Rapid prototyping (RP) or layered manufacturing (LM) technologies have been extensively
used to manufacture prototypes composed mainly of plastics, polymers, paper, and wax due …

Laboratory tasks are a powerful pedagogical strategy for developing competences in
science and engineering degrees, making students understand in a practical way the …

Digital technology has evolved towards a new way of processing information: web searches,
social platforms, internet forums, and video games have substituted reading books and …

The subject of this work is layout planning of machinery, especially for Flexible
Manufacturing Systems (FMS), using Augmented Reality tools. The goal is for the user to …

Robotic systems are complex and commonly require experts to program the motions and
interactions between all the different components. Operators with programming skills are …

Industrial robots need to be programmed quickly in order to be practically deployable in the
production of small batches. In programming by teaching or demonstration, when most of the …

In this paper the authors present a method to equip small and medium enterprises with a
highly flexible product line to automate their production through a robotic welding …

Current trends in the design of manufacturing systems are aimed at shortening the pre-
production phase. Designing CAD (Computer Aided Design) data and creating simulation …

The world is in transition driven by digitalization; industrial companies and educational
institutions are adopting Industry 4.0 and Education 4.0 technologies enabled by …

Industrial robotic arms are often employed in machine tool tending. If the scope of
programming is restricted to a specific machine tool type, the tasks involved become …