• Reconfigurable Manufacturing: Towards an industrial Big Data approach 

      Arnarson, Halldor; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Solvang, Bjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-25)
      As the world is moving towards more personalized and customized manufacturing, the manufacturing system needs to adapt. One method can be to integrate industry 4.0 concepts in reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). This allows the manufacturing system to become more self-sustaining and flexible at the same time. There is however, a lack of research on how to integrate industry 4.0 concepts such ...
    • Towards automatic configuration and programming of a manufacturing cell 

      Arnarson, Halldor; Al-Sallami, Hussein Mahdi Yaseen; Solvang, Bjørn; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-04)
      Manufacturing industries are moving from mass production towards customized production, aiming for highquality products with innovative technologies, low prices, and high reliability. A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is an attractive approach to facilitate the movement toward such flexible manufacturing systems. However, reconfiguration and programming of RMS are time-consuming and ...
    • Towards automatic generation of image recognition models for industrial robot arms 

      Arnarson, Halldor; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Hanssen, Magnus Fredheim (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)
      As the world moves towards mass customization, there is a need for a manufacturing system that can quickly adapt to market changes. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) have been proposed as a solution. RMS is designed to be modular with a high degree of flexibility. However, such a structure creates a lot of complexity. For instance, if the modules are moved or changed, the robot arms in the ...
    • Towards smart layout design for a reconfigurable manufacturing system 

      Arnarson, Halldor; Yu, Hao; Olavsbråten, Morten Monland; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Solvang, Bjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-02)
      Global competition and increased variety in products have created challenges for manufacturing companies. One solution to handle the variety in production is to use reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). These are modular systems where machines can be rearranged depending on what is being manufactured. However, implementing a rearrangeable system drastically increases complexity, among which ...