... 02 10 2016 05 03 2017 07 03 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Flexible assembly Small batch production Industrial robotics Vision Assembly Production methods Automation Feeding systems Agility...

... was assembled, while 1 means that at every cycle, all parts on the plane were used for assembly. Christian Finetto can be contacted at: christian.finetto@mechatronics.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Automation Industrial robotics Flexible assembly Feeding systems Production...

... Flexible assembly systems Assembly Batch manufacturing Production methods Robotics Assembly is often of interest as it is one of the last processes within a manufacturing operation. It has traditionally been labour‐intensive (Onori and Oliveira, 2010) and can be improved using artificial...

... can be contacted at: giulio.rosati@unipd.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Flexible assembly Small batch production Industrial robotics Vision Assembly Production methods Automation Robotics A=assembly matrix (models‐components matrix) c...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Production methods Planning and control Computer software C =contact matrix I =interference matrix k=x, y, z‐direction L =connection matrix N=number of components in product...

...) and (7), [y]⁺denotes the smallest integer greater than or equal to y. William Ho can be contacted at: w.ho@aston.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Assembly lines Balancing Production methods Planning and control Mathematical programming...

... Production methods The development of modular robots is an interesting challenge for researchers, with remarkable potential benefits and application perspectives. The concept of modularity has been extensively investigated in engineering literature (Dahmus et al., 2000 ; Stone et al...

... the variation phase of design [1] . © Authors 2006 Design for assembly Production methods Control Automotive industry Every assembly has a purpose or function. Every assembly is a collection of connected parts that is designed to achieve that function. The function is the “what...