Assembly Workstation 4.0: Concept, Framework and Research Perspectives for Assembly Systems Implementation in the Industry 4.0 Era

Ling, Shiquan1,2; Li, Ming3; Guo, Daqiang1,2; Rong, Yiming2; Huang, George Q.1

10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.04.230

2022

14th IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS)

2405-8963

IFAC-PapersOnLine

55

2

420-426

MAR 28-30, 2022

Afeka Tel Aviv Coll Engn,null,ELECTR NETWORK

RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

ELSEVIER

Assembly workstation, as the basic building block for assembly systems implementation, involves the coupling of various resources to perform parts combination, and its performance is determined by the interaction of the resources. In the era of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), the penetration of emerging technologies leads to the intelligent networking of hyper objects with hyper-automation and hyper-connectivity, which radically reforms the organization and operation of assembly workstations and brings it into the era of "Assembly Workstation 4.0 (AW4.0)". To keep pace with the industrial revolution, this paper attempts to provide a basis for revealing the paradigm of AW4.0 based on the existing pioneering research and practice in I4.0. To this end, firstly, a 6-tuple model orchestrated by hyper objects is proposed to define AW4.0 compliance with I4.0 principles and Human-Cyber-Physical System (HCPS) paradigm. After that, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) is introduced to provide the foundation for hyper objects orchestration within AW4.0, and the resulting new functionalities are demonstrated through a full-scale prototype. Finally, research perspectives based on three-dimensional synchronization strategies are given for the effective and efficient operation and management of AW4.0, contributing to exploring the potential benefits that may emerge brought by the consistency of hyper objects orchestration.

Industry 4 0 Assembly System 4 0 Assembly Workstation 4 0 Human-cyber-physical system Manufacturing synchronization

通讯

英语

CPCI-S ; EI

HKSAR RGC GRF Project[17203518] ; 2019 Talent Program-Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leading Team (China)[2019BT02S593] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[52005218] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2018YFB1702803]

Automation & Control Systems

Automation & Control Systems

WOS:000802773300023

20222512251271

Web of Science

1.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Ind & Mfg Syst Engn, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech & Energy Engn, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
3.Jinan Univ, Sch Intelligent Syst Sci & Engn, Zhuhai Campus, Zhuhai, Peoples R China

Ling, Shiquan,Li, Ming,Guo, Daqiang,et al. Assembly Workstation 4.0: Concept, Framework and Research Perspectives for Assembly Systems Implementation in the Industry 4.0 Era[C]. RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS:ELSEVIER,2022:420-426.