...Abhijit Mahapatro; Dayal Ramakrushna Parhi; Sujeet Kumar Patro Purpose Path planning with obstacle avoidance is crucial for navigating an autonomous underwater vehicle ( AUV ) in an unknown and obstacle-rich three-dimensional space. This paper aims to develop an optimized obstacle-free path...

.... Both kinematics and dynamics sub-objectives are optimized in the low-level kinodynamic MPC considering centroidal dynamics and surface contact dynamics. Findings This paper validates the effectiveness of this method through extensive simulation and hardware experiments. In comparison to traditional...

...Bowen Dong; Eileen L.M. Su; Che Fai Yeong; Mingyu Wu; William Holderbaum; Chenguang Yang Purpose This paper aims to explore the optimization of heuristic scheduling algorithms for mobile robotics. The primary focus is on how these algorithms improve effectiveness in industrial and logistical...

..., hardware energy consumption, optimization in path planning and scheduling methods, and to suggest future research directions. Design/methodology/approach The systematic literature review (SLR) identified 244 papers for analysis. Research articles published from 2010 onwards were searched in databases...

... on their stable equilibrium using two-dimensional vision. Then, the picking sequence and corresponding collision-free robot trajectories are planned and optimized. Findings The proposed method was evaluated in a geometrically complex experimental workcell, where it ensured precise, collision-free operation...

..., the purpose of this paperis to design a suitable gripper with appropriate design parameters for better performance in the robotic production systems. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, an enhanced multi-objective ant lion algorithm is introduced to find the optimal geometric and design variables...

...Sergey Lupuleac; Tatiana Pogarskaia; Maria Churilova; Michael Kokkolaras; Elodie Bonhomme Purpose The authors consider the problem of optimizing temporary fastener patterns in aircraft assembly. Minimizing the number of fasteners while maintaining final product quality is one of the key enablers...

... (Miltenburg and Wijngaard, 1994 ; Sparling and Miltenburg, 1998). Research on UALBP using optimization techniques such as branch and bound algorithm (Ogan and Azizoglu, 2015), MILP (Urban, 1998 ; Fattahi and Turkay, 2015), integer programming (Fattahi et al., 2014) and goal programming (Gokcen...

...Junxia Jiang; Chen Bian; Yunbo Bi; Yinglin Ke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to design, analyze and optimize a new type of inner-side working head for automatic horizontal dual-machine cooperative drilling and riveting system. The inner-side working head is the key component of automatic...

... obtained by the IBM ILOG CPLEX optimization software. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, only one study has discussed the cost-oriented stochastic ALBP using the new concept of cost. Owing to the NP-hard nature of the problem, it was necessary to develop a heuristic or meta...

..., with the aim of improving planning capability for such systems by means of developing an optimization methodology. Design/methodology/approach Two linear integer programming models are proposed to balance a multi-model walking-worker assembly line optimally in a sequential manner. The first mathematical...

... locations of pre-joining. This paper aims to present a new method for the evaluation of residual clearances after pre-joining and the pre-joining scheme optimization, providing operation guidance for the workers in panel assembly workshop. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, an equivalent gap...

...Gang Liu; Wei Tang; Ying-Lin Ke; Qing-Liang Chen; Yunbo Bi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new model for optimizing pre-joining processes quickly and accurately, guiding workers to standardized operations. For the automatic riveting in panel assemblies, the traditional...