A HYBRID MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHOD FOR ROBOT SELECTION IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

Authors : Shafi AHMAD, Sedat BİNGÖL, Saif WAKEEL

Pages : 68-77

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Publication Date : 2020-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Advancement of manufacturing system is governed by robots which improves the product quality and decrease market availability period. Different robots have been used for pick and drop operation of components in flexible manufacturing systems insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FMS);. Each robots have their advantages and disadvantages therefore, selection of most suitable robot is significantly important. Selection of robots based on various criteria is a multi-decision making problem insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MCDM);. In this study seven robots insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7); are ranked using the proposed approach on the basis of five criteria viz. load capacity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LC);, memory capacity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MC);, manipulator reach insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MR);, maximum tip speed insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MTS);, and repeatability insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RE); by employing hybrid Criteria Importance Through Inter criteria Correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CRITIC); and Multi-attributive border approximation area comparison insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MABAC); methods. Weights of criteria were obtained using correlation coefficient and standard deviation method where as, ranking of alternative was done using hybrid CRITIC and MABAC method. As a result of this study, robot R3 acquired first rank whereas, R1 occupied last rank which showed that R3 is the most suitable robot for the pick and place operation in FMS. Besides, Ranking comparison was also done with other MCDM methods.
Keywords : Robot Selection, MCDM Model, CRITIC Model, MABAC Method, VIKOR

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