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The increasing use of flexible manufacturing systems, in general, and the widespread use of robots and other general purpose computer controlled machines, in particular, has placed a greater demand on the performance of material handling systems. The variety of products and parts produced in those systems, each of which requires that a different series of operations be performed, results in fluctuating transport requirements.
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Tanchoco, J.M.A., Sinriech, D. (1994). Single-loop guide paths for AGVs. In: Tanchoco, J.M.A. (eds) Material Flow Systems in Manufacturing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2498-4_7
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