Mobile Robot Automation in Warehouses : Palgrave MacMillan : 9783031123085 : 3031123085 : 04 Jan 2023 : 1. Introduction This chapter will present sector trends and importance of automation and mobile robot solutions in warehouses (why they are being used and how can they help to the warehouse). It will provide a list of key players in the market and convergence in services offered as their unique selling points. 2. Methodology This chapter will provide details on the systematic literature review methodology followed to produce the state-of-the-art in mobile robot automation. It will explain the application process, inclusion/exclusion/quality criteria, and other analysis details for the pool of peer-reviewed papers. The chapter is necessary for reproducibility and replicability reasons. Although at the time the book is written, it is recent, as time passes, the reader may wish to identify papers that are published after the book, and they can follow the methodology explained in t