| 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.