Abstract:Industrial robots play a key role in production lines. As a direct consequence, even a slight degradation of their operating conditions could negatively affect the entire manufacturing process. To minimize economical losses, preventive measures such as planned maintenance or stand-by working stations are adopted and, in some cases, additional manipulators are installed to ensure line availability. However, since each robot performs a specific task, it degrades at a different rate from another one, so Planned P… Show more
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