@inproceedings{BoniniUrruEchelmeyer2016,
  author    = {Bonini, Marco and Urru, Augusto and Echelmeyer, Wolfgang},
  title     = {Fast deployable autonomous systems for order picking : how small and medium size enterprises can benefit from the automation of the picking process},
  booktitle = {ICINCO 2016 : Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, July 29 - 31, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. - Vol. 2},
  editor    = {Gusikhin, Oleg},
  isbn      = {978-989-758-198-4},
  doi       = {10.5220/0005997804790484},
  institution = {ESB Business School},
  pages     = {479 -- 484},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {The paper focuses on a recently introduced paradigm for the logistic process of picking, with respect to the man-to-goods and goods-to-man concept: the robot to-goods. First the task and system architecture of the fast deployable autonomous commissioning system are described, then the economic efficiency of the system is analysed in a real business case scenario using a simplified method, which is explained and discussed. The clearly positive net present value of the investment and the short payback period obtained in the business case prove how the robot-to-goods paradigm for the commissioning process, implemented through the automation of the forklift platform, is economically attractive for small and medium size enterprises.},
  language  = {en}
}