Greif and Drive – Concept for an innovative robot-based order picking principle

Abstract

The aim of this publication is to present a novel concept for a picking principle called „Greif and Drive“. It is an automated, robot-based picking principle which is characterized by moveable material flow elements (autonomous mobile robots) on the one hand and meetings at dynamic gripping locations on the other hand. Both differ from existing picking principles which feature at least one stationary material flow element. In terms of performance, flexibility and system availability, hypotheses are formulated for the concept of Greif and Drive, from which further research is identified in the areas of path planning and coordination, application scenarios and material flow simulation, as well as gripping and handling.