Life cycle management of industrial robots based on deterioration evaluation - Facility layout and motion planning taking account of joint gear wear

A. Yamada, Shozo Takata

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    Abstract

    This paper proposes a method for optimizing the operating conditions of industrial robots in order to improve their reliability, as a part of facility life-cycle management based on life-cycle simulation of the robot. In the life-cycle simulation, operational and environmental stresses acting on components during operations are evaluated and their deterioration and resultant functional degradation are simulated based on task descriptions, robotic models and deterioration models. By means of a hybrid genetic algorithm, the layout of the robot and velocity patterns are optimized so as to minimize deterioration of the joint gear while maintaining a constant total execution time for the operation. An application of the method to the robots in an automatic assembly line is presented as an illustrative example.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages460-465
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)0769512666, 9780769512662
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001
    Event2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2001 - Tokyo, Japan
    Duration: 2001 Dec 112001 Dec 15

    Other

    Other2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2001
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityTokyo
    Period01/12/1101/12/15

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering

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