Acknowledgement

This government-funded project "Development of an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based Smart Robotic Warehouse Management System for Industry 4.0" (Project Code: ITS/275/16FX) has come to a successful completion because of the support from various parties, especially the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of the HKSAR Government and RV Automation Technology Company Limited. They not only provided support in funding, but also had given invaluable advice to the research team and provided us with guidance so that we could combine the scientific research of the university and the professional knowledge of the industry in developing a cost-effective, practical and innovation solution and application and thereby gave back to the industry and society. We would like to express our gratitude to them.

Finally, we would like to thank the following related organizations and teams whose help was necessary in completing research of this project.

RV Automation Technology Company Limited
DHL Logistics (China) Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Branch
Nanyang Technological University
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology