Article ID: | iaor1995156 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 1159 |
End Page Number: | 1171 |
Publication Date: | May 1994 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Malstrom E.M., Tsai R.D., Kuo W. |
Keywords: | heuristics |
This paper describes the effectiveness of a three-dimensional palletizing heuristic developed by the authors. It is shown that more boxes per unit time can be loaded with multi-pallet packing through reduction of non-productive movements of the robot to and from box storage areas. The use of the developed heuristic has been evaluated using a miniature robotic palletizing cell.