Jigs and fixtures are key production equipment in manufacturing by fulfilling the tasks of
positioning, supporting, and fixing the components to be joined. They are also a significant …

We present a survey of multi-robot assembly applications and methods and describe trends
and general insights into the multi-robot assembly problem for industrial applications. We …

To realize a truly collaborative product design and development process, effective
communication among design collaborators is a must. In other words, the design intent that …

To automate assembly planning for complex products such as aircraft components, an
assembly planning and simulation system called AutoAssem has been developed. In this …

Modern distributed manufacturing within Industry 4.0, supported by Cyber Physical Systems
(CPSs), offers many promising capabilities regarding effective and flexible manufacturing …

Feature-based product modeling is the leading approach for the integrated representation of
engineering product data. On the one side, this approach has stimulated the development of …

The Industrial Electronics Handbook, Second Edition, Industrial Communications Systems
combines traditional and newer, more specialized knowledge that helps industrial …

Initially developed for geometric representation, feature modeling has been applied in
product design and manufacturing with great success. With the growth of computer-aided …

With widely used concurrent and collaborative engineering technologies, the validity and
consistency of product information become important. In order to establish the state of the …

To enable next generation CAD tools to effectively support top-down design of products, a
top-down assembly design process is refined from the traditional product design process to …