A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for transporting items from one location to another location, such as in a warehouse. A model is built and trained to determine an optimal movement path for transporting items using mobile robots either individually or in cooperation with other mobile robots. After training the model to determine an optimal movement path for transporting items, simulations of mobile robots transporting items from a source location to a target location using various movement paths are performed. An optimal movement path for transporting such items from the source location to the target location is identified using the trained model based on the simulated movement paths, the historical times for the movement of the items using various movement paths, the number of items to be transported and the properties of the items. Available mobile robots are then organized to implement the identified optimal movement path.