Progress, challenges and trends on vision sensing technologies in automatic/intelligent robotic welding: State-of-the-art review

Q Guo, Z Yang, J Xu, Y Jiang, W Wang, Z Liu… - Robotics and Computer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Welding is a method of realizing material connections, and the development of modern
sensing technology is pushing this traditional process towards automation and intelligence …

Motion planning and scheduling for human and industrial-robot collaboration

S Pellegrinelli, A Orlandini, N Pedrocchi, A Umbrico… - CIRP Annals, 2017 - Elsevier
Step-changes in safety technologies have opened robotic cells to human workers in real
industrial scenarios. However, the lack of methodologies for a productive and effective …

Multi-robot multi-station cooperative spot welding task allocation based on stepwise optimization: An industrial case study

B Zhou, R Zhou, Y Gan, F Fang, Y Mao - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2022 - Elsevier
The complicated task allocation, scheduling and planning problem with multiple stations and
multiple robots commonly seen in spot welding production line design is studied in this …

A time-space network model for collision-free routing of planar motions in a multirobot station

J Xin, C Meng, F Schulte, J Peng, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates a new collision-free routing problem of a multirobot system. The
objective is to minimize the cycle time of operation tasks for each robot while avoiding …

Minimization of the energy consumption in motion planning for single-robot tasks

S Pellegrinelli, S Borgia, N Pedrocchi, E Villagrossi… - Procedia Cirp, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, the importance of sustainable manufacturing has been widely discussed. The
optimization of energy consumption in product manufacture has been deeply analyzed …

Off-line programming of an industrial robot in a virtual reality environment

E Manou, GC Vosniakos, E Matsas - International Journal on Interactive …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Optimized joint motion planning for redundant industrial robots

G Erdős, A Kovács, J Váncza - CIRP Annals, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper presents a model and solution method for optimized robot joint motion planning
of redundant industrial robots that execute a set of tasks in a complex work environment, in …

Multi‐station multi‐robot task assignment method based on deep reinforcement learning

J Zhang, K Wang, C Mu - CAAI Transactions on Intelligence …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses on the problem of multi‐station multi‐robot spot welding task
assignment, and proposes a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework, which is made …

Development of robotic welding stations for pressure vessels: interactive digital manufacturing approaches

GC Vosniakos, P Katsaros, I Papagiannoulis… - International Journal on …, 2022 - Springer
This paper examines the issues pertaining to the design and development of robotic welding
stations for large intricate products, by example of a fabric dying machine, combining large …

Holonic coordination obtained by joining the contract net protocol with constraint satisfaction

D Panescu, C Pascal - Computers in Industry, 2016 - Elsevier
Present manufacturing systems are facing significant challenges concerning their
adaptability. Holonic manufacturing systems are among the technologies that can provide …