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Discharge
agent
Discharge
agent
Discharge
agent
contract net
Route
agent
Locating
dests
Dests
found
ID
scanned
Determining
route
Idle
Inducting
Awaiting
bag
Figure 3.13
The principal tasks of a toploader
right turn and straight ahead. Lifts and so-called cross-transfers are special
editions of diverters. The cross-transfer allows the tote to be forwarded in
all four directions.
In respect to the strategies described here, the diverter could either just
forward the tote in the direction determined by the toploader, or it should
reconsider alternative routes by restarting the negotiation process with dis-
chargers and requesting updated information on dynamic route lengths. A
Figure 3.14
A diverter element with an empty oversize tote
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