Scheduling of multi-robot job shop systems in dynamic environments: mixed-integer linear programming and constraint programming approaches

S Fatemi-Anaraki, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam… - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a dynamic scheduling problem within a job shop robotic cell,
wherein multiple robotic arms are responsible for material handling in a U-shaped …

A dynamic scheduling approach for optimizing the material handling operations in a robotic cell

P Yan, SQ Liu, T Sun, K Ma - Computers & Operations Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a real-time dynamic job-shop scheduling problem in a robotic cell, in
which multiple jobs enter into the cell with unexpected arriving rates. Different from classical …

Robot task scheduling in a flexible manufacturing cell

RE King, TJ Hodgson, FW CHAFEE - IIE transactions, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Effective sequencing and scheduling of the material handling system can have a major
impact on the productivity of the manufacturing system. This is especially true in the case …

Cyclic scheduling of parts and robot moves in m-machine robotic cells

H Gultekin, B Coban, VE Akhlaghi - Computers & operations research, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider a flow shop type manufacturing cell consisting of m machines and a material
handling robot producing multiple parts. The robot transfers the parts between the machines …

Bicriteria scheduling of a material handling robot in an m-machine cell to minimize the energy consumption of the robot and the cycle time

H Gultekin, S Gürel, R Taspinar - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study considers a flowshop type production system consisting of m machines. A
material handling robot transports the parts between the machines and loads and unloads …

Bicriteria robotic operation allocation in a flexible manufacturing cell

H Gultekin, MS Akturk, OE Karasan - Computers & operations research, 2010 - Elsevier
Consider a manufacturing cell of two identical CNC machines and a material handling robot.
Identical parts requesting the completion of a number of operations are to be produced in a …

A novel MILP model for job shop scheduling problem with mobile robots

YJ Yao, QH Liu, XY Li, L Gao - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mobile robot is the essential equipment for automated logistics in the intelligent
workshop, but the literature on shop scheduling rarely considers transport resources. This …

Mobile robot scheduling for cycle time optimization in flow-shop cells, a case study

S Mosallaeipour, MG Nejad, SM Shavarani… - Production …, 2018 - Springer
The typical production system in carton box production companies is cell-production. These
cells normally benefit from a mobile robot which serves the machines according to a given …

Joint job/tool scheduling in a flexible manufacturing cell with no on-board tool magazine

A Agnetis, A Alfieri, P Brandimarte… - Computer Integrated …, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the joint part/tool scheduling problem in a flexible manufacturing cell
consisting of two machines. Each job requires a set of tools for the execution of a sequence …

Multiple part-type scheduling in flexible robotic cells

GD Batur, OE Karasan, MS Akturk - International Journal of Production …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper considers the scheduling problem arising in two-machine manufacturing cells
which repeatedly produce a set of multiple part-types, and where transportation of the parts …