Assembly Automation: Volume 32 Issue 1
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The international journal of assembly technology and managementTable of contents - Special Issue: Smart Materials
Smart materials: a review of recent developments
Robert BogueThis paper aims to provide a review of recent developments in selected fields of smart material technology.
Smart materials use in active disassembly
Joseph Chiodo, Nick JonesSmart materials (SMs) have the potential for facilitating active disassembly (AD). Select SMs are used in the design of devices to aid product disassembly. The purpose of this…
Modeling and analyzing of variation propagation in aeronautical thin‐walled structures automated riveting
Hui Cheng, Run‐Xiao Wang, Yuan Li, Kai‐Fu ZhangAssembly variations, which will propagate along the assembly process, are inevitable and difficult to analyze in Aeronautical Thin‐Walled Structures (ATWS) assembly. The purpose…
Separation of concerns on the orchestration of operations in flexible manufacturing
Germano Veiga, Pedro Malaca, J. Norberto Pires, Klas NilssonThe growing complexity of industrial robot work‐cells calls for the use of advanced orchestration techniques to promote flexibility and reusability. This paper aims to present a…
Integration of JIT flexible manufacturing, assembly and disassembly using a simulation approach
Roongrat PisuchpenIn the real world many companies combine the operations of manufacturing, assembly and disassembly. Thus, the integration of just‐in‐time FMS, FAS, and flexible disassembly system…
Multiple part feeding – real‐world application for mobile manipulators
Mads Hvilshøj, Simon Bøgh, Oluf Skov Nielsen, Ole MadsenThe purpose of this paper is to present experience from a real‐world demonstration of autonomous industrial mobile manipulation (AIMM) based on the mobile manipulator “Little…
Collaborative virtual maintenance training system of complex equipment based on immersive virtual reality environment
Xiangyang Li, Qinhe Gao, Zhili Zhang, Xianxiang HuangThe paper aims to provide an integrated system for collaborative maintenance training of complex equipment based on virtual maintenance and immersive virtual reality environment.
Sensor‐less insertion strategy for an eccentric peg in a hole of the crankshaft and bearing assembly
Jianhua Su, Hong Qiao, Zhicai Ou, Yuren ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to give a novel sensor‐less manipulation strategy for the high‐precision assembly of an eccentric peg into a hole.
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0144-5154Renamed to:
Robotic Intelligence and AutomationOnline date, start – end:
1980 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditor:
- Prof Hong Qiao