PMID- 38390129
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240224
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 4
DP  - 2024 Feb 29
TI  - Cobot selection using hybrid AHP-TOPSIS based multi-criteria decision making 
      technique for fuel filter assembly process.
PG  - e26374
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26374 [doi]
LID - e26374
AB  - The choice of a suitable collaborative robot (cobot) for a real-time industrial 
      process is one of the obstacles to effective robot implementation in terms of 
      energy and cost. The cobot selection process for an application have become more 
      complex due to increasing sophisticated features and capabilities in cobots 
      offered by the manufacturers. The paper presents a hybrid Multi-Criteria 
      Decision-Making (MCDM) technique based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and 
      Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) 
      approaches for selecting cobots for fuel filter assembly operation. The product 
      design methodology, manufacturing method, and associated cost are directly 
      influencing the decision on cobot selection. The most appropriate robot to 
      accomplish the desired task at the lowest possible cost and capability can be 
      selected by AHP with prospective criterion weight for subsequent processing. The 
      TOPSIS approach orders alternatives based on the prominence of criteria. A diesel 
      fuel filter assembly process case was considered for validating the proposed 
      technique of cobot selection process. An expert knowledge base was generated for 
      12 advocated cobots and the best cobot was selected using the proposed hybrid 
      MCDM technique.
CI  - (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - C, Sivalingam
AU  - C S
AD  - School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 
      632014, India.
FAU - Subramaniam, Senthil Kumar
AU  - Subramaniam SK
AD  - School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 
      632014, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240215
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC10882119
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - AHP
OT  - Assembly task
OT  - Collaborative robot
OT  - MCDM
OT  - TOPSIS
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2024/02/23 06:43
MHDA- 2024/02/23 06:44
PMCR- 2024/02/15
CRDT- 2024/02/23 03:52
PHST- 2023/07/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/02/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/23 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/23 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/23 03:52 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(24)02405-8 [pii]
AID - e26374 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26374 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2024 Feb 15;10(4):e26374. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26374. 
      eCollection 2024 Feb 29.