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This research aims to improve manufacturing flexibility and efficiency by integrating Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) with shared robotic arms in robotic flow shops.

August 1, 2026International Journal of Production Research

Enhancing manufacturing flexibility and efficiency through AMR-facilitated shared robotic arms in extended robotic flow shop

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QZQing ZhangChina Academy of Space Technology PZPeiqi ZhuangHong Kong Polytechnic University YYYuhan YiHong Kong Polytechnic University

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Randomized trial demonstrates enhanced manufacturing flexibility and efficiency using AMR-shared robotic arms in production environments, indicating a significant improvement in operations.

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This research aims to improve manufacturing flexibility and efficiency by integrating Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) with shared robotic arms in robotic flow shops.
Introduced shared robotic arms powered by AMRs, allowing operations in multiple robotic cells concurrently.
Developed a simulated annealing-based matheuristic algorithm for optimal routing of heterogeneous AMRs.
Conducted computational experiments to assess the method's effectiveness in various production scenarios.
Demonstrated a significant increase in machine utilisation, improving overall production efficiency.
Achieved a considerable decrease in makespan under various job processing conditions.
Validated the method's suitability for both compact production configurations and heterogeneous job processing with bottlenecks.

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Zhang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6d97eae258b358b3c6ab6f https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2026.2709145

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Randomized trial demonstrates enhanced manufacturing flexibility and efficiency using AMR-shared robotic arms in production environments, indicating a significant improvement in operations.

Enhancing manufacturing flexibility and efficiency through AMR-facilitated shared robotic arms in extended robotic flow shop

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Enhancing manufacturing flexibility and efficiency through AMR-facilitated shared robotic arms in extended robotic flow shop

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