Optimal Task Allocation for Human–Machine Collaborative Manufacturing Systems

Operations management issues in design and control of hybrid human-robot collaborative manufacturing systems: a survey

“…Some researchers have only recently begun to study HRC systems in the context of operations management (Darvish et al, 2018;Bogner et al, 2018;Michalos et al, 2018b). The related topics include system's design (Chen et al, 2011;Michalos et al, 2018b), line balancing (Weckenborg et al, 2019), scheduling (Bogner et al, 2018;Casalino et al, 2019), resource allocation (Takata & Hirano, 2011), and task planning and assignment (Chen et al, 2013;Hu & Chen, 2017;Darvish et al, 2018).…”

“…There exist methods for the design of HRC systems in cellular manufacturing systems (Tan et al, 2009(Tan et al, , 2010, flexible assembly lines , 2018, and cellular manufacturing systems (Kato et al, 2010;Hu et al, 2013). The typical methods to tackle operations management problems in HRC systems include linear/non-linear programing (Hu & Chen, 2017;Bogner et al, 2018), (mixed-)integer programing (Weckenborg et al, 2019), heuristics (Bogner et al, 2018) metaheuristics algorithms (Chen et al, 2013;Weckenborg et al, 2019), multi-criteria evaluation approach (Michalos et al, 2018b), and simulation models (Darvish et al, 2018;Bänziger et al, 2018).…”

“…This research aimed to minimize the total cooperation cost between humans and robots. Mainly, the objective functions correspond to the time and cost; such as makespan (Bogner et al, 2018), cycle time (Casalino et al, 2019;Weckenborg et al, 2019), and production cost (Takata & Hirano, 2011;Chen et al, 2013;Hu & Chen, 2017).…”

Assessing worker performance using dynamic cost functions in human robot collaborative tasks

“…In the research presented in Antonelli and Bruno 8 and Hu and Chen, 9 the full assembly task is planned and assigned before task execution has begun. In the case of Antonelli and Bruno, 8 assembly tasks are classified by suitability for execution by human or robot workers and then assigned to be completed collaboratively or individually by the workers with a Gantt chart of the assembly process being produced.…”

“…In the case of Antonelli and Bruno, 8 assembly tasks are classified by suitability for execution by human or robot workers and then assigned to be completed collaboratively or individually by the workers with a Gantt chart of the assembly process being produced. In the case of Hu and Chen, 9 the effect of human fatigue on the dynamics of manufacturing processes is modeled and used along with statistical methods to generate an optimal task assignment. Such methods are advantageous as this allows the assembly task to be considered as a whole, with worker assignment being planned to best utilize their capabilities rather than assigning a worker to a task if they are available.…”