OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002619

Planning and controlling automated layer pickers

Published: 2026-09-15T19:14:14.402680Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002619
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

Disclosed are techniques for determining and controlling automated layer pick
operations. A computer system can receive, from a warehouse management system,
a layer pick planning request for at least one order and determine an initial
feasible solution for completing the request. The computer system can
determine: initial batches of pallets based on grouping destination pallets
that require layers of items from same source pallets, corresponding batch
scores, initial locations of the pallets based on assigning locations in a
pick area to the source and destination pallets, corresponding location
scores, initial schedules for the initial batches based on determining an
order of tasks to complete each batch, and corresponding schedule scores. For
each batch, the computer system can iteratively adjust the initial schedule,
initial locations based on the adjusted schedule, and initial batches based on
the adjusted schedule and adjusted locations. The computer system can then
identify a heuristic solution.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002619
Published 2026-09-15T19:14:14.402680Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002619