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A two-phase approach for design of supervisory controllers for robot cells: Model checking and Markov decision models

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  • Tae-Eog Lee
  • Jin-Hwan Lee

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The supervisory controller for a robot cell is specified as a dynamic control policy that determines the part processing sequence and the robot work cycle depending on the state of the cell. The supervisory controller should be designed not only to satisfy the prescribed logical requirements or constraints, but also to achieve the maximum operating efficiency. We discuss modeling and control issues for robot task planning. We propose a two-phase approach to design the supervisory controller that consists of the logical design phase and the performance design phase. In the first phase, we use a model checking technique for concurrent automata to verify whether the proposed logical control rules satisfy the logical requirements. The logical control requirements may include deadlock prevention, obedience to the technological operation sequence of each part, or prevention of wasteful robot moves. In the second phase, we use semi-Markov decision models to determine additional control decisions for which the robot cell has the maximum throughput rate. We discuss the structure and algorithms of the performance control design problem. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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  • Tae-Eog Lee & Jin-Hwan Lee, 1998. "A two-phase approach for design of supervisory controllers for robot cells: Model checking and Markov decision models," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 77(0), pages 157-182, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:77:y:1998:i:0:p:157-182:10.1023/a:1018921310489
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1018921310489
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