Industry 4.0‐Driven Development of Optimization Algorithms: A Systematic Overview

R Csalódi, Z Süle, S Jaskó, T Holczinger… - Complexity, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Fourth Industrial Revolution means the digital transformation of production systems.
Cyber‐physical systems allow for the horizontal and vertical integration of these production …

[HTML][HTML] An Ontology-based Engineering system to support aircraft manufacturing system design

R Arista, X Zheng, J Lu, F Mas - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
During the conceptual design phase of an aircraft manufacturing system, different industrial
scenarios need to be evaluated against performance indicators in a collaborative …

Industrial Resources in the design of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems for aerospace: A systematic literature review

R Arista, F Mas, D Morales-Palma, C Vallellano - Computers in Industry, 2022 - Elsevier
New aerospace product developments need to be done following economic and
environmental drivers like costs reduction, secure a short time-to-market, reduce total carbon …

From manual operation to collaborative robot assembly: An integrated model of productivity and ergonomic performance

YJ Zhang, L Liu, N Huang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manufacturing systems involve machines and people. Both productivity and ergonomic
performance are of significant importance in manufacturing. However, there is no integrated …

Analysis of assembly-time performance (ATP) in manufacturing operations with collaborative robots: a systems approach

N Chen, N Huang, R Radwin, J Li - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Reducing station processing times has a significant importance in manufacturing assembly
systems. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in using collaborative robots to …

Human-robot collaboration in assembly line balancing problems: Review and research gaps

M Kheirabadi, S Keivanpour, YA Chinniah… - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have been working on assembly line optimization problems, especially
assembly line balancing, for decades. Integration of Industry 4.0 technologies into assembly …

Allocating Robots/Cobots to Production Systems for Productivity and Ergonomics Optimization

C Huang, S Zhou, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaboration between humans and robots has great promise in manufacturing systems.
The utilization of cobots in a manufacturing system can improve both productivity and …

Introducing reconfigurable manufacturing systems to agriculture

Y Feng, G Gao, P Wang, Z Zhang, K Liu - Flexible Services and …, 2024 - Springer
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS), which possess the advantages of both
dedicated manufacturing lines (DML) and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), are …

Flow time in a human-robot collaborative assembly process: Performance evaluation, system properties, and a case study

Y Zhang, N Huang, RG Radwin, Z Wang, J Li - IISE Transactions, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, an analytical method is introduced to evaluate the flow time of an assembly
process with collaborative robots. In such a process, an operator and a collaborative robot …

A Classification of the Barriers in the Implementation Process of Reconfigurability

I Maganha, AL Andersen, C Silva… - … : Bridging Smart Products …, 2022 - Springer
Implementing reconfigurability is essential to manufacturing companies that aim to make the
transition from conventional to reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). The novel …