Development of reconfigurable machines

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Bi, Z.M. [1 ]
Lang, Sherman Y. T. [1 ]
Verner, M. [1 ]
Orban, P. [1 ]
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[1] Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council, London, ON N6G 4X8, Canada
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International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | 2008年 / 39卷 / 11-12期
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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) define the academic and practical issues involved in the development of RMs; (iii) learn the state of the art of the R&D on design methodologies of the RMs; and (iv) identify future research directions; which benefit the manufacturing industries in short and long terms. The survey has concluded that reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs) are advantageous in dealing with changes and uncertainties in the ever-changing environment; while RMs are essential components to implement an RMS. RMs should be designed to meet a variety of task requirements via its reconfigurability. It has been found that few existing RMs can achieve this objective. The survey has concluded that the obstacles of the development of RMs include (i) the difficulties to identify and generalize design requirements since an RM is application-oriented and the design requirements have to be defined from an actual application; and in fact; some requirements are very difficult to be quantified; (ii) the lacking of efficient automated robot programming tools despite that the robots are essential components for most of the RMs; (iii) the lack of effective technologies that can be used to support system reconfigurations; (iv) no international organization that serves for standardizing the modular components for manufacturing and assembly processes; (v) the lack of the effort in implementing a heterogeneous system consisting of different types of RMs. The survey has suggested some future research works to overcome these obstacles. © 2007 Springer-Verlag London Limited;
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