We consider the scheduling problem of cyclic production in a bufferless dual-gripper robot cell processing a family of … identical parts. The objective is to find an optimal sequence of robot moves so as to maximize the long-run average throughput … rate of the cell. While there has been a considerable amount of research dealing with single-gripper robot cells, there are …

A robotic cell - manufacturing system widely used in industry - contains two or more robot-served machines … determine the robot move sequence and the sequence in which parts are to be processed so as to maximize the long-run average … problem complexity and solvability. Focusing on a particular class of robot move sequences, we identify all potentially …

In this paper, we deal with the problem of sequencing parts and robot moves in a robotic cell where the robot is used … types, the problem of scheduling parts for a specific sequence of robot moves in a two machine cell is formulated as a …

A great deal of work has been done to analyze the problem of robot move sequencing and part scheduling in robotic … of robotic cells are differentiated from one another by certain characteristics, including robot type, robot travel … parts. A cycle is specified by a repeatable sequence of robot moves designed to transfer a set of parts between the machines …

state space required to analyze this problem and show that cyclic schedules which repeat a fixed sequence of robot moves …

or more robot-served machines. The robot can have single or dual gripper. The cycle time is the time to produce a part in … sequence of moves performed by the robot. The processing constraints define the cell to be a flowshop. The objective is the … of this paper is to study the problem of scheduling robot moves in dual gripper robot cells functioning in a bufferless …

objective is to find a cyclic sequence of robot moves that minimizes the long-run average time to produce a part or …, equivalently, maximizes the throughput rate. The robot can be moved in simple cycles that produce one unit or, in more complicated …