Design optimization of robotic work cell layout in automotive industries

Abstract

In today's world of manufacturing industries especially automotive sectors which expects high productivity, quality and accuracy, dependence on the industrial robots is increasing more than the human labor. A robot cell is a part of manufacturing environment composing of one or more robots with controllers are becoming popular in the automobile industries for many operations like welding, assembling and painting. It is observed that the issues with the design of robotic cell layout play a major role in achieving better production rates and safety aspects. This paper discusses on the critical issues with the robotic cell layout and optimization of the work cell layout after an analysis for elimination of errors.