Volatility and uncertainty of today's value chains along with the market's demands for low-
batch customized products mandate production systems to become smarter and more …

To improve the fault tolerance of production systems against unforeseen events, modern
production systems must be able to react more autonomously with suitable solutions to …

A flexible operation of multiple robotic manipulators operating in a dynamic environment
requires online trajectory planning to ensure collision-free trajectories. In this work, we …

Current trends place great demands on the flexibility and sustainability of modern production
facilities. The optimisation of these Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems (FJSSP) under …

Modular production systems provide the opportunity to react more flexibly to customer-
individual requirements resulting in smaller batch sizes. The implementation of capabilities …

The flexibilization and increase of new production concepts such as matrix manufacturing
with the help of autonomous logistics robots (AGVs) pose new challenges to production …

In this paper, two new algorithms for dual decomposition-based distributed optimization are
presented. Both algorithms rely on the quadratic approximation of the dual function of the …

This article addresses the problem of automating a multi-arm pick-and-place robotic system.
The objective is to optimize the execution time of a task simultaneously performed by …

Abstract Cyber-Physical Production Modules (CPPMs) must be described by vendor-
independent and machine-readable standardized information models. Standards make …

A flexible operation of multiple robotic manipulators in a shared workspace requires an
online trajectory planning with static and dynamic collision avoidance. In this work, we …