In industrial environments, over several decades, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) have served to improve efficiencies of intralogistics and …

The evolution of intelligent manufacturing has had a profound and lasting effect on the future
of global manufacturing. Industry 4.0 based smart factories merge physical and cyber …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model that defines the
essential components shaping the new Digital Supply Chains (DSCs) through the …

Although digital technologies grant documented operational and economic benefits, they
can activate unwanted consequences for the environment and society. This research …

A 3D scanner is a non-contact, non-destructive digital device that uses a light line/laser to
accurately capture the shape of a physical object into Computer-Aided Design (CAD) data. It …

Abstract Purpose of Review This paper provides an overview of the role of humans and
robots in smart factories, their connection to Industry 4.0, and which progress they make …

Robots have been part of automation systems for a very long time, and in public perception,
they are often synonymous with automation and industrial revolution perse. Fueled by …

Purpose In the last decade, the Industry 4.0 paradigm had started to rapidly expand to the
logistics domain. However, Logistics 4.0 is still in an early adoption stage: some areas such …

With the increasing stringent QoS constraints (eg, latency, bandwidth, jitter) imposed by
novel applications (eg, e-Health, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, etc.), as well as the …

Nowadays, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are frequently used in larger systems, known
as AGV-based transportation systems, for the movement of goods and materials from one …