Fabio Sgarbossa

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Fabio Sgarbossa is a leading researcher in intralogistics, warehouse automation, and smart manufacturing systems, with particular expertise in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), collaborative robots (cobots), and Industry 4.0 technologies. His work sits at the intersection of operations management, robotics, and industrial engineering, addressing how emerging automation can transform material handling across manufacturing, warehousing, and healthcare settings. Sgarbossa's most influential contribution, a 2021 literature review on autonomous mobile robots in intralogistics (604 citations), has become a foundational reference for the field, systematically mapping research gaps and future directions. Complementing this, his 2020 study on AMRs and smart intralogistics in Industry 4.0 production networks (432 citations) demonstrated how flexible automation can meaningfully enhance productivity without excessive resource costs. Beyond AMRs, he has made notable contributions to cobot integration, developing analytical models for cobot-supported kitting and item sorting that address the often-overlooked economic dimensions of human-robot collaboration. His research extends to applied healthcare logistics, examining AMR deployment in hospital and sterile instrument supply chains. With hundreds of citations across multiple high-impact studies published between 2018 and 2021, Sgarbossa has established himself as a highly influential voice shaping how researchers and practitioners approach the automation of complex logistics environments.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Planning and control of autonomous mobile robots for intralogistics: Literature review and research agenda

   604 citations · 2021
2. 2
   Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics

   432 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Autonomous Mobile Robots in Hospital Logistics

   62 citations · 2020
4. 4
   Cost modelling of onboard cobot-supported item sorting in a picking system

   46 citations · 2020
5. 5
   Decision support model for implementing assistive technologies in assembly activities: a case study

   39 citations · 2020
6. 6
   Autonomous mobile robots in sterile instrument logistics: an evaluation of the material handling system for a strategic fit framework

   35 citations · 2021
7. 7
   Modelling time efficiency of cobot-supported kit preparation

   29 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Robot picker solution in order picking systems: an ergo-zoning approach

   20 citations · 2020
9. 9
   Kit Preparation with Cobot-supported Sorting in Mixed Model Assembly

   16 citations · 2019
10. 10
    Modelling of Rail Guided Vehicles serving an automated parts-to-picker system

    14 citations · 2018

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