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Scheduling a dual gripper material handling robot with energy considerations

Authors :
Emiroğlu, Nurdan
Gültekin, Hakan
Gürel, Sinan
Emiroğlu, Nurdan
Gültekin, Hakan
Gürel, Sinan
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Robotic cells are serial production systems that consist of a number of machines and a material handling robot that transfers parts between the machines. Energy consumption of a robot during its move between two machines can be decreased by carefully selecting its speed. This paper presents models and algorithms that make robot speed and robot activity sequencing decisions together for a dual-gripper robot that can handle two parts simultaneously. We consider both robot energy consumption and cycle time objectives so that a decision maker can observe the trade off between energy cost and throughput rate of the system, and select the best solution among alternatives. Computational experiments demonstrate that proposed approaches can generate efficient solutions for practical size instances, and speed control can significantly conserve energy.<br />Scientific and Technological Research Council of T?rkiye (TUBITAK) [215M845]<br />This study is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of T?rkiye (TUBITAK) , grant #215M845.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1426270504
Document Type :
Electronic Resource