Energy efficient scheduling of a two machine robotic cell producing multiple part types

AYDOĞAN Ç., GÜREL S.

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10696-023-09528-4
  • Dergi Adı: Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, Metadex, zbMATH, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Energy consumption, Flow-shop cell, Robot scheduling, Robot speed control
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper studies robot speed control decisions and the energy consumption objective in a cyclic robotic cell scheduling problem. The study considers a two-machine flow shop cell that produces multiple part types. A robot handles the parts between the machines and buffers. We assume that the energy consumption of the robot during a move is a convex function of its speed. The problem is to sequence the parts, construct a robot move sequence, and plan the robot’s speed levels to minimize two conflicting objectives: cycle time and energy consumption of the robot. We propose mathematical models that find Pareto-efficient solutions to the problem. For large instances, we propose heuristic search algorithms. Numerical results show that integrating robot speed decisions into the scheduling problem leads to significant energy saving.