... are still characterized by high flexibility and low productivity, if compared to fully automated systems. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose the design, engineering and testing of a prototypal adaptive automation assembly system, including greater levels of automation to complement...

...Brian Rooks Digital prototyping is becoming a major tool in the fight to shorten product lead times. A further development is digital mock‐up that allows designers to investigate the “assemblability” of a product and the constraints imposed by manufacturing processes. The leading software system...

...Anna Kochan Focuses on the recent boom in research on rapid prototyping (RP), particularly in the area of eliminating the stepped surface of the RP model, as evidenced by the papers expounded at the 5th European Conference on Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing, held in Helsinki. Reports...

...Anna Kochan Describes a new, low‐cost rapid prototyping system developed in the USA by Utah University and Scroff Development, the company which created the Silverscreen solid modelling CAD system. Reports on its use by a small industrial design office in Scotland, which can now produce prototypes...