Smart manufacturing is arriving. It promises a future of mass-producing highly personalized
products via responsive autonomous manufacturing operations at a competitive cost. Of …

The objective of this study was to identify what competencies are identified in the literature
as necessary for Industry 4.0 by conducting a survey of the literature and a scientific …

For the past three decades, robotic machining has attracted a large amount of research
interest owning to the benefit of cost efficiency, high flexibility and multi-functionality of …

Abstract Computer Numeric Control (CNC) is a significant pillar of manufacturing for
decades. These systems are an essential part of future manufacturing. In the urge towards …

The increasing incorporation of digital technologies in industrial systems in recent years,
and their corresponding connection to the Internet of Things, has made it possible to offer …

In industrial manufacturing, with the deep integration and development of advanced digital
technologies such as industrial big data, industrial Internet and industrial artificial …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a high-valued production application for the manufacture of
functional parts. Despite significant advances in the AM field, numerous challenges remain …

Substantial progress and development in additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have
been realised during the last decade but have hardly been implemented on AM systems due …

Industrial companies operate in increasingly competitive international environments; thus,
they need to continuously innovate to improve their competitiveness, productivity, and …

This paper describes an approach for implementing the STEP-NC standard in additive
manufacturing. Geometric information of additive manufacturing layers is used as input data …