The research community is puzzled with words like skill, action, atomic unit and others when
describing robots' capabilities. However, for giving the possibility to integrate capabilities in …

AutomationML is an open neutral XML based data exchange format used in automation
systems. It has come into the public for more than 10 years and is being used in many …

Diverse customer demands are increasing the need for improved flexibility, adaptability, and
transparency of production processes. This poses new challenges to modern manufacturing …

The current trend to lot-size-one production requires reduced integration effort and easy
reuse of available devices inside the production line. These devices have to offer a uniform …

The paradigm shift from mass production to mass customisation and reduced product
lifecycles requires continuous re-engineering/configuration of modern manufacturing …

One of the major investment for applying industrial robots in production resides in the
software development, which is an interdisciplinary and heterogeneous engineering …

Human-robot collaboration is a key technology for realising and optimising the assembly of
multi-variant products. However, the long-term and economic operation of collaborative …

In the product development process, as it is currently practiced, production is still often
neglected in the early design phases, leading to late and costly changes. Using the …

This article presents a systematic literature review on the Plug and Produce concept in
advanced automated manufacturing control systems. Over recent decades, this concept has …

Abstract Knowledge Bases (KBs) enable engineers to capture knowledge in a formalized
way. This formalization allows us to combine knowledge, thus creating the basis for smart …