Layout optimization of manufacturing cells and allocation optimization of transport robots in reconfigurable manufacturing systems using particle swarm optimization

Author

Yamada, Yasuhiro ; Ookoudo, Kazuhiro ; Komura, Yoshiaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Fukui Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-31 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2049

Abstract

This paper proposes a 3D graphics simulation environment for the analysis and evaluation of reconfigurable manufacturing systems. The reconfigurable manufacturing systems consist of transport robots; input stations, output stations, movable manufacturing cells, and objects to process. The layout of the manufacturing cells and the allocation of transport robots are optimized using particle swarm optimization. The effectiveness of the simulator is validated through simulation results of several manufacturing cases.

Keywords

flexible manufacturing systems; materials handling; mobile robots; optimisation; 3D graphics simulation environment; allocation optimization; input stations; manufacturing cells layout optimization; movable manufacturing cells; output stations; particle swarm optimization; reconfigurable manufacturing systems; transport robots; Analytical models; Graphics; Layout; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Particle swarm optimization; Production; Robotic assembly; Robots; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7860-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2003.1248968

Filename

1248968