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Robot and AGV travel

Hi there,

I am working on a case in which there is a robot (Robot) responsible for loading the item into the AGV (scout mini) which is responsible for transportation.

First the Robot picks up the item and load it into the AGV which takes it to processors 1 and 2, and then to Queue3 for storage. Here the Robot is called gain to pick it up and unload it onto the Queue.

I have two issues that I want to adress here:

  • First the AGV transports only one item and needs to complete the cycle Processor1-Processor2-Queue3 before it gets back to load another item (be free before taking another item).
  • Once the simulation is started, the way the loading from Robot to Scout mini is done, is as if the item is flowing in the air!! What I am aiming at is complying with the physics as well!

Here is attached the model for review,

Thank you

SortingStations - Robot - 2 - Copy.fsm

FlexSim 22.2.0
robottravelloading
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Change the robot to use move time or simple motion method if you don't want to define the motion paths completely (check the user manual for instructions on motion path creation)

Change your Acquire Scout mini so that its the first thing that you acquire.

Change the unload to Queue3 not NN3.

Change the unload to Queue3 to be done by the robot not the AGV.


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Hi Jason, thank you for yout suggestions!

The use of the robot and the agv is now complete however I am still not able to capture the loading and unloading animations as it should!

How can I do it on Processflow?

Thank you

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