Cognition-enhanced assembly sequence planning for ergonomic and productive human–robot collaboration in self-optimizing assembly cells

Faber, Marco; Mertens, Alexander; Schlick, Christopher

doi:10.1007/s11740-017-0732-9

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“…This paper is consistent with the established practice of referring to cognitive science to inform the development of production systems [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. However, it is novel in addressing the need to combine flexibility and efficiency for persistent sustainability in terms of cognitive functioning as modelled with information theory.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…This research by others encompasses cognitive flexibility and efficiency in terms of brain entropy and applies information-theoretic constructs including information, information entropy ( H ), relative entropy ( D ), and transfer entropy ( TE ) [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. Thus, this paper is consistent with the practice of referring to cognitive science to inform the development of production systems [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. However, it is novel in addressing the need to combine flexibility and efficiency for persistent sustainability in terms of cognitive functioning modelled with information theory.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 83%

“…The higher the number of neural states that can be accessed the higher the brain entropy [ 11 , 12 ]. The term brain entropy is not compatible with cognitive production that can involve some artificial intelligence as well as natural intelligence [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. Rather, cognitive entropy is a more fitting term.…”

Section: Cognitive Entropy For Flexible Efficient Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Flexible Efficient Cognition for Persistent Sustainable Production

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2020

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Amidst certainty, efficiency can improve sustainability by reducing resource consumption. However, flexibility is needed to be able to survive when uncertainty increases. Apropos, sustainable production cannot persist in the long-term without having both flexibility and efficiency. Referring to cognitive science to inform the development of production systems is well established. However, recent research in cognitive science encompassing flexibility and efficiency in brain functioning have not been considered previously. In particular, research by others that encompasses information (I), information entropy (H), relative entropy (D), transfer entropy (TE), and brain entropy. By contrast, in this paper, flexibility and efficiency for persistent sustainable production is analyzed in relation to these information theory applications in cognitive science and is quantified in terms of information. Thus, this paper is consistent with the established practice of referring to cognitive science to inform the development of production systems. However, it is novel in addressing the need to combine flexibility and efficiency for persistent sustainability in terms of cognitive functioning as modelled with information theory.

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2020

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“…Besonders die Produktionstechnik ist vom Einsatz neuer Assistenzsysteme, Kollaboration, digitalisierter Prozesssteuerung und digitalisierten Arbeitsplätzen betroffen (z. B. Czerniak et al 2017;Faber et al 2017). Dieses große Forschungsfeld ist auch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen relevant (vgl.…”

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Work-based learning: Development, implementation and evaluation of a further education workshop for manual assembly using authoring system tools

Goppold

Frenz

2020

Z. Arb. Wiss.

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Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag stellt ein Weiterbildungskonzept für formal Nichtqualifizierte als heterogene Zielgruppe in der industriellen manuellen Montage vor. Auf Grundlage einer arbeitswissenschaftlichen Analyse der Erwerbsarbeit wird ein gestaltungsorientiertes Lernkonzept vorgestellt, das arbeitsintegriert eingesetzt wird. Die Nutzung der Autorensystemmethode ermöglicht es, den Arbeitsprozess mit einem Lernprozess der Videotutorialerstellung zu überlagern und dadurch die Arbeitsprozessgestaltung zu reflektieren. Basierend auf der didaktischen Leitidee der reflexiven Handlungsfähigkeit wird die Vorgehensweise von der Arbeitsanalyse bis zur Ausgestaltung der konkreten Lehr-Lern-Arrangements aufgezeigt. Die Ergebnisse der Evaluation mit Hilfe einer Kompetenzbilanzierung und Bewertung der Tutorials als Arbeitsergebnisse zeigen die Unterschiede in der heterogenen Zielgruppe und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten auf. Praktische Relevanz: Der Beitrag zeigt eine arbeitsprozessbegleitende Kompetenzbilanzierung, welche für Zertifizierungen genutzt werden kann. Daneben wird ein Best-Practice-Beispiel für die Umsetzung von arbeitsprozessintegriertem Lernen erläutert, welches auf viele innerbetriebliche Prozesse von produzierenden Branchen übertragen werden kann. Das Konzept ermöglicht Lernen direkt am Arbeitsplatz und fördert Prozessverständnis, welches im kontinuierlichen Verbesserungsprozess von hoher Relevanz ist.

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“…Ding and Hon (2013) measured the operator characteristics and working posture by measuring the operator visibility and accessibility to the assembly task. On the other hand, Faber et al (2017) studied the human-robot interaction for assembly planning. They measured the ergonomic risk by minimizing the number of switches between robot and human in the assembly process.…”

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Energy efficient modeling and optimization for assembly sequence planning using moth flame optimization

Abdullah

Rashid

Ponnambalam

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Purpose Environmental problems in manufacturing industries are a global issue owing to severe lack fossil resources. In assembly sequence planning (ASP), the research effort mainly aims to improve profit and human-related factors, but it still lacks in the consideration of the environmental issue. This paper aims to present an energy-efficient model for the ASP problem. Design/methodology/approach The proposed model considered energy utilization during the assembly process, particularly idle energy utilization. The problem was then optimized using moth flame optimization (MFO) and compared with well-established algorithms such as genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO) and ant colony optimization (ACO). A computational test was conducted using five assembly problems ranging from 12 to 40 components. Findings The results of the computational experiments indicated that the proposed model was capable of generating an energy-efficient assembly sequence. At the same time, the results also showed that MFO consistently performed better in terms of the best and mean fitness, with acceptable computational time. Originality/value This paper proposed a new energy-efficient ASP model that can be a guideline to design assembly station. Furthermore, this is the first attempt to implement MFO for the ASP problem.

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Cognition-enhanced assembly sequence planning for ergonomic and productive human–robot collaboration in self-optimizing assembly cells

Cited by 32 publications

References 46 publications

An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Flexible Efficient Cognition for Persistent Sustainable Production

An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Flexible Efficient Cognition for Persistent Sustainable Production

Work-based learning: Development, implementation and evaluation of a further education workshop for manual assembly using authoring system tools

Energy efficient modeling and optimization for assembly sequence planning using moth flame optimization

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