This review paper aims to introduce systematic in-depth analysis of diversified aspects of
ultrasonic application in metal joining and processing including its limitations, future …

In this paper, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are
discussed, and the strategies to meet these requirements are considered. The production …

This paper summarizes our survey on the development of reconfigurable machines (RMs).
The goals of this survey were to (i) clarify the needs and drivers to develop the RMs,(ii) …

Mobile machining with industrial robots is proposed to be a cost-effective and portable
alternative to large-scale CNC machine tools in machining of large-scale parts designed in …

5-Axis CNC milling machines are important in a number of industries ranging from
aerospace to consumer-die-mold machining because they can deliver high machining …

Generating economical single-part flow-line (SPFL) configurations as candidates for a given
demand period is an important optimization problem for reconfigurable manufacturing …

Mobile machining with industrial robots is proposed as a cost-effective and portable
manufacturing alternative to large scale CNC machine tools in large-scale part …

We present a comprehensive tutorial review that explores the application of bio-inspired
approaches to robot control systems for grappling and manipulating a wide range of space …

The thesis focuses on the enhancement of stiffness modeling of serial and parallel
manipulators with passive joints under an essential loading. The developed technique takes …

This paper proposes a special non-symmetric topology of a 3PRR planar parallel kinematics
mechanism, which naturally avoids singularity within the workspace and can be utilized for …