Estimate the number of collaborative robots required to meet daily production demand. The model converts cycle time and scheduled hours into per-robot output, adjusts for productive utilization and successful completions, then adds an optional reserve before rounding up to a deployable whole-robot fleet.
The main result is a whole-robot planning requirement after reserve. The base fleet meets modeled average demand without the extra reserve.
Validate average cycle time and utilization with representative production data; peaks, task mix, and shared resources may require additional capacity.
For 1,200 daily tasks, a 4-minute cycle, 16 scheduled hours, 75% utilization, and 98% completion, one robot provides 176.4 tasks/day. Seven base robots are needed; a 10% reserve rounds the planned fleet to eight.
A fraction of a robot cannot cover the remaining demand, so required fleet counts are rounded up.
Account for changeovers, planned stops, charging, maintenance, waiting, and other nonproductive scheduled time.
No. Utilization affects normal output per robot; reserve adds fleet capacity for outages or demand variation.
Yes. Enter total scheduled hours per robot across shifts, up to 24 hours per day.
A lower completion rate reduces successful output per robot and can increase the required fleet.
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Daily demand | Successful tasks required per day |
| Cycle time | Average minutes per attempted task |
| Utilization | Productive share of scheduled time |
| Completion rate | Successful share of task attempts |
| Fleet reserve | Additional robots for variability or outages |