Assembly systems (ASs) have moved into the era of mass customisation and Industry 4.0 (I4.
0). Mass customisation involves a shift from the production of high quantities of the same …

The advances in Industry 4.0 provide both challenges and opportunities for digital
manufacturing and assembly systems. This paper first addresses the state-of-the-art …

The 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0, I4. 0) is based upon the penetration of many new
technologies to the industrial world. These technologies are posed to fundamentally change …

In a demand context of mass customization, shifting towards the mass personalization of
products, assembly operations face the trade-off between highly productive automated …

Manufacturing systems are constantly required to leverage emerging technologies to
increase flexibility and responsiveness to meet the diversified demands in an ever-changing …

Increasing number of AI-enhanced approaches provide helpful “know-how” for reproducing
and imitating skills and finally substituting human jobs with algorithms and intelligent …

Featured Application Work standardization supported by other basic industrial engineering
methods, such as the study of time and motions can be applied in the manufacturing industry …

The current fourth industrial revolution significantly impacts on production processes. The
personalized production paradigm which distinguishes Industry 4.0 enables customers to …

Assistance systems have been widely adopted in the manufacturing sector to facilitate
various processes and tasks in production environments. However, existing systems are …

Poor workstation designs represent a risk factor for operators in assembly production lines.
Anthropometric design of workstations facilitates the sustainable development of the …