The machine layout problem in robot cells

Mata, Vicente; Tubaileh, Allan

doi:10.1080/002075498193318

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“…Each cylinder is defined by a circle and the component height. The method for defining the number and size of circles is similar to that of Mata [1998]. Each circle has the same radius and a center location defined relative to the component's local frame.…”

Section: Collision Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This representation is used often in the configuration process to simplify and speed up calculations. Many layout techniques also approximate machines to general shapes even if more detailed information is known [Tay, 1996] [Mata, 1998] [Barral, 2001], so simplifications similar to ours are common. However, our database components are generic, so geometric approximations need to be close to typical component dimensions to ensure that substitution with a specific component instance is valid or an additional layout feasibility check may be required after optimization.…”

Section: Component Geometrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is typically given as the total cycle time or distance traveled for a process [Tay, 1996] [Mata, 1998] [Pashkevich, 1998] [Barral, 2001].…”

Section: Cycle Time Minimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tay [1996] utilized heuristics to select the order of placement and locations of stations around a manipulator based on the station interactions during operation and the horizontal distances between their access points. Mata [1998] used the travel time and the total joint displacement for all possible sequences of operations required by the robot at a given period of time for evaluation.…”

Section: Robot and Manufacturing Workcellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Automated conceptual design of manufacturing workcells in radioactive environments

Williams¹

2013

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Section: Collision Modelmentioning

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Section: Component Geometrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is typically given as the total cycle time or distance traveled for a process [Tay, 1996] [Mata, 1998] [Pashkevich, 1998] [Barral, 2001].…”

Section: Cycle Time Minimizationmentioning

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Section: Robot and Manufacturing Workcellsmentioning

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Automated conceptual design of manufacturing workcells in radioactive environments

Williams¹

2013

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“…However, as Han and Cook (1998) stated, layout analysis can improve the efficiency of the cells. In particular, Mata and Tubaileh (1998) discuss the machine layout problem, i.e. the locations and orientations of the machines in a flexible manufacturing cell served by a single robot.…”

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Scheduling in robotic cells: process flexibility and cell layout

Gültekin

Aktürk

Karaşan

2008

International Journal of Production Research

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The focus of this study is the identical parts robotic cell scheduling problem with m machines under the assumption of process and operational flexibility. A direct consequence of this assumption is a new robot move cycle that has been overlooked in the existing literature. We prove that this new cycle dominates all classical robot move cycles considered in the literature for m ¼ 2. We also prove that changing the layout from an in-line robotic cell to a robot-centered cell reduces the cycle time of the proposed cycle even further, whereas the cycle times of all other cycles remain the same. For the m-machine case, we find the regions where the proposed cycle dominates the classical robot move cycles, and for the remaining regions present its worst case performance with respect to classical robot move cycles. Considering the number of machines as a decision variable, we also find the optimal number of machines that minimizes the cycle time of the proposed cycle.

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Scheduling decisions in FMS using a heuristic approach

Haq

Karthikeyan

Dinesh

2003

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

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The paper deals with the multilevel scheduling decisions of a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) to generate realistic schedules for the efficient operation of the FMS. The primary concern of an Operations Management System (OMS) for a FMS is production scheduling, Material Handling System (MHS) scheduling, Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS) operation and control and tool management. Scheduling is a critical issue and determines how efficiently the production resources are utilised and how the selected parts are affected in the system. In this paper, the integrated scheduling of FMS, namely, the production scheduling conforming with the MHS scheduling, is addressed. An enumerative heuristic is used, namely Giffler and Thompson, which is an evolutionary combining a Genetic Algorithm (GA) and a stochastic neighborhood search technique using a Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm is employed.

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The machine layout problem in robot cells

Cited by 13 publications

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Automated conceptual design of manufacturing workcells in radioactive environments

Automated conceptual design of manufacturing workcells in radioactive environments

Scheduling in robotic cells: process flexibility and cell layout

Scheduling decisions in FMS using a heuristic approach

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