One of the primary objectives of sustainable manufacturing is to minimize energy
consumption in its manufacturing processes. A strategy of energy saving is to adapt new …

In this paper, an Optimal Trajectory Generation Algorithm (OTGA) is developed for
generating minimum-time smooth motion trajectories for serial and parallel manipulators …

Hand layup is a commonly used process for making composite structures from several plies
of carbon-fiber prepreg. The process involves multiple human operators manipulating and …

Activities for energy efficiency increase of machine tools and production systems can
roughly be divided into direct efficiency increase on components level and efficiency …

This article aims to present a minimum-jerk trajectory planning approach to address the
smooth trajectory generation problem of 3-prismatic-universal-universal translational …

This paper deals with the dynamic modeling and design optimization of a three Degree-of-
Freedom spherical parallel manipulator. Using the method of Lagrange multipliers, the …

This paper presents an optimization problem for the 3-degrees-of-freedom RRR fully planar
parallel manipulator (3-RRR) based on the actuator power consumption. The optimization …

Successfully completing a complex manufacturing task requires finding a feasible placement
of the workpiece in the robot workspace. The workpiece placement should be such that the …

Enhancing energy efficiency is one of the main challenges of today's industrial robotics and
manufacturing technology. In this paper a task-related analysis of the energetic performance …

Rapid set-up of robotic system is critical for realising the high-mix low-volume applications.
This paper presents an efficient method to determine the optimal robot base placement for …