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State-of-the-art survey on digital twin implementations
Digital twin (DT) has garnered attention in both industry and academia. With advances in big data and internet of things (IoTs) technologies, the infrastructure for DT implementation is becoming more readily a...
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Improving maintenance efficiency and safety through a human-centric approach
This paper presents an adaptive human-machine interface (HMI) that can provide appropriate sets of digital maintenance information and guidance to an operator during maintenance. It takes into consideration th...
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Open Access3D bare-hand interactions enabling ubiquitous interactions with smart objects
Ubiquitous augmented reality (UAR) implementation can benefit smart shop floor operations significantly. UAR from a user’s first-person view can support and provide the user with suitable and comprehensive inf...
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AR-assisted robot welding programming
Robotic welding demands high accuracy and precision. However, robot programming is often a tedious and time-consuming process that requires expert knowledge. This paper presents an augmented reality assisted r...
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Editorial for the special issue on innovative design and applications (selected papers from ICFDM2016)
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Open AccessHaptic and visual augmented reality interface for programming welding robots
It is a challenging task for operators to program a remote robot for welding manipulation depending only on the visual information from the remote site. This paper proposes an intuitive user interface for prog...
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Advanced manufacturing systems: socialization characteristics and trends
Since 1960s, with the development of societal and related technologies, many advanced manufacturing systems (AMSs) and modes have been put forward, and they have attracted the attention of a large number of re...
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Adaptive pass planning and optimization for robotic welding of complex joints
Current industrial robotic welding systems cannot achieve automated solutions for multi-layer multi-pass welding of complex joints due to the presence of non-uniform and irregular welding groove geometries. Th...
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An Overview of Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Sheet Metal Work
Sheet metal components are indispensable in a great variety of products from large to micro sizes due to the high strength to weight ratio and relative ease of forming them. Design of sheet metal forming dies,...
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A holistic decision support tool for remanufacturing: end-of-life (EOL) strategy planning
Remanufacturing is a key enabler for sustainable production due to its effectiveness in closing the loop on material flows, extending product life cycle and reducing production waste and emission. In this pape...
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Editorial for the special issue on big data and cloud technology for manufacturing
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A tracking solution for mobile augmented reality based on sensor-aided marker-less tracking and panoramic map**
This paper proposes a tracking system for outdoor augmented reality (AR) on handheld devices based on an integration of vision tracking and on-device sensor measurement. To deal with the unpredictable and comp...
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A comprehensive survey of augmented reality assembly research
In the past two decades, augmented reality (AR) has received a growing amount of attention by researchers in the manufacturing technology community, because AR can be applied to address a wide range of problem...
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Conceptual design using functional 3D models in augmented reality
Conceptual design defines the basic form and function of a product. In this paper, the use of functional 3D models (F3DM) for conceptual design is presented. The designer performs conceptual design by first de...
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EOL strategy planning for components of returned products
Remanufacturability assessment studies have been focused on analysing the feasibility whether a product can be remanufactured. However, not all components in a product are suitable for remanufacturing, e.g. so...
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Analysis of mechanical systems with adaptable functions for the evaluation of functional coupling and component importance
Mechanical systems with adaptable functions are versatile in functionalities and compact in physical structure than ordinary ones, hence are useful in many industrial and agricultural applications. One aspect ...
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Use of Embedded Smart Sensors in Products to Facilitate Remanufacturing
Unlike in traditional manufacturing, remanufacturers face uncertainty in quality, quantity, and frequency of returned products, making the remanufacturing processes less predictable and remanufacturing decisi...
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Improved Intelligent Water Drops Optimization Algorithm for Achieving Single and Multiple Objective Job Shop Scheduling Solutions
Job shop scheduling problem (JSSP) is a typical scheduling problem that aims to generate an optimal schedule to assign all the operations to the production equipments. JSSPs can be categorized into single ob...
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Product Design for Remanufacturing
Previous research studies have indicated that barriers to the remanufacturing process can be traced to the initial product design stage, and these have ignited the concept of Design for Remanufacturing (DfRem...
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Novel AR-based interface for human-robot interaction and visualization
Intuitive and efficient interfaces for human-robot interaction (HRI) has been a challenging issue in robotics as it is essential for the prevalence of robots supporting humans in key areas of activities. This ...