topic Re: Task executors in FlexSim Forum

Task executors

xinyan_chua188 — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:13:14 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.1.3 ]

Hi all, I want to create a parking station for the robots at the space right next to my dispatcher. I have yet created the parking station.

Questions:

1) What should I use to present my parking station?

2)How can I make my robots return to the parking station when they do not have any task?

3) How can I make my robots load and go without the use of process flow?

Re: Task executors

joerg_vogel_HsH — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 23:25:08 GMT

I hope you use the AGV process flow template.

Re: Task executors

xinyan_chua188 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 01:06:23 GMT

Hi @Joerg Vogel , is it possible to teach me how to use it in my model? I also want the task executor to carry many flow items at once too

Re: Task executors

eric_m3 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:13:32 GMT

Hi @Chua X2 have you worked through the AGV tutorial in the manual yet? That would be the best place to start and demonstrates how to include park points.

Re: Task executors

Jeanette_Fullmer — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:52:44 GMT

Hello @Chua X2,

If you plan to change how your AGV's are used so that it follows more closely to what you see in the tutorials then go ahead and learn that way.

If you plan to not use the AGV path, then setting up a process flow that watches for when the robots go idle or for when they don't have more tasks sequence then they move to a designated parking spot.

The source creates tokens for each AMR and assigns an AMR to the token. The decide activity checks for the state and task sequences of the AMR's. If they are idle with no current or upcoming task sequence then they will go to the designated parking spots.

Park when idle and no tasks JF.fsm

Re: Task executors

xinyan_chua188 — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:56:42 GMT

hi @Jeanette F , thank you so much and I also want each robot to pick 16 items per batch. May I know how I can add that logic into the process flow?

Re: Task executors

Jeanette_Fullmer — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:48:40 GMT

Hello @Chua X2,

Please, follow our best practices and start a new post for a new question even if it is for the same model. You can tag me in the question since I have helped with the model before.