A review on learning to solve combinatorial optimisation problems in manufacturing

C Zhang, Y Wu, Y Ma, W Song, Z Le… - IET Collaborative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient manufacturing system is key to maintaining a healthy economy today. With the
rapid development of science and technology and the progress of human society, the …

Heuristics integrated deep reinforcement learning for online 3d bin packing

S Yang, S Song, S Chu, R Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online 3D Bin Packing Problem (3D-BPP) has a wide range of industrial applications and
there is an emerging research interest in learning optimal bin packing policy and deploying …

Learning efficient online 3D bin packing on packing configuration trees

H Zhao, Y Yu, K Xu - International conference on learning …, 2021 - openreview.net
Online 3D Bin Packing Problem (3D-BPP) has widespread applications in industrial
automation and has aroused enthusiastic research interest recently. Existing methods …

Adjustable robust reinforcement learning for online 3d bin packing

Y Pan, Y Chen, F Lin - Advances in Neural Information …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Designing effective policies for the online 3D bin packing problem (3D-BPP) has been a
long-standing challenge, primarily due to the unpredictable nature of incoming box …

[PDF][PDF] Dense, Interlocking-Free and Scalable Spectral Packing of Generic 3D Objects.

Q Cui, V Rong, D Chen, W Matusik - ACM Trans. Graph., 2023 - voxelmatters.com
1: 2• Cui et al. its practical importance, such as in robotic packaging [Wang and Hauser
2019], 3D printing [Chen et al. 2015; Yao et al. 2015], transportation [Egeblad et al. 2010] …

Towards reliable robot packing system based on deep reinforcement learning

H Xiong, K Ding, W Ding, J Peng, J Xu - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Object packing by a robot has a wide range of applications in the logistics industry. This task
requires the variable size items to be picked from piles one by one and then packed into …

Volumetric Techniques for Product Routing and Loading Optimisation in Industry 4.0: A Review

R Lopes, M Trovati, E Pereira - Future Internet, 2024 - mdpi.com
Industry 4.0 has become a crucial part in the majority of processes, components, and related
modelling, as well as predictive tools that allow a more efficient, automated and sustainable …

Learning physically realizable skills for online packing of general 3D shapes

H Zhao, Z Pan, Y Yu, K Xu - ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We study the problem of learning online packing skills for irregular 3D shapes, which is
arguably the most challenging setting of bin packing problems. The goal is to consecutively …

SDF-Pack: Towards Compact Bin Packing with Signed-Distance-Field Minimization

JH Pan, KH Hui, X Gao, S Zhu, YH Liu… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic bin packing is very challenging, especially when considering practical needs such
as object variety and packing compactness. This paper presents SDF-Pack, a new approach …

A customizable optimization model for green e-commerce packing considering multiple orders and diverse box types

K Liang, J Yang, M Shan, L Kong, H Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the growing emphasis on green packing, e-commerce businesses actively
pursue sustainable solutions that balance cost reduction with environmental conservation …