Making 'transport' robots smarter -- ScienceDaily

"The robotic technology already exists," said Sharan Srinivas, an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and the Department of Marketing. "Our goal is to best utilize this technology through efficient planning. To do this, we're asking questions like'given a list of items to pick, how do you optimize the route plan for the human pickers and robots?' or'how many items should a robot pick in a given tour?