Coordinated planning and control of automated assembly manufacturing

Author

Gyorfi, Julius S. ; Wu, Chi-Haur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

180

Abstract

A general, hierarchical method of planning coordinated motions among multiple objects in a dynamic environment is developed. This model consists of a two-phase approach: planning a global path for each object and then locally optimizing along that global path. The applicability of this model to surface-mount manufacturing systems is studied in different scenarios. By changing the priorities of the machines, different results may be obtained. By comparing these results, the best one may then be determined. Simulation results using the two-phase algorithm show an improvement over other planning and control methods

Keywords

assembly planning; computer aided production planning; optimisation; printed circuit manufacture; surface mount technology; automated assembly manufacturing; coordinated control; coordinated planning; hierarchical planning; surface-mount manufacturing systems; Assembly; Automatic control; Cameras; Displays; Head; Humans; Manufacturing automation; Quaternions; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4427

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3468.833098

Filename

833098