Development of a cellular manufacturing system based on movable cells

Author

Shimomura, Yoshiki ; Takada, Fabio Noriyuki ; Ota, Jun ; Yajima, Satoru ; Nomaguchi, Yutaka ; Tomiyama, Tetuso

Author_Institution

Center for Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

16-20 July 2003

Firstpage

782

Abstract

In this paper cellular machines are being proposed as replacements for the highly centralised systems that are currently in use. A cellular machine is a mechanical system comprised of distributed autonomous intelligent units called cells. The cellular assembling system, cellular manufacturing system and cellular remanufacturing system were designed. Applications of movable cells were dealt with in this paper. They enable real-time scheduling, self assembly and enhanced robustness in a cellular manufacturing system.

Keywords

assembling; cellular manufacturing; centralised control; industrial manipulators; intelligent manufacturing systems; real-time systems; scheduling; cellular assembling system; cellular machine; cellular manufacturing system; cellular remanufacturing system; centralised systems; distributed autonomous intelligent units; movable cells; real time scheduling; self assembly; Assembly systems; Cellular manufacturing; Design engineering; Machining; Manufacturing automation; Precision engineering; Production systems; Raw materials; Robustness; Self-assembly;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7866-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIRA.2003.1222280

Filename

1222280