Design and management of assembly systems 4.0: systematic literature review and research agenda

A Dolgui, F Sgarbossa, M Simonetto - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Assembly systems (ASs) have moved into the era of mass customisation and Industry 4.0 (I4.
0). Mass customisation involves a shift from the production of high quantities of the same …

Unmanned aerial vehicle routing problems: a literature review

A Thibbotuwawa, G Bocewicz, P Nielsen, Z Banaszak - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) routing is transitioning from an emerging topic to a growing
research area as the 3D flexible utilization of airspace, promogulated by UAVs, is a potential …

Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics

G Fragapane, D Ivanov, M Peron, F Sgarbossa… - Annals of operations …, 2022 - Springer
Manufacturing flexibility improves a firm's ability to react in timely manner to customer
demands and to increase production system productivity without incurring excessive costs …

A system of UAV application in indoor environment

Y Khosiawan, I Nielsen - Production & Manufacturing Research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, there has been an increased demand in the use of multiple unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) in indoor environments such as material handling task in a …

A novel methodology for optimal single mobile robot scheduling using whale optimization algorithm

M Petrović, Z Miljković, A Jokić - Applied Soft Computing, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the fundamental requirements for creating an intelligent manufacturing environment
is to develop a reliable, efficient and optimally scheduled material transport system. Besides …

An integrated approach for line balancing and AGV scheduling towards smart assembly systems

HF Rahman, MN Janardhanan, P Nielsen - Assembly Automation, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Optimizing material handling within the factory is one of the key problems of
modern assembly line systems. The purpose of this paper is to focus on simultaneously …

Multi-objective scheduling of a single mobile robot based on the grey wolf optimization algorithm

M Petrović, A Jokić, Z Miljković, Z Kulesza - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decades, intelligent mobile robots have been recognized as one of the most
promising and emerging solutions used for fulfilling material transport demands in intelligent …

A methodology for implementation of mobile robot in adaptive manufacturing environments

I Nielsen, QV Dang, G Bocewicz… - Journal of intelligent …, 2017 - Springer
With the rapid development of technologies, many production systems and modes has been
advanced with respect to manufacturing, management and information fields. The paper …

A hybrid framework for the modelling and optimisation of decision problems in sustainable supply chain management

P Sitek, J Wikarek - International Journal of Production Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes the hybrid framework for the modelling and optimisation of decision
problems in sustainable supply chain management. The constraint-based environments …

The multi-trip autonomous mobile robot scheduling problem with time windows in a stochastic environment at smart hospitals

L Cheng, N Zhao, K Wu, Z Chen - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) play a crucial role in transportation and service tasks at
hospitals, contributing to enhanced efficiency and meeting medical demands. This paper …