Material handing throughput using a track based multihead robot

摘要

A novel closed loop track based multi-bead robot has been developed to increase material handing throughput. This robot allows for waves of robot heads to move materials in the working path by eliminating the traditional return path. Programmable clutching of a constant moving drive chain supplies the source of motion around the loop. This paper discusses the design and impact of such a system configuration, and looks at the required distributed control system.