Reconfigurable Assembly Station: A Consumer Goods Industry Paradigm

Karagiannis, Panagiotis; Matthaiakis, Stereos Alexandros; Andronas, Dionisis; Filis, Konstantinos; Giannoulis, Christos; Michalos, George; Makris, Sotiris

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.04.070

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“…6. The scenario is based on Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) [38,44], where assembly product lines coordinate autonomously with different types of robots to produce products.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modelling and verification of reconfigurable multi-agent systems

Alrahman

Piterman

2021

Auton Agent Multi-Agent Syst

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We propose a formalism to model and reason about reconfigurable multi-agent systems. In our formalism, agents interact and communicate in different modes so that they can pursue joint tasks; agents may dynamically synchronize, exchange data, adapt their behaviour, and reconfigure their communication interfaces. Inspired by existing multi-robot systems, we represent a system as a set of agents (each with local state), executing independently and only influence each other by means of message exchange. Agents are able to sense their local states and partially their surroundings. We extend ltl to be able to reason explicitly about the intentions of agents in the interaction and their communication protocols. We also study the complexity of satisfiability and model-checking of this extension.

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“…6. The scenario is based on Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) [38,44], where assembly product lines coordinate autonomously with different types of robots to produce products.…”

Section: An Informal Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling and verification of reconfigurable multi-agent systems

Alrahman

Piterman

2021

Auton Agent Multi-Agent Syst

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“…Object detection is a fundamental problem in computer vision and has been prominent for two decades, and its solutions have evolved greatly [26]. It is very useful in industrial processes such as welding operations, as presented in [27] in which a stereo camera was used for path correction; and assembly operations, as presented in [28] in which a vision system was used for the picking and placing of randomly assorted objects.…”

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Enabling Flexibility in Manufacturing by Integrating Shopfloor and Process Perception for Mobile Robot Workers

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Robotic flexibility in industry is becoming more and more relevant nowadays, especially with the rise of the Industry 4.0 concept. This paper presents a smart execution control framework for enabling the autonomous operation of flexible mobile robot workers. These robot resources are able to autonomously navigate the shopfloor, undertaking multiple operations while acting as assistants to human operators. To enable this autonomous behavior, the proposed framework integrates robot perception functions for the real-time shopfloor and process understanding while orchestrating the process execution. A Digital World Model is deployed synthesizing the sensor data coming from multiple 2D and 3D sensors from the shopfloor. This model is consumed for the perception functions enabling the real-time shopfloor and process perception by the robot workers. This smart control system has been applied and validated in a case study from the automotive sector.

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“…The category concerning conceptual design of products has received the least attention (4 papers) while other aspects such as factory optimization, quality improvement, additive manufacturing, sustainability, were the focus of 12 papers. Considering the methods, tools and approaches used in the analyzed papers (see figure 4, left), it is seen that a vast majority are employing traditional methods such as Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFMA) (20 papers) and Design for X (DFX) (5 papers), either directly or with modifications to suit industry 4.0 factory features such as flexibility [31], cyberphysical systems [32], customizability [33], recyclability [34]. Likewise, considerable papers present generic methods (16 papers) in addition to specific methods (10 papers) to support development of industry 4.0 solutions.…”

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The Influence of Industry 4.0 on Product Design and Development: Conceptual Foundations and Literature Review

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Since its introduction in 2011, industry 4.0 has been coined the "4th industrial revolution" following mechanization, industrialization and IT/automation as the first three, and represents the current trend of automation technologies (cyber-physical systems, internet of things, cloud computing, etc.,) in the manufacturing industry, with their potential for disruption of the manufacturing paradigm as we know it. However, the effect and role of industry 4.0 on the design and development of the new products to be manufactured in industry 4.0 facilities is not clear. This research presents a literature review to; 1) understand the concept of industry 4.0 from an implementation (state of practice) viewpoint, 2) learn about approaches and considerations currently deployed for developing products to be produced in manufacturing plants progressively transforming into industry 4.0 environments. Results reveal that the potential of industry 4.0 is underexploited within product design and development, especially in the conceptual stages lacking methods, tools, and approaches. While later stages of the product development (production planning, ramp-up) have received some attention in regards with optimizing production operations, several publications acknowledge its potential to benefit earlier process stages.

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Reconfigurable Assembly Station: A Consumer Goods Industry Paradigm

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Modelling and verification of reconfigurable multi-agent systems

Modelling and verification of reconfigurable multi-agent systems

Enabling Flexibility in Manufacturing by Integrating Shopfloor and Process Perception for Mobile Robot Workers

The Influence of Industry 4.0 on Product Design and Development: Conceptual Foundations and Literature Review

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