A Case Study of Plug and Produce Robot Assistants for Hybrid Manufacturing Workstations

Sebastian Hjorth; Casper Schou; Elias Ribeiro da Silva; Finn Tryggvason; Michael Sparre Sørensen; Henning Forbech

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_27

A Case Study of Plug and Produce Robot Assistants for Hybrid Manufacturing Workstations

Sebastian Hjorth^*, Casper Schou, Elias Ribeiro da Silva, Finn Tryggvason, Michael Sparre Sørensen, Henning Forbech

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Abstract

In the paradigm of smart factories, flexible and scalable manufacturing resources are essential. The human worker offers great flexibility; however, the operators are often a sparse resource in high-wage countries. Consequently, they are often responsible for several tasks at once and must prioritise the most critical ones. Consequently, the productivity on less critical tasks will suffer in the absence of the operator. In this paper, we present a case study on the effect on productivity when deploying a collaborative robot assistant in a plug and produce fashion to substitute a human worker at manual workstations on a production line. Realistic cycle and changeover times are derived from physical experiments and used in discrete event simulation to analyse two scenarios. The results show that if an operator must abandon his/her workstation, deploying a robot assistant as a substitute reduces the loss of productivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Towards Sustainable Customization : Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems - Proceedings of the 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference MCPC 2021
Editors	Ann-Louise Andersen, Rasmus Andersen, Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen, Kjeld Nielsen, Alessia Napoleone, Stefan Kjeldgaard
Number of pages	8
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2022
Pages	242-249
ISBN (Print)	9783030906993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_27
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference, CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference, MCPC 2021 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 1 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2021

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Conference	8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference, CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference, MCPC 2021
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	01/11/2021 → 02/11/2021

Series	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN	2195-4356

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Keywords

Collaborative robot
Plug and produce
Robot assistant
Simulation
Smart manufacturing

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Hjorth, S., Schou, C., Ribeiro da Silva, E., Tryggvason, F., Sparre Sørensen, M., & Forbech, H. (2022). A Case Study of Plug and Produce Robot Assistants for Hybrid Manufacturing Workstations. In A-L. Andersen, R. Andersen, T. D. Brunoe, M. S. S. Larsen, K. Nielsen, A. Napoleone, & S. Kjeldgaard (Eds.), Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems - Proceedings of the 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference MCPC 2021 (pp. 242-249). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_27

Hjorth, Sebastian ; Schou, Casper ; Ribeiro da Silva, Elias et al. / A Case Study of Plug and Produce Robot Assistants for Hybrid Manufacturing Workstations. Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems - Proceedings of the 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference MCPC 2021. editor / Ann-Louise Andersen ; Rasmus Andersen ; Thomas Ditlev Brunoe ; Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen ; Kjeld Nielsen ; Alessia Napoleone ; Stefan Kjeldgaard. Springer, 2022. pp. 242-249 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Hjorth, S, Schou, C, Ribeiro da Silva, E, Tryggvason, F, Sparre Sørensen, M & Forbech, H 2022, A Case Study of Plug and Produce Robot Assistants for Hybrid Manufacturing Workstations. in A-L Andersen, R Andersen, TD Brunoe, MSS Larsen, K Nielsen, A Napoleone & S Kjeldgaard (eds), Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems - Proceedings of the 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference MCPC 2021. Springer, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 242-249, 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference, CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference, MCPC 2021, Aalborg, Denmark, 01/11/2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_27

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Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems - Proceedings of the 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference MCPC 2021. ed. / Ann-Louise Andersen; Rasmus Andersen; Thomas Ditlev Brunoe; Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen; Kjeld Nielsen; Alessia Napoleone; Stefan Kjeldgaard. Springer, 2022. p. 242-249 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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