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 …

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 …

) is considered in this paper. The objective is to find a 1-unit cyclic sequence of robot moves that minimizes the long … by using a dual-gripper robot instead of a single-gripper robot are presented. It is shown that employing a dual …-gripper robot can lead to a significant gain in productivity. Operations managers can compare the resulting increase in revenue with …

dual-gripper switch time is less than twice the intermachine robot movement time. A computational study demonstrates that … practical insights that are useful in maximizing productivity of any cell configuration with either type of robot …

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 …

. This study introduces a Clonal Selection Algorithm (CSA) to solve ALB problem with human robot collaboration (HRC). Unlike …

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 …