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Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martínez-Arellano, G., McNally, M. J., Chaplin, J. C., Ling, Z., McFarlane, D., & Ratchev, S. (2021, November). Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions. Presented at 11th International Workshop on Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future (SOHOMA’21), Cluny, France

The rate of adoption of digital solutions in manufacturing environments remains low despite the benefits these can bring. This is particularly acute among industrial small and medium enterprises (SMEs), who typically do not have the confidence to ado... Read More about Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions.

Cloud Based Decision Making for Multi-Agent Production Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, H. U., Pulikottil, T., Estrada-Jimenez, L. A., Mo, F., Chaplin, J. C., Barata, J., & Ratchev, S. (2021, September). Cloud Based Decision Making for Multi-Agent Production Systems. Presented at EPIA2021 - 20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, [Online]

The use of multi-agent systems (MAS) as a distributed control method for shop-floor manufacturing control applications has been extensively researched. MAS provides new implementation solutions for smart manufacturing requirements such as the high dy... Read More about Cloud Based Decision Making for Multi-Agent Production Systems.

A Framework for Self-configuration in Manufacturing Production Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, H. U., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., & Ratchev, S. (2021, July). A Framework for Self-configuration in Manufacturing Production Systems. Presented at 12th Advanced Doctoral Conference On Computing, Electrical And Industrial Systems (DOCEIS2021), Caparica, Portugal

Intelligence in manufacturing enables the optimization and configuration of processes, and a goal of future smart manufacturing is to enable processes to configure themselves-called self-configuration. This paper describes a framework for utilising d... Read More about A Framework for Self-configuration in Manufacturing Production Systems.

Context-Aware Plug and Produce for Robotic Aerospace Assembly (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanderson, D., Shires, E., Chaplin, J. C., Brookes, H., Liaqat, A., & Ratchev, S. (2020, December). Context-Aware Plug and Produce for Robotic Aerospace Assembly. Presented at IPAS 2020: 9th International Precision Assembly Seminar, Kitzbühel, Austria

Aerospace production systems face increasing requirements for flexibility and reconfiguration, along with considerations of cost, utilisation, and efficiency. This drives a need for systems with a small number of automation platforms (e.g. industrial... Read More about Context-Aware Plug and Produce for Robotic Aerospace Assembly.

Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project (2020)
Journal Article
McNally, M. J., Chaplin, J. C., Martinez-Arellano, G., & Ratchev, S. (2020). Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53(3), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.11.065

The adoption of digital manufacturing in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in the UK is low, yet these technologies offer significant promise to boost productivity. Two major causes of this lack of uptake is the high upfr... Read More about Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project.

Industrial Robots 4.0 (2020)
Book Chapter
Fassi, I., Pio Negri, S., Pagano, C., Rebaioli, L., & Valori, M. (2020). Industrial Robots 4.0. In J. Chaplin, C. Pagano, & S. Fort (Eds.), Digital Manufacturing for SMEs: An Introduction (191-212). Digit-T. https://doi.org/10.17639/vjvt-7681

Affordable data integration approach for production enterprises (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., & Ratchev, S. Affordable data integration approach for production enterprises. Presented at 53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Chicago, Illinois, USA

© 2020 The Authors. The manufacturing industries in a number of high-labour-cost economies are undergoing a shift towards increased automation and intelligence typified by the ‘Industry 4.0' paradigm. Advances from computer science research including... Read More about Affordable data integration approach for production enterprises.

Implementing large-scale Aerospace Assembly 4.0 demonstration systems? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanderson, D., Turner, A., Shires, E., Chaplin, J. C., & Ratchev, S. Implementing large-scale Aerospace Assembly 4.0 demonstration systems?. Presented at 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany

The Future Automated Aerospace Assembly phase 1 technology Demonstrator (FA3D) was commissioned at the University of Nottingham and used to demonstrate concepts from the EPSRC Evolvable Assembly Systems project in specific industrial use cases. A num... Read More about Implementing large-scale Aerospace Assembly 4.0 demonstration systems?.

A Function-Behaviour-Structure design methodology for adaptive production systems (2019)
Journal Article
Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., & Ratchev, S. (2019). A Function-Behaviour-Structure design methodology for adaptive production systems. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-03823-x

Adaptive production systems are a key trend in modern advanced manufacturing. This stems from the requirement for the system to respond to disruption , either in the form of product changes or changes to other operational parameters. The design and r... Read More about A Function-Behaviour-Structure design methodology for adaptive production systems.

Demonstration of Transformable Manufacturing Systems through the Evolvable Assembly Systems Project (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanderson, D., Turner, A., Shires, E., Chaplin, J., & Ratchev, S. Demonstration of Transformable Manufacturing Systems through the Evolvable Assembly Systems Project. Presented at AeroTech Americas 2019

© 2019 SAE International. All Rights Reserved. Evolvable Assembly Systems is a five year UK research council funded project into flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. The principal goal of the research programme has been to define and va... Read More about Demonstration of Transformable Manufacturing Systems through the Evolvable Assembly Systems Project.

Synthesising process controllers from formal models of transformable assembly systems (2019)
Journal Article
De Silva, L., Felli, P., Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., Logan, B., & Ratchev, S. (2019). Synthesising process controllers from formal models of transformable assembly systems. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 58, 130-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2019.01.014

When producing complex and highly customisable products in low volumes (or in 'batch sizes of one'), automation of production systems is critical for competitiveness and profitability in high labour-cost economies. To facilitate batch-size-of-one pro... Read More about Synthesising process controllers from formal models of transformable assembly systems.

Deployment of a distributed multi-agent architecture for transformable assembly (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chaplin, J. C., & Ratchev, S. (2018, January). Deployment of a distributed multi-agent architecture for transformable assembly. Presented at 8th IFIP WG 5.5 International Precision Assembly Seminar, IPAS 2018, Chamonix, France

Industry 4.0 represents a new philosophy in manufacturing systems, based on networked, intelligent, and cooperative resources. This revolution is necessary to make the cost-effective production of batch-size-of-one customised items in high-value manu... Read More about Deployment of a distributed multi-agent architecture for transformable assembly.