An Integrated Approach for the Selection and Design of Assembly Systems

Abstract

With technological advances in industrial robots and artificial intelligence, manufacturers are beginning to appreciate the trade‐off between fixed and flexible automation for product assembly. Describes an integrated approach for the selection of a feasible method of assembly and the selection of technologies required to assemble a given product.

Citation

Boubekri, N. and Nagaraj, S. (1993), "An Integrated Approach for the Selection and Design of Assembly Systems", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576069310023810