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View article: Development and deployment of services based on D-BEST methodology for robotics and production automation related pilot lines
Development and deployment of services based on D-BEST methodology for robotics and production automation related pilot lines Open
The aim of the paper is to summarise the industrial needs relating to the research and development, test-before-invest and life-long learning. The main focus of the research is to increase the utilisation rates of the research and educatio…
View article: Virtual reality-based safety training in human-robot collaboration scenario: User experiences testing
Virtual reality-based safety training in human-robot collaboration scenario: User experiences testing Open
Robotic safety is an imperative topic, especially in Human-robot collaboration (HRC). The main objective of safety training in Virtual Reality (VR) is to visualize the safety-related regulations, standards, and guidance for robotics operat…
View article: Capabilities for circular economy innovation: Factors leading to product/service innovations in the construction and manufacturing industries
Capabilities for circular economy innovation: Factors leading to product/service innovations in the construction and manufacturing industries Open
As companies in the manufacturing and construction industries strive to meet the EU circular economy (CE) targets, they need to develop new capabilities to implement CE activities that can positively influence their product/service innovat…
View article: Technology Modules Providing Solutions for Agile Manufacturing
Technology Modules Providing Solutions for Agile Manufacturing Open
In this paper, we address the most pressing challenges faced by the manufacturing sector, particularly the manufacturing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where the transition towards high-mix low-volume production and the avai…
View article: The Circular Economy Competence of the Manufacturing Sector — A Case Study
The Circular Economy Competence of the Manufacturing Sector — A Case Study Open
Circular economy refers to the intention to overcome the problems in the current production and consumption model. The current model is based on continuous growth and an increasing efficient resource utilization among the industry. Within …
View article: Feasibility Analysis of Safety Training in Human-Robot Collaboration Scenario: Virtual Reality Use Case
Feasibility Analysis of Safety Training in Human-Robot Collaboration Scenario: Virtual Reality Use Case Open
Design and modification of human-robot collaboration workspace requires analysis of the safety of systems. Generally, the safety analysis process of a system commences with conducting a risk assessment. There exists a number international …
View article: Semantic rules for capability matchmaking in the context of manufacturing system design and reconfiguration
Semantic rules for capability matchmaking in the context of manufacturing system design and reconfiguration Open
To survive in dynamic markets and meet the changing requirements, manufacturing companies must rapidly design new production systems and reconfigure existing ones. The current designer-centric search of feasible resources from various cata…
View article: Dimensions for reconfiguration decision-making and concept for feasibility analysis of reconfigurable pilot lines in industry, research and education
Dimensions for reconfiguration decision-making and concept for feasibility analysis of reconfigurable pilot lines in industry, research and education Open
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems offer possibilities for customized flexibility on demand that aims for achieving cost-effective and rapid system changes. However, constantly changing customer requirements, increasing number of product…
View article: Reconfigurable Pilot Lines Enabling Industry Digitalization: An Approach for Transforming Industry and Academia Needs to Requirements Specifications
Reconfigurable Pilot Lines Enabling Industry Digitalization: An Approach for Transforming Industry and Academia Needs to Requirements Specifications Open
Reconfigurable Pilot Lines (RPLs) are one practical concept for implementing the test-before-invest strategy to improve skills and capabilities of European small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs typically have limited resources for syst…
View article: Monolithic vs. hybrid controller for multi-objective Sim-to-Real learning
Monolithic vs. hybrid controller for multi-objective Sim-to-Real learning Open
Simulation to real (Sim-to-Real) is an attractive approach to construct controllers for robotic tasks that are easier to simulate than to analytically solve. Working Sim-to-Real solutions have been demonstrated for tasks with a clear singl…
View article: Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation
Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation Open
For details, see: Hietanen, Antti, Jyrki Latokartano, Alessandro Foi, Roel Pieters, Ville Kyrki, Minna Lanz, and Joni-Kristian Kämäräinen. "Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation." Robotics and Autonomous Systems 143 (2021): 1…
View article: Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation
Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation Open
Funding Information: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825196. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
View article: Trends for Low-Cost and Open-Source IoT Solutions Development for Industry 4.0
Trends for Low-Cost and Open-Source IoT Solutions Development for Industry 4.0 Open
The aim of the paper is to review the trends on low-cost open-source Internet of Thing (IoT) in the Framework of Industry 4.0. We hypothesize that open source IoTs benefits small and medium sized (SME) manufacturing companies to help them …
View article: Review on existing VR/AR solutions in human–robot collaboration
Review on existing VR/AR solutions in human–robot collaboration Open
During the last decades, there has been wide interest towards creating more agile and reconfigurable automation systems. This includes the research interest towards human–robot collaboration (HRC) solutions, where semi or fully automated p…
View article: Capability matchmaking software for rapid production system design and reconfiguration planning
Capability matchmaking software for rapid production system design and reconfiguration planning Open
Traditionally, the production system design and reconfiguration planning are manual processes, which rely heavily on the designers’ expertise and tacit knowledge to find feasible system configuration solutions. Rapid responsiveness of futu…
View article: Resource Interface Matchmaking as a Part of Automatic Capability Matchmaking
Resource Interface Matchmaking as a Part of Automatic Capability Matchmaking Open
This paper presents a case study for capability matchmaking method and specifically focuses on interface matchmaking process. This method can be utilised during production system design or reconfiguration by system integrators or end users…
View article: Towards the Interoperability of IoT Platforms: A Case Study for Data Collection and Data Storage
Towards the Interoperability of IoT Platforms: A Case Study for Data Collection and Data Storage Open
Interoperability is one of the biggest challenges in IoT. There is a need to connect tools and services from different platforms to improve performance and flexibility as well as to get rid of vendor-locks. Moreover, fully established prac…
View article: Digital innovation hubs for robotics – TRINITY approach for distributing knowledge via modular use case demonstrations
Digital innovation hubs for robotics – TRINITY approach for distributing knowledge via modular use case demonstrations Open
Robots are no longer stand-alone systems on the factory floor. The demand for industrial robots (market) is anticipated to be growing to 65 billion euros by the year 2023. Within all areas of robotics, the demand for collaborative and more…
View article: Lean Indicators for Small Batch Size Manufacturers in High Cost Countries
Lean Indicators for Small Batch Size Manufacturers in High Cost Countries Open
Lean manufacturing is commonly agreed as efficient and competitive performance towards which all manufacturing companies desire to develop their operations. Literature largely supports this with numerous case studies on various industries …
View article: Concept for distributed robotics learning environment - Increasing the access to the robotics via modularisation of systems and mobility
Concept for distributed robotics learning environment - Increasing the access to the robotics via modularisation of systems and mobility Open
The ongoing digital transition affects manufacturing industry at all levels, from workers at a shop floor to machine systems, and from business models to future markets. Emerging technologies such as robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Art…
View article: Emotions-aware Digital Twins For Manufacturing
Emotions-aware Digital Twins For Manufacturing Open
Digital manufacturing employs different enabling technologies to represent various aspects of product and its manufacturing processes to be able proactively make better, i.e. informative decisions. Digital twins is the recently developed a…
View article: Concept for Virtual Safety Training System for Human-Robot Collaboration
Concept for Virtual Safety Training System for Human-Robot Collaboration Open
The emergence of Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) creates the opportunity for operators and robots to work in a shared workspace. Adaptation of such a concept in the field of manufacturing industry aims to increase the flexibility of factor…
View article: Interactive learning activities for education of factory level order-to-delivery process
Interactive learning activities for education of factory level order-to-delivery process Open
This paper presents interactive learning activities on both individual exercises and course implementations. The main objective is to enrich the education of production engineering both on bachelor and master level studies. The learning ac…
View article: A unified ontology namespace for enterprise integration - a digital twin case study
A unified ontology namespace for enterprise integration - a digital twin case study Open
In order to be able to scale business enterprises and digitally transform them, we need to be able to readily integrate business data.Traditional systems have business data travelling through different layers of the automation stack vertic…
View article: AR-based interaction for human-robot collaborative manufacturing
AR-based interaction for human-robot collaborative manufacturing Open
Industrial standards define safety requirements for Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) in industrial manufacturing. The standards particularly require real-time monitoring and securing of the minimum protective distance between a robot and an…
View article: AR-based interaction for safe human-robot collaborative manufacturing
AR-based interaction for safe human-robot collaborative manufacturing Open
Industrial standards define safety requirements for Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) in industrial manufacturing. The standards particularly require real-time monitoring and securing of the minimum protective distance between a robot and an…