... and choice of the cutting and gripping tools to minimize the number of needed actuators. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Packaging Assembly sequence planning Compliant mechanisms Fixture design Handling Pallet handling system De...

... Assembly sequence planning Robotic peg-in-hole (PiH) assembly operations are widely found in modern manufacturing industry scenarios such as assembly lines for 3 C products (Fang et al., 2016), installation of gear reducers (Binglong et al., 2018) and assembly of electric vehicles...

...Anil Kumar Gulivindala; M.V.A. Raju Bahubalendruni; S.S. Vara Prasad Varupala; Sankaranarayanasamy K. Purpose Parallel assembly sequence planning (PASP) reduces the overall assembly effort and time at the product development stage. Methodological difficulties at framework development...

... planning. Assembly prior knowledge contains factual assembly knowledge and experience assembly knowledge, which are important factors for assembly sequence intelligent planning. This paper aims to improve monotonous assembly sequence planning for a rigid product, intelligent planning of product assembly...

...Wenlei Zhang; Mingxu Ma; Haiyan Li; Jiapeng Yu; Zhenwei Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discriminate fake interference caused by polygonal approximation so as to achieve accurate assembly sequence planning and assembly simulation. Design/methodology/approach An approximation zone...

... an assembly scheme for a compliant dual-arm robot to overcome the low positioning accuracy and complete the peg-in-hole assembly tasks with different shapes parts. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Robotics Assembly Assembly sequence...

.... Scheduling Flexible job shop Assembly Particle swarm optimization (PSO) Parallel variable neighborhood search (PVNS) Flexible manufacturing Assembly sequence planning Today, scheduling is an important decision-making process in service and manufacturing industries because of the global...

...Nan Zhang; Zhenyu Liu; Chan Qiu; Weifei Hu; Jianrong Tan Purpose Assembly sequence planning (ASP) plays a vital role in assembly process because it directly influences the feasibility, cost and time of the assembly process. The purpose of this study is to solve ASP problem more efficiently than...

...Minghui Zhao; Xian Guo; Xuebo Zhang; Yongchun Fang; Yongsheng Ou Purpose This paper aims to automatically plan sequence for complex assembly products and improve assembly efficiency. Design/methodology/approach An assembly sequence planning system for workpieces (ASPW) based on deep...

...Arif Abdullah; Mohd Fadzil Faisae Ab Rashid; S.G. Ponnambalam; Zakri Ghazalli Purpose Environmental problems in manufacturing industries are a global issue owing to severe lack fossil resources. In assembly sequence planning (ASP), the research effort mainly aims to improve profit and human...

... is further taken for EVG and is found to be proven effective. Originality/value Assembly sequence planning (ASP) is performed most of the times considering the geometric feasibility along canonical axes without considering parallel possibility of assembly operations. In this paper, the proposed method...

... Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Shipbuilding Assembly sequence planning Genetic algorithm Steel structure production Hull assembly Self-classification ASP is classified as an NP-difficult problem; therefore, for considered hull-structures composed...

... Assembly sequence planning Grasp planning Manipulation planning assembly order: which objects to assemble first; assembly direction: how to drop or insert objects; and accessible grasps: how to grasp objects during assembly. The proposed planner finds...

... and accurate simulation results. The optimal approach provides an accurate and efficient method for reflector assembly sequence planning indicated by the comparison of the measurements and calculation results. Originality/value The results also demonstrate that the proposed approach has practical...

...Mohd Fadzil Faisae Ab Rashid Purpose This paper aims to optimize the assembly sequence planning (ASP) problem using a proposed hybrid algorithm based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO). The proposed Hybrid Ant-Wolf Algorithm (HAWA) is designed to overcome premature...

... be contacted at: hfazl@iust.ac.ir 18 08 2015 22 11 2015 31 12 2015 29 01 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Automation Flexible manufacturing Automated guided vehicles (AGV) Assembly sequence...

... to check the liaison predicate testing is mentioned below: In the current paper, first attempt is made to use artificial immune system to address optimal assembly sequence planning problem with support of computer-aided assembly information extraction methods. Three immune models have been introduced...

... the current trends of development of assembly sequence planning (ASP) methods in shipbuilding. On the basis of this analysis, the choice of methodology was made. The outline of proposed ASP method is presented in the next chapter. Then, the assembly sequence model and assessment criterion are defined based...

... in detecting subassemblies, those can be created parallel in order to achieve optimal assembly line (Bukchin and Rubinovitz, 2003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Automatic assembly Assembly Assembly sequence planning Assembly predicates Assembly sequence generation Part...

... (Boothroyd, 1994), it is necessary to build prototypes beforehand to verify, evaluate different designs and screen out the best ones. This process could be time consuming and costly, while greatly elongating the development cycle. Haptic devices Assembly Virtual reality Assembly sequence planning...