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Integration of fault tree analysis, reliability block diagram and hazard decision tree for industrial robot reliability evaluation

Fazlollahtabar, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2017

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1108/IR-06-2017-0103
  3. Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd , 2017
  4. Abstract:
  5. Purpose - This paper aims to conduct a comprehensive fault tree analysis (FTA) on the critical components of industrial robots. This analysis is integrated with the reliability block diagram (RBD) approach to investigate the robot system reliability. Design/methodology/approach - For practical implementation, a particular autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) system was first modeled. Then, FTA was adopted to model the causes of failures, enabling the probability of success to be determined. In addition, RBD was used to simplify the complex system of the AGV for reliability evaluation purpose. Findings - Hazard decision tree (HDT) was configured to compute the hazards of each component and the whole AGV robot system. Through this research, a promising technical approach was established, allowing decision-makers to identify the critical components of AGVs along with their crucial hazard phases at the design stage. Originality/value - As complex systems have become global and essential in today's society, their reliable design and determination of their availability have turned into very important tasks for managers and engineers. Industrial robots are examples of these complex systems that are being increasingly used for intelligent transportation, production and distribution of materials in warehouses and automated production lines. © 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited
  6. Keywords:
  7. Complex system reliability ; Fault tree analysis (FTA) ; Hazard decision tree (HDT) ; Reliability block diagram (RBD) ; Automatic guided vehicles ; Automobile manufacture ; Decision making ; Decision trees ; Hazards ; Industrial robots ; Intelligent robots ; Large scale systems ; Materials handling ; Reliability ; Reliability analysis ; Robots ; Transportation ; Autonomous guided vehicle systems ; Design/methodology/approach ; Fault tree analyses (FTA) ; Intelligent transportation ; Probability of success ; Reliability block diagrams ; Reliability Evaluation ; System reliability ; Fault tree analysis
  8. Source: Industrial Robot ; Volume 44, Issue 6 , 2017 , Pages 754-764 ; 0143991X (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IR-06-2017-0103