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Title: | Inventory Robots: Performance Evaluation of an RFID-Based Navigation Strategy |
Author: | López-Soriano, Sergio Pous, Rafael |
Citation: | López-Soriano, S. [Sergio] & Pous, R. [Rafael] (2023). Inventory Robots: Performance Evaluation of an RFID-Based Navigation Strategy. IEEE Sensors Journal, null(null), 1-10. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3278743 |
Abstract: | Inventory robots produce accurate results while reducing costs. Such robots are specialized in navigating around store/warehouse facilities while reading radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags. However, commercial stores pose a serious challenge to navigation capabilities since these scenarios are likely to be modified relatively frequently. Current solutions involve having to re-map the modified layout and redesign the robots’ routes. This means that a human operator must direct the robot through the target area, reducing the autonomy and scalability of these solutions. The main goals of this article are: first, assessing the feasibility of RFID-based exploration to enable autonomous mapping of inventory environments; and second, comparing the classical robotic navigation based on waypoints to the RFID-based navigation strategy. It will be shown that RFID-based strategies can be used to successfully build maps autonomously and obtain similar inventory accuracies when compared the current non-autonomous strategies. |
Keywords: | inventory robots RFID exploration navigation e-logistics |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3278743 |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles |
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