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Multi-disciplinary Optimization for Designing Human-Robot Collaborated Work-Cell for Low-Volume and High-Variant Production
Univ Skövde, Sch Engn Sci, Skövde, Sweden..
Univ Skövde, Sch Engn Sci, Skövde, Sweden..
Univ Gävle, Dept Ind Engn & Management, Gävle, Sweden..
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Technology, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management. Univ Skövde, Sch Engn Sci, Skövde, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0111-1776
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2026 (English)In: 12th Swedish Production Symposium, 2026, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2026, Vol. 1342, article id 012054Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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Human-robot collaboration solutions have gradually become popular, in which some tasks are performed by robots and others by humans. Designing such a production cell requires simultaneous consideration of human-centered factors, machine-focused mechanical design, and system engineering in the early planning stages. However, different objectives often conflict (e.g., speeding up a robot can improve productivity while compromising energy efficiency), and the same variables can affect multiple models and simulations simultaneously (e.g., a machine where humans and robots collaborate can influence both the operator's working posture and the robot's cycle time). Therefore, multidisciplinary tools and multi-level optimization are needed to model, simulate, and optimize elements such as production flows, robotics, and human operators to balance objectives related to cycle time, energy consumption, and worker well-being. In this paper, we formulate an approach that integrates different simulation tools and a bi-level optimization framework to balance worker well-being, cycle time, and energy consumption. We demonstrate this approach through a real industrial case of designing a work cell for elevator pipe assembly in a grain conveying system, where ABB RobotStudio is used for robotic simulation and IPS IMMA for human simulation. IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is employed for the top-level task allocation optimization, and a set of results is presented based on data extracted from the lower-level robot-centered optimization. The results show that our approach can effectively balance different objectives by incorporating detailed information from different levels of the work cell design.

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Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2026. Vol. 1342, article id 012054
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IOP Conference Series-Materials Science and Engineering, ISSN 1757-8981
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Robotics and automation Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-595098DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1342/1/012054ISI: 001803535300054OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-595098DiVA, id: diva2:2091976
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12th Swedish Production Symposium-SPS-Leading the Transformation towards net Zero Industry, Mars 24-26, 2026, Luleå, Sweden
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