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 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 …

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 …

single-gripper or dual-gripper robots. The objective is to find a cyclic sequence of robot moves that minimizes the long …

Constant travel-time robotic cells with a single gripper robot and with one or more machines at each processing stage … have been studied in the literature. By contrast, cells with a dual gripper robot, although more productive, have so far … gripper robotic cells that produce identical parts. The objective is to find a cyclic sequence of robot moves that minimizes …