Scheduling robotic cells served by a dual-arm robot Academic Article

abstract

• This article assesses the benefits of implementing a dual-arm robot in a flow shop manufacturing cell. Such a robot has the ability to tend (unload or load) to two adjacent machines simultaneously. This significantly changes the analysis required to find sequences of robot actions that maximize a cell's throughput. For cells processing identical parts, optimal sequences are identified for two- and three-machine cells and also structural results are derived for cells with an arbitrary number of machines. Cells processing different part-types are fully analyzed for the case of two-machine cells. For each case the productivity of single-arm and dual-arm robotic cells is compared. Copyright 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Geismar, H.
• Sriskandarajah, Chelliah

published proceedings

• IIE TRANSACTIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Geismar, N., Manoj, U. V., Sethi, A., & Sriskandarajah, C.

citation count

• 21

complete list of authors

• Geismar, Neil||Manoj, UV||Sethi, Avanthi||Sriskandarajah, Chelliah

publication date

• March 2012

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• IIE Transactions  Journal

keywords

• Cycle Time
• Dual-arm Robot
• Flowshop
• Robotic Cell

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/0740817X.2011.618174

start page

• 230

end page

• 248

volume

• 44

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F0740817x.2011.618174