Guided Vehicle Technology: From Automated to Autonomous
Guided Vehicles have gone through a period of immense popularity and have suffered the attendent mis-application. Currently this technology is maturing, with a higher percentage of installations being successful. The future promise seems to be in increasi
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Material Handling Research Center Georgia Institute of Technology
Progress in Materials Handling and Logistics Volume 1
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Prof. John A. White Regents' Professor and Eugene C. Gwaltney Professor School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute ofTechnology Atlanta, GA 30332-0206 USA
Dr. Ira W Pence, Jr. Director Material Handling Research Center Georgia Institute ofTechnology Atlanta, GA 30332-0206 USA
ISBN 978-3-662-09514-0
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Progress in materials handling and logistics / J.White, I.W. Pence, eds. ISBN 978-3-662-09514-0 ISBN 978-3-662-09512-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-09512-6
1. Materials handling--Automation. 2. Flexible manufacturing systems. 1. White, John A.ll. Pence, I.w. (Ira w.) TS180.P74
1989
658.T81--dc 20
89-26085
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Editors would like to thank the staff of the Material Handling Research Center for their support. Freida Breazeal co-ordinated the correspondence with the several authors while Joene Owen did most ofthe typing and proofing of the several versions of each chapter. We would also like to thank the Program Managers, Dr. R. Bohlander, Dr. S. Dickerson, Dr. M. Goetschalckx, Dr. L. McGinnis, and Dr. G. Sharp for reviewing the many papers submitted and selecting those for inclusion in each area. The graduate students conducting the research within the Center deserve a special thank you for checking the technical accuracy of each chapter including the appropriateness of references, accuracy of equations, etc. The quality of the text owes much to their devotion and attention to detail. The editors are especially indebted to several of these students, Orner Bakkalbasi, Brett Peters, Dah-Chuan Gong, Steve Weber and Eric Seeyave for preparing the many figures. The editors wish to express its acknowledgement and appreciation to Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. for their permission to reprint material originally appearing in Material Flow, 2, (1985) within this book. We wish to acknowl
