Probabilistic behavior and reliability analysis for a multi-robot system by applying Petri net and Markov renewal process theory |
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Authors: | Qun Jin Yoshio Sugasawa Koichiro Seya |
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Abstract: | The strategic importance of robots in the workplace has greatly increased in recent years as an ever wider variety have been introduced into a whole host of industrial production lines. However, when these robots are examined in the context of the entire production system a number of problems can be identified. Firstly, the slowness of the operating time and secondly the fall-off in efficiency and reliability of the system when a robot is integrated with other units.This paper seeks to carefully analyze the behavior of two robots in a combination of arrangements. The robots operate independently and in coordination with each other and then each of them operates in conjunction with a conveyer incorporated in the system. Operations are then represented in a Petri net model and analysis of probabilistic behavior and reliability is performed with introducing of Markov renewal process.In terms of numerical examples a comparison of uniform and non-uniform mean operating time intervals is made in order to determine the effect of irregularities in robot operations on the system as a whole. |
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