All Outputs (4)

Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Papadaki, A. R., Bacharoudis, K., Bainbridge, D., Burbage, N., Turner, A., Sanderson, D., …Ratchev, S. M. (2023). Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components. In Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: The Human-Data-Technology Nexus: Proceedings of FAIM 2022, June 19–23, 2022, Detroit, Michigan, USA (394-403). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18326-3_38

The classical approach to the creation of assembly work instructions for high value, complex products is time-consuming and prone to error. It requires a process engineer to write the work instructions step-by-step and manually insert specific techni... Read More about Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components.

An Adaptive, Repeatable and Rapid Auto-Reconfiguration Process in a Smart Manufacturing System for Small Box Assembly (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, Z., Kendall, P., Gumma, K., Turner, A., & Ratchev, S. (2022, August). An Adaptive, Repeatable and Rapid Auto-Reconfiguration Process in a Smart Manufacturing System for Small Box Assembly. Paper presented at 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Mexico City, Mexico and Chengdu, China

With increasing demand for productivity, flexibility , and sustainability, there is the need for a flexible manufacturing system that is auto-reconfigurable for variations in product types and assembly processes. However, the repeata-bility of reconf... Read More about An Adaptive, Repeatable and Rapid Auto-Reconfiguration Process in a Smart Manufacturing System for Small Box Assembly.

Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, Z., Kendall, P., Gumma, K., Smith, A., Turner, A., & Ratchev, S. (2022, June). Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly. Paper presented at 10th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, Nantes, France

The aerospace manufacturing industry has been using dedicated assembly systems with manual processes for decades. Not only is this labour-intensive, it is also extremely wasteful as no reuse is possible at the end of a product life cycle. As automati... Read More about Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly.

Imitation learning for coordinated human–robot collaboration based on hidden state-space models (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Wang, G., Jia, S., Turner, A., & Ratchev, S. (2022). Imitation learning for coordinated human–robot collaboration based on hidden state-space models. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 76, Article 102310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2021.102310

This paper proposes a novel coordinated human–robot collaboration framework based on the hidden state-space model, which probabilistically clones the human behaviour and presents dynamic features in a nonparametric form. Derived from the filter predi... Read More about Imitation learning for coordinated human–robot collaboration based on hidden state-space models.