097719383&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.46354/i3m.2020.mas.002
DO - 10.46354/i3m.2020.mas.002
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85097719383
T3 - 19th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2020
SP - 12
EP - 18
BT - 19th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2020
A2 - Bruzzone, Agostino G.
A2 - De Felice, Fabio
A2 - Massei, Marina
A2 - Solis, Adriano
PB - Dime University of Genoa
T2 - 19th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2020
Y2 - 16 September 2020 through 18 September 2020
ER -