TY - GEN
T1 - An intuitive framework to automate feature-rich manual tasks and manufacturing processes
AU - Georgilas, I. P.
AU - Tourassis, V. D.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - The common image of manufacturing today is that of an industry dominated by automation. Yet manual labor is still used in a large variety of difficult tasks that combine precision and accuracy with sophisticated cognition. The market demands for higher production rates while maintaining quality levels, are forcing the conversion of the remaining manual tasks to automated ones. While this process is industry-specific, there is a need to convert the manual tasks into automatic ones in a systematic way. Based on a spray-enameling example from the sanitary ware industry, we develop an intuitive framework that can assist production engineers in automating feature-rich tasks and processes.
AB - The common image of manufacturing today is that of an industry dominated by automation. Yet manual labor is still used in a large variety of difficult tasks that combine precision and accuracy with sophisticated cognition. The market demands for higher production rates while maintaining quality levels, are forcing the conversion of the remaining manual tasks to automated ones. While this process is industry-specific, there is a need to convert the manual tasks into automatic ones in a systematic way. Based on a spray-enameling example from the sanitary ware industry, we develop an intuitive framework that can assist production engineers in automating feature-rich tasks and processes.
KW - Manual to automatic systems
KW - Process design
KW - Quality engineering
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U2 - 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738069
DO - 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738069
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62749090524
SN - 9781424426300
T3 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
SP - 1244
EP - 1248
BT - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
T2 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
Y2 - 8 December 2008 through 11 December 2008
ER -