A Uniform Data Model for Representing Symbiotic Assembly Stations

In modern assembly lines, humans and robots coexist and collaborate for the execution of complex tasks. The sequence and the assignment of tasks to suitable resources, constitute a technological challenge. For the collaboration of humans and robots, in a single assembly station, a common modelling language is required. This paper examines the way that resource capabilities of both humans and robots could be described, by the same modeling language, including common attributes for the various types of resources. There is a presentation of a methodology that matches task requirements with the existing resources. The proposed methodology is tested for the generation of alternative scenarios in an industrial pilot case.