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The application of open access middleware for cooperation among heterogeneous manufacturing systems
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)The vision behind industry 4.0 is to create even smarter manufacturing facilities. Industry 4.0 includes both hardware and software components, which are expected to seamlessly interact in a secure manner. Thus, machinery and software components from different manufacturers should be able to communicate in a common language. Such a challenge is typically met by introducing a “middleware” to serve ... -
Common Educational Teleoperation Platform for Robotics Utilizing Digital Twins
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-18)The erratic modern world introduces challenges to all sectors of societies and potentially introduces additional inequality. One possibility to decrease the educational inequality is to provide remote access to facilities that enable learning and training. A similar approach of remote resource usage can be utilized in resource-poor situations where the required equipment is available at other premises. ... -
A Goal Programming Approach for Green Supply Chain Network Optimization
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2016-10)Green supply chain management has been focused by both academicians and practitioners in recent years due to the increased public awareness on environmental problems and sustainable development. In this paper, a decision aided model for green supply chain network design and optimization is proposed to justify both economic and environmental performance in an optimal fashion. The model is formulated ... -
Human-robot collaboration for automatic garbage removal
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-16)An easy task, such as emptying the trash bin, is essential and necessary for the health, safety and well-being of the occupants in commercial buildings.There have been developed smart bins that can measure and report the exact amount of garbage and alert for pickup. However a drawback is that they still require people to dispose the garbage. This type of work can be seen as non valueadded work and ... -
Introduction of cyber-physical system in robotized press-brake line for metal industry
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-11)Bin picking is a typical work, which is easy to automate up to a given complexity of the work-piece dimensions. In case of casted work-pieces, the dimensions are most of the time not accurate enough for an industrial robot to be able to pick it up without additional sensors/intelligence. In this paper we introduce a cyber-physical system, where all sensors, actuators, machines and industrial robot ... -
Investigation of wireless electrification for a reconfigurable manufacturing cell
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-24)Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) with a rearrangeable structure can quickly adjust their productivity to meet the dynamic market changes and the demand for high-variety products. Industry 4.0 technologies have enhanced the RMS flexibility and made the automation of the reconfiguration of the manufacturing system possible. As an Industry 4.0 technology, wireless power transfer (WPT) can ... -
Investigation of wireless electrification for a reconfigurable manufacturing cell
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-24)Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) with a rearrangeable structure can quickly adjust their productivity to meet the dynamic market changes and the demand for high-variety products. Industry 4.0 technologies have enhanced the RMS flexibility and made the automation of the reconfiguration of the manufacturing system possible. As an Industry 4.0 technology, wireless power transfer (WPT) can ... -
A multi-objective mathematical programming for sustainable reverse logistics network design. Part I: Model formulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016-02)Reverse logistics has received more and more attention during the past decade due to the increasing public awareness of sustainable development. Because of the fluctuation in both quantity and quality of the reverse material flow, design and planning of reverse logistics network is much more complicated comparing with the forward ones. Therefore, it is important to develop decision support tools for ... -
A multi-objective mathematical programming for sustainable reverse logistics network design. Part II: Model application and analysis
(Peer reviewed; Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2016-02)Reverse logistics has received more and more attention during the past decade due to the increasing public awareness of sustainable development. Because of the fluctuation in both quantity and quality of the reverse material flow, design and planning of reverse logistics network is much more complicated compared with the forward ones. Therefore, it is important to develop decision support tools for ... -
Reconfigurable autonomous industrial mobile manipulator system
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-16)The manufacturing industry is moving from mass production towards more personalized products through mass customization. In order to adapt factories should be highly flexible and rapidly able to adjust their operations.The new technologies and concepts in industry 4.0 are important in the transition from mass-to flexible and personalized manufacturing systems. One such specific tool for increased ... -
Reconfigurable Manufacturing: Towards an industrial Big Data approach
(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 ... -
Simulation of Robotic Tasks with VALIP System - Practical Application
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)In manufacturing engineering, man-machine interaction has gone from typical online programming techniques into virtual reality based offline programming methodologies. Today, a wide range of offline software tools is used to imitate, simulate and control real manufacturing systems. However, these new methodologies lack capability when it comes to human-machine communication. This paper aims to ... -
Towards automatic configuration and programming of a manufacturing cell
(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 smart layout design for a reconfigurable manufacturing system
(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 ...
