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{"title":"A C2 continuous trajectory planning method for 6-DOF rotational robot manipulators","authors":"K. Min, F. Ni, Guojun Zhang, Xin Shu, Hong Liu","doi":"10.1108/aa-07-2021-0091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-07-2021-0091","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to propose a smooth double-spline interpolation method for six-degree-of-freedom rotational robot manipulators, achieving the global C2 continuity of the robot trajectory.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This paper presents a smooth double-spline interpolation method, achieving the global C2 continuity of the robot trajectory. The tool center positions and quaternion orientations are first fitted by a cubic B-spline curve and a quartic-polynomial-based quaternion spline curve, respectively. Then, a parameter synchronization model is proposed to realize the synchronous and smooth movement of the robot along the double spline curves. Finally, an extra u-s function is used to record the relationship between the B-spline parameter and its arc length parameter, which may reduce the feed rate fluctuation in interpolation. The seven segments jerk-limited feed rate profile is used to generate motion commands for algorithm validation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method is effective and can generate the global C2-continuity robot trajectory.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The main contributions of this paper are as follows: guarantee the C2 continuity of the position path and quaternion orientation path simultaneously; provide a parameter synchronization model to realize the synchronous and smooth movement of the robot along the double spline curves; and add an extra u-s function to realize arc length parameterization of the B-spline path, which may reduce the feed rate fluctuation in interpolation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44351034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a firewater deluge monitoring and forecasting system based on GA-ARMA model","authors":"Fei-xiang Xu, Ruoyuan Qu, Chen Zhou","doi":"10.1108/aa-05-2022-0117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-05-2022-0117","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The firewater deluge system (FDS) can provide water automatically through a deluge valve when a fire breaks out. However, there are many fire hazards caused by the abnormal operating state of the FDS. To monitor and predict the working state of the FDS, this paper aims to propose a firewater deluge monitoring and forecasting system using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000The firewater deluge monitoring and forecasting system consists of three layers: the sensing layer, network layer and application layer. The firewater pressure obtained by the monitoring nodes was transmitted to the local gateway and then to the remote monitoring center. In the application layer, an autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model was put forward to forecast the firewater pressure. Furthermore, a genetic algorithm (GA) was proposed to perfect the order determination method of the ARMA model. Finally, a Web application was developed to display the real time and predicted working status of the FDS.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The predicted results show that the ARMA model improved by the GA (GA-ARMA) is significantly better than traditional ARMA models in terms of mean relative error, mean absolute error and mean square error. Moreover, the proposed system is demonstrated to be effective, and an early warning can be alerted to remind users of repairing abnormal FDS equipment ahead of fire dangers.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The proposed system cannot only be applied to the FDS of all buildings to avoid fire hazards by monitoring and predicting the working state of the FDS, but can also be widely used in other fields, such as environmental monitoring, intelligent logistics and intelligent transportation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45716867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Eye control system based on convolutional neural network: a review","authors":"Jianbin Xiong, Jinji Nie, Jiehao Li","doi":"10.1108/aa-02-2022-0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-02-2022-0030","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This paper primarily aims to focus on a review of convolutional neural network (CNN)-based eye control systems. The performance of CNNs in big data has led to the development of eye control systems. Therefore, a review of eye control systems based on CNNs is helpful for future research.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000In this paper, first, it covers the fundamentals of the eye control system as well as the fundamentals of CNNs. Second, the standard CNN model and the target detection model are summarized. The eye control system’s CNN gaze estimation approach and model are next described and summarized. Finally, the progress of the gaze estimation of the eye control system is discussed and anticipated.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The eye control system accomplishes the control effect using gaze estimation technology, which focuses on the features and information of the eyeball, eye movement and gaze, among other things. The traditional eye control system adopts pupil monitoring, pupil positioning, Hough algorithm and other methods. This study will focus on a CNN-based eye control system. First of all, the authors present the CNN model, which is effective in image identification, target detection and tracking. Furthermore, the CNN-based eye control system is separated into three categories: semantic information, monocular/binocular and full-face. Finally, three challenges linked to the development of an eye control system based on a CNN are discussed, along with possible solutions.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This research can provide theoretical and engineering basis for the eye control system platform. In addition, it also summarizes the ideas of predecessors to support the development of future research.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45846231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mixed-integer linear programming models for the type-II resource-constrained assembly line balancing problem","authors":"Adalberto Sato Michels, Alysson M. Costa","doi":"10.1108/aa-10-2021-0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-10-2021-0140","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000Resource-constrained assembly lines are widely found in industries that manufacture complex products. In such lines, tasks may require specific resources to be processed. Therefore, decisions on which tasks and resources will be assigned to each station must be made. When the number of available stations is fixed, the problem’s main goal becomes the minimisation of cycle time (type-II version). This paper aims to explore this variant of the problem that lacks investigation in the literature.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000In this paper, the authors propose mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) models to minimise cycle time in resource-constrained assembly lines, given a limited number of stations and resources. Dedicated and alternative resource types for tasks are considered in different scenarios.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Besides, past modelling decisions and assumptions are questioned. The authors discuss how they were leading to suboptimal solutions and offer a rectification.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000The proposed models and data set fulfil more practical concerns by taking into account characteristics found in real-world assembly lines.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The proposed MILP models are applied to an existing data set, results are compared against a constraint programming model, and new optimal solutions are obtained. Moreover, a data set extension is proposed due to the simplicity of the current one and instances up to 70 tasks are optimally solved.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45528986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptive dynamic surface output feedback control for a class of quadrotor aircraft with actuator faults","authors":"Guoqiang Zhu, He Li, Huan Zhang, Sen Wang, Xiuyu Zhang","doi":"10.1108/aa-01-2022-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-01-2022-0009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this study is to propose an adaptive fault-tolerant control approach based on output feedback for a class of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles system. In the event of a controlled actuator failure, a stable flying of the aircraft can be achieved by selecting an appropriate sliding mode surface.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000Aiming at the actuator failure of quadrotor aircraft during flight in the controllable range, a dynamic surface sliding mode passive fault-tolerant controller based on output feedback is designed based on the strong robustness of sliding mode method. Due to the unknown nonlinearity dynamics and parameter uncertainties in the system, a nonlinear observer is used to estimate them online.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The stability of the suggested algorithm is established using appropriate Lyapunov functions, and the performance of the proposed control approach is demonstrated using hardware-in-the-loop simulation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000An error performance function is introduced into the controller to ensure the convergence speed and accuracy of errors are within the predetermined range. By using the norm estimation method, there is only one parameter that needs to be updated in each step of the control process, which considerably minimizes the calculation burden. Finally, the validity of the proposed control scheme is verified on the hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and the results show that the proposed control method has achieved the desired results.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43055259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The snake-inspired robots: a review","authors":"Xiaolong Yang, Long Zheng, Da Lü, Jinhao Wang, Shukun Wang, Hang Su, Zhixin Wang, Luquan Ren","doi":"10.1108/aa-03-2022-0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-03-2022-0058","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000Snake-inspired robots are of great significance in many fields because of their great adaptability to the environment. This paper aims to systematically illustrate the research progress of snake-inspired robots according to their application environments. It classifies snake-inspired robots according to the numbers of degrees of freedom in each joint and briefly describes the modeling and control of snake-inspired robots. Finally, the application fields and future development trends of snake-inspired robots are analyzed and discussed.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This paper summarizes the research progress of snake-inspired robots and clarifies the requirements of snake-inspired robots for self-adaptive environments and multi-functional tasks. By equipping various sensors and tool modules, snake-inspired robots are developed from fixed-point operation in a single environment to autonomous operation in an amphibious environment. Finally, it is pointed out that snake-inspired robots will be developed in terms of rigid and flexible deformable structure, long endurance and multi-function and intelligent autonomous control.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Inspired by the modular and reconfigurable concepts of biological snakes, snake-inspired robots are well adapted to unknown and changing environments. Therefore, snake-inspired robots will be widely used in industrial, military, medical, post-disaster search and rescue applications. Snake-inspired robots have become a hot research topic in the field of bionic robots.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This paper summarizes the research status of snake-inspired robots, which facilitates the reader to be a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the research progress of snake-inspired robots. This helps the reader to gain inspiration from biological perspectives.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48104328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improved feature point extraction method of ORB-SLAM2 dense map","authors":"Lin Zhang, Yingjie Zhang","doi":"10.1108/aa-03-2022-0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-03-2022-0032","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This paper aims to quickly obtain an accurate and complete dense three-dimensional map of indoor environment with lower cost, which can be directly used in navigation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This paper proposes an improved ORB-SLAM2 dense map optimization algorithm. This algorithm consists of three parts: ORB feature extraction based on improved FAST-12, feature point extraction with progressive sample consensus (PROSAC) and the dense ORB-SLAM2 algorithm for mapping. Here, the dense ORB-SLAM2 algorithm adds LoopClose optimization thread and dense point cloud map and octree map construction thread. The dense map is computationally expensive and occupies a large amount of memory. Therefore, the proposed method takes higher efficiency, voxel filtering can reduce the memory while ensuring the density of the map and then use the octree format to store the map to further reduce memory.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The improved ORB-SLAM2 algorithm is compared with the original ORB-SLAM2 algorithm, and the experimental results show that the map through improved ORB-SLAM2 can be directly used in navigation process with higher accuracy, shorter tracking time and smaller memory.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The improved ORB-SLAM2 algorithm can obtain a dense environment map, which ensures the integrity of data. The comparisons of FAST-12 and improved FAST-12, RANSAC and PROSAC prove that the improved FAST-12 and PROSAC both make the feature point extraction process faster and more accurate. Voxel filter helps to take small storage memory and low computation cost, and octree map construction on the dense map can be directly used in navigation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47963143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assembly line-Seru conversion in the C2M enterprise: an empirical study in China","authors":"H. Shan","doi":"10.1108/aa-04-2022-0087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-04-2022-0087","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000To respond to customer needs and achieve customized manufacturing, the manufacturing industry, as represented by electronics assembly companies, has embarked on a path of business model transformation (customer to manufacturer [C2M]). The purpose of this paper is to examine the practical application of assembly line-Seru conversion in a Chinese electronics assembly company during the C2M transition.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000To begin with, this paper proposed a production line improvement scheme suitable for the conversion of C2M manufacturing enterprise assembly line-Seru based on an analysis of the difficulties encountered in the existing production line of A company in China. Then, a mathematical model was presented for the minimum value of the makespan and the maximum workers’ expenditure between Serus. Finally, the SA-NSGA-II algorithm and the entropy-weight TOPSIS approach were used to determine the optimal scheme for Seru unit, batch, product type and worker distribution.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Seru production and multiskilled workers are more suited to the C2M business model. The most effective strategy for worker allocation can reduce the number of employees and makespan in Serus. Additionally, the performance of the SA-NSGA-II algorithm and the method of selecting the optimal solution from the Pareto solution by the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method is also demonstrated.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000Through a detailed study of how to transform the production line, other companies can apply the methods outlined in this article to shorten the delivery time, make full use of the abilities of workers and assign workers to specific positions, thereby reducing the number of workers, workers’ expenditure and improving the balance rate of production lines.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000Given the scarcity of studies on the production method of C2M-type firms in the prior literature, this paper examined the assembly line-Seru conversion problem with the goal of minimizing the makespan and worker expenditure. To address the NSGA-II algorithm’s insufficient convergence, the simulated annealing process is incorporated into the method, which improves the optimization performance.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42602313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chance-constrained programming with robustness for lot-sizing and scheduling problems under complex uncertainty","authors":"Jizhuang Hui, Shuai Wang, Zhu Bin, Guangwei Xiong, Jingxiang Lv","doi":"10.1108/aa-01-2022-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-01-2022-0004","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper deals with a capacitated multi-item dynamic lot-sizing problem with the simultaneous sequence-dependent setup scheduling of the parallel resource under complex uncertainty.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000An improved chance-constrained method is developed, in which confidence level of uncertain parameters is used to process uncertainty, and based on this, the reliability of the constraints is measured. Then, this study proposes a robust reconstruction method to transform the chance-constrained model into a deterministic model that is easy to solve, in which the robust transformation methods are used to deal with constraints with uncertainty on the right/left. Then, experimental studies using a real-world production data set provided by a gearbox synchronizer factory of an automobile supplier is carried out.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000This study has demonstrated the merits of the proposed approach where the inventory of products tends to increase with the increase of confidence level. Due to a larger confidence level may result in a more strict constraint, which means that the decision-maker becomes more conservative, and thus tends to satisfy more external demands at the cost of an increase of production and stocks.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000Joint decisions of production lot-sizing and scheduling widely applied in industries can effectively avert the infeasibility of lot-size decisions, caused by capacity of lot-sing alone decision and complex uncertainty such as product demand and production cost. is also challenging.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This study provides more choices for the decision-makers and can also help production planners find bottleneck resources in the production system, thus developing a more feasible and reasonable production plan in a complex uncertain environment.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62009116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FAOF: a feature aggregation method based on optical flow for gangue detection on production environment","authors":"Miao Yanzi, Wang Xiaolin, Zhang Yuanhao, Jifan Liang, W. Yizhou, X. Zhiyang","doi":"10.1108/aa-03-2022-0033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aa-03-2022-0033","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to improve the precision of gangue detection. In the real production environment, some gangue features are not obvious, and it is difficult to distinguish between coal and gangue. The color of the conveyor belt is similar to the gangue, the background noise also brings challenge to gangue detection. To address the above problems, we propose a feature aggregation method based on optical flow (FAOF).\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000An FAOF is proposed. First, to enhance the feature representation of the current frame, FAOF applies the timing information of video stream, propagates the feature information of the past few frames to the current frame by optical flow. Second, the coordinate attention (CA) module is adopted to suppress the noise impact brought by the background of convey belt. Third, the Mish activation function is used to replace rectified linear unit to improve the generalization capability of our model.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The experimental results show that the gangue detection model proposed in this paper improve 4.3 average precision compared to baseline. This model can effectively improve the accuracy of gangue detection in real production environment.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The key contributions are as follows: this study proposes an FAOF; this study adds CA module and Mish to reduce noise from the background of the conveyor belt; and this study also constructs a large gangue data set.\u0000","PeriodicalId":55448,"journal":{"name":"Assembly Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49181372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}