Demo: Model of Distributed Sorting System with Robotic Agents

This paper proposes a model of a distributed system that sorts items using robotic agents. The system operates with multiple robotic agents that work collaboratively to sort items in accordance with their destinations, and a controller manages the behavior and states of the agents. The distributed system is designed to be scalable and fault-tolerant, with the ability to handle large volumes of items. Scalability is provided by a changeable number of robotic agents presented. The distributed sorting system offers flexibility in the allocation of resources and completes tasks more efficiently than traditional conveyor sorting systems do. In this paper we present the robotic agents fleet control system structure, the agents task modeling system and the sorting center space modeling system. Each agent receives an action schedule to execute from the control system and implements movements in the sorting center space modeling system. The fleet management system calculates the movement schedule for each agent, taking into account the movement, the tasks of all robotic agents and the states of the sorting center components. With the help of the distributed system, the sorting center throughput is estimated for the given model parameters. A series of experiments is conducted to provide this estimation.