Assembly Automation: Volume 37 Issue 2

Editorial

Eujin Pei

A study of 4D printing and functionally graded additive manufacturing

Eujin Pei, Giselle Hsiang Loh, David Harrison, Henrique de Amorim Almeida, Mario Domingo Monzón Verona, Rubén Paz

The purpose of this paper is to extend existing knowledge of 4D printing, in line with Khoo et al. (2015) who defined the production of 4D printing using a single material, and 4D…

Investigating the friction coefficient in functionally graded rapid prototyping of Al–Al2O3 composite prepared by fused deposition modelling

Rupinder Singh, Sunpreet Singh

The present research work aims to study the friction coefficient in functionally graded rapid prototyping of Al–Al₂O₃ composite prepared via fused deposition modelling…

Method for characterization and enhancement of 3D printing by binder jetting applied to the textures quality

Julien Gardan

This paper aims to present a technical approach to evaluate the quality of textures obtained by an inkjet during binder jetting in 3D printing on a powder bed through contours…

Intelligent materials: a review of applications in 4D printing

Xin Li, Jianzhong Shang, Zhuo Wang

The paper aims to promote the development of intelligent materials and the 4D printing technology by introducing recent advances and applications of additive layered manufacturing…

How to achieve precise operation of a robotic manipulator on a macro to micro/nano scale

Zhiqiang Yu, Qing Shi, Huaping Wang, Ning Yu, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

The purpose of this paper is to present state-of-the-art approaches for precise operation of a robotic manipulator on a macro- to micro/nanoscale.

Force control for a rigid dual peg-in-hole assembly

Kuangen Zhang, MinHui Shi, Jing Xu, Feng Liu, Ken Chen

This paper aims to realize the automatic assembly process for multiple rigid peg-in-hole components.

Key assembly structure identification in complex mechanical assembly based on multi-source information

Zhoupeng Han, Rong Mo, Zhiyong Chang, Li Hao, Weilong Niu

The purpose of this paper is to find a method for key assembly structure identification in complex mechanical assembly. Three-dimensional model reuse plays an increasingly…

Real-time 3D work-piece tracking with monocular camera based on static and dynamic model libraries

Wenjun Zhu, Peng Wang, Rui Li, Xiangli Nie

This paper aims to propose a novel real-time three-dimensional (3D) model-based work-piece tracking method with monocular camera for high-precision assembly. Tracking of 3D…

A vision-based character inspection system for tire mold

Nian Cai, Yuchao Chen, Gen Liu, Guandong Cen, Han Wang, Xindu Chen

This paper aims to design an automatic inspection system for the characters on tire molds, which involves a vision-based inspection method for the characters on tire molds.

A hybrid Ant-Wolf Algorithm to optimize assembly sequence planning problem

Mohd Fadzil Faisae Ab Rashid

This paper aims to optimize the assembly sequence planning (ASP) problem using a proposed hybrid algorithm based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO)…

An assembly sensitivity analysis method based on state space model

Xin Li, Jianzhong Shang, Hong Zhu

This paper aims to consider a problem of assembly sensitivity in a multi-station assembly process. The authors focus on the assembly process of aircrafts, which includes cabins…