Assembly Automation: Volume 41 Issue 5

Disturbance rejection control of airborne radar stabilized platform based on active disturbance rejection control inverse estimation algorithm

Dong Mei, Zhu-Qing Yu

This paper aims to study a disturbance rejection controller to improve the anti-interference capability and the position tracking performance of airborne radar stabilized platform…

Multi-source information fusion based on factor graph in autonomous underwater vehicles navigation systems

Xiaoshuang Ma, Xixiang Liu, Chen-Long Li, Shuangliang Che

This paper aims to present a multi-source information fusion algorithm based on factor graph for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) navigation and positioning to address the…

Point set registration for assembly feature pose estimation using simulated annealing nested Gauss-Newton optimization

Kunyong Chen, Yong Zhao, Jiaxiang Wang, Hongwen Xing, Zhengjian Dong

This paper aims to propose a fast and robust 3D point set registration method for pose estimation of assembly features with few distinctive local features in the manufacturing…

Velocity-free distributed geometric formation control for underactuated UAVs

Yanjie Chen, Weiwei Zhan, Yibin Huang, Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang

This paper aims to investigate the distributed formation control problem for a multi-quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle system without linear velocity feedbacks.

Disturbance observer-based robust adaptive control for uncertain actuated nonlinear systemwith disturbances

Nigar Ahmed, Mou Chen

The aim of this research paper is to design a disturbance observer (DO)-based robust adaptive tracking control of uncertain nonlinear system subject to unknown nonlinear…

Research on optimization of assembly line based on product scheduling and just-in-time feeding of parts

Hui Zhang, Xiyang Li, Za Kan, Xiaohai Zhang, Zhiyong Li

Reducing production auxiliary time is the key to improve the efficiency of the existing mixed-flow assembly line. This paper proposes a method combining improved genetic algorithm…

Minimizing deviations of car sequencing in a JIT production painting line

Berrin Denizhan, Salih Özçelik, Tuğba Havuç

The first in first out (FIFO) rule is an indispensable rule in the automotive industry. However, during production, the order of coming to welding operation and exiting through…

Online time-optimal path and trajectory planning for robotic multipoint assembly

Yi Liu, Meng Joo Er, Chen Guo

The purpose of this paper is to propose an efficient path and trajectory planning method to solve online robotic multipoint assembly.

Tool workspace consideration for assembly plan generation

Akram Bedeoui, Riadh Ben Hadj, Moncef Hammadi, Nizar Aifaoui

During the design of a new product, the generation of assembly sequences plans (ASPs) has become one of the most important problems taken into account by researchers. In fact, a…

Planning and optimization of robotic pick-and-place operations in highly constrained industrial environments

Bence Tipary, András Kovács, Ferenc Gábor Erdős

The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive solution method for the manipulation of parts with complex geometries arriving in bulk into a robotic assembly cell. As…