Outputs (41)

Online and Modular Energy Consumption Optimization of Industrial Robots (2023)
Journal Article
Torayev, A., Martinez-Arellano, G., Chaplin, J. C., Sanderson, D., & Ratchev, S. (2024). Online and Modular Energy Consumption Optimization of Industrial Robots. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 20(2), 1198-1207. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2023.3272692

Industrial robots contribute to a considerable amount of energy consumption in manufacturing. However, modeling the energy consumption of industrial robots is a complex problem as it requires considering components such as the robot controller, fans... Read More about Online and Modular Energy Consumption Optimization of Industrial Robots.

Capacity Modelling and Measurement for Smart Elastic Manufacturing Systems (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elshafei, B., Mo, F., Chaplin, J. C., Arellano, G. M., & Ratchev, S. Capacity Modelling and Measurement for Smart Elastic Manufacturing Systems. Presented at Aerotech 2023, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Aerospace manufacturing is improving its productivity and growth by expanding its capacity for production by investing in new tools and more equipment to provide additional capacity and flexibility in the face of widespread supply disruptions and unp... Read More about Capacity Modelling and Measurement for Smart Elastic Manufacturing Systems.

A maturity model for the autonomy of manufacturing systems (2023)
Journal Article
Mo, F., Monetti, F. M., Torayev, A., Rehman, H. U., Mulet Alberola, J. A., Rea Minango, N., Nguyen, H. N., Maffei, A., & Chaplin, J. C. (2023). A maturity model for the autonomy of manufacturing systems. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 126(1-2), 405-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10910-7

Modern manufacturing has to cope with dynamic and changing circumstances. Market fluctuations, the effects caused by unpredictable material shortages, highly variable product demand, and worker availability all require system robustness, flexibility,... Read More about A maturity model for the autonomy of manufacturing systems.

A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence (2023)
Journal Article
Mo, F., Rehman, H. U., Monetti, F. M., Chaplin, J. C., Sanderson, D., Popov, A., Maffei, A., & Ratchev, S. (2023). A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 82, Article 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2022.102524

Digital twins and artificial intelligence have shown promise for improving the robustness, responsiveness, and productivity of industrial systems. However, traditional digital twin approaches are often only employed to augment single, static systems... Read More about A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence.

Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jimenez, L. A. E., Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., & Barata, J. (2022, October). Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process. Presented at IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Brussels, Belgium

Self-configuration in manufacturing is a key trend to generate adaptable production systems. Different product requirements need different machine settings and continuous software update. Existing approaches usually assume that manufacturing resource... Read More about Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process.

Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing (2022)
Journal Article
Rehman, H. U., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., Mo, F., Jones, M., & Ratchev, S. (2022). Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55(10), 1852-1857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.668

The rise in demand for customised products and lower costs has generated the need for incorporating intelligence in production systems. Intelligence is the main driver for enabling intelligent control in production systems to meet feature, part and c... Read More about Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing.

A Framework for Manufacturing System Reconfiguration based on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mo, F., Chaplin, J. C., Sanderson, D., Rehman, H. U., Monetti, F. M., Maffei, A., & Ratchev, S. (2022, June). A Framework for Manufacturing System Reconfiguration based on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin. Presented at Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing International Conference (FAIM 2022), Detroit, USA

The application of digital twins and artificial intelligence to manufacturing has shown potential in improving system resilience, responsiveness, and productivity. Traditional digital twin approaches are generally applied to single, static systems to... Read More about A Framework for Manufacturing System Reconfiguration based on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin.

Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, H. U., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., Mo, F., Jones, M., & Ratchev, S. (2022, June). Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing. Presented at 10th IFAC Conference On Manufacturing Modelling, Management And Control, Nantes, France

The rise in demand for customised products and lower costs has generated the need for incorporating intelligence in production systems. Intelligence is the main driver for enabling intelligent control in production systems to meet feature, part and c... Read More about Service Based Approach to Asset Administration Shell for Controlling Testing Processes in Manufacturing.

Towards Modular and Plug-and-Produce Manufacturing Apps (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Torayev, A., Martínez-Arellano, G., Chaplin, J. C., Sanderson, D., & Ratchev, S. (2022, June). Towards Modular and Plug-and-Produce Manufacturing Apps. Presented at 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems “Leading Manufacturing Systems Transformation”, Lugano, Switzerland

Industry 4.0 redefines manufacturing systems as smart and connected systems where software solutions provide additional capabilities to the manufacturing equipment. However, the connection of manufacturing equipment with software solutions is challen... Read More about Towards Modular and Plug-and-Produce Manufacturing Apps.

Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, H. U., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., Jones, M., & Ratchev, S. (2021, November). Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing. Presented at 2021 9th International Conference on Systems and Control (ICSC), Caen, France

The manufacturing of customised products is a driver in the trend of incorporating intelligence in the system. This intelligence is required to enable the system to self-conFigure processes to meet the requirements of unique products. This work deals... Read More about Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing.