Operational modeling and simulation in semiconductor manufacturing
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
Scheduling of parts and robot activities in a two machine robotic cell
Computers and Operations Research - Special issue on the traveling salesman problem
Parallel machine scheduling with a common server
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Robots and Manufacturing Automation
Robots and Manufacturing Automation
Robots in Industry: Applications for the Electronics Industry
Robots in Industry: Applications for the Electronics Industry
Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
Scheduling in Robotic Cells: Heuristics and Cell Design
Operations Research
On Throughput Maximization in Constant Travel-Time Robotic Cells
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Scheduling in repetitive manufacturing systems: complexity, heuristic algorithms and system design
Scheduling in repetitive manufacturing systems: complexity, heuristic algorithms and system design
Scheduling Multiple Parts in a Robotic Cell Served by a Dual-Gripper Robot
Operations Research
Complexity of one-cycle robotic flow-shops
Journal of Scheduling
Cycles and permutations in robotic cells
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Part sequencing in three-machine no-wait robotic cells
Operations Research Letters
Scheduling in a three-machine robotic flexible manufacturing cell
Computers and Operations Research
Enumerating split-pair arrangements
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
Identical part production in cyclic robotic cells: Concepts, overview and open questions
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Pure cycles in flexible robotic cells
Computers and Operations Research
Bicriteria robotic cell scheduling
Journal of Scheduling
A polynomial algorithm for 2-cyclic robotic scheduling: A non-Euclidean case
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Multiple Part-Type Production in Robotic Cells: Equivalence of Two Real-World Models
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Bicriteria robotic operation allocation in a flexible manufacturing cell
Computers and Operations Research
Survey: Complexity of cyclic scheduling problems: A state-of-the-art survey
Computers and Industrial Engineering
A polynomial algorithm for multi-robot 2-cyclic scheduling in a no-wait robotic cell
Computers and Operations Research
Parametric algorithms for 2-cyclic robot scheduling with interval processing times
Journal of Scheduling
An analysis of cyclic scheduling problems in robot centered cells
Computers and Operations Research
A polynomial algorithm for 2-cyclic robotic scheduling
MICAI'06 Proceedings of the 5th Mexican international conference on Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Operations Research
Vyacheslav Tanaev: contributions to scheduling and related areas
Journal of Scheduling
Cyclic scheduling of a robotic flexible cell with load lock and swap
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Two-machine robotic cell scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times
Computers and Operations Research
Preemptive scheduling on two parallel machines with a single server
Computers and Industrial Engineering
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A great deal of work has been done to analyze the problem of robot move sequencing and part scheduling in robotic flowshop cells. We examine the recent developments in this literature. A robotic flowshop cell consists of a number of processing stages served by one or more robots. Each stage has one or more machines that perform that stage's processing. Types of robotic cells are differentiated from one another by certain characteristics, including robot type, robot travel-time, number of robots, types of parts processed, and use of parallel machines within stages. We focus on cyclic production of parts. A cycle is specified by a repeatable sequence of robot moves designed to transfer a set of parts between the machines for their processing.We start by providing a classification scheme for robotic cell scheduling problems that is based on three characteristics: machine environment, processing restrictions, and objective function, and discuss the influence of these characteristics on the methods of analysis employed. In addition to reporting recent results on classical robotic cell scheduling problems, we include results on robotic cells with advanced features such as dual gripper robots, parallel machines, and multiple robots. Next, we examine implementation issues that have been addressed in the practice-oriented literature and detail the optimal policies to use under various combinations of conditions. We conclude by describing some important open problems in the field.