The paper first discusses the Intelligent Manufacturing System (IMS) concept, viewing it as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning system, particularly in regards to reinforcement learning. Then the paper describes the role of material storage in an IMS. Viewing a material warehouse as an IMS memory chip, the paper describes an application by which a classical factory high bay storage is robotized, by converting a stacker crane vehicle into a warehouse robot.
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Machine Learning, IMS Material Memory Chip, Robotization of an Industrial Warehouse, Microcontroller