A customized industrial system to realize the supporting requests in manufacturing lines with detailed statistical information is presented. Also called customized smart Andon system. The system is based on a software and ...

Gas sensors are used for measuring the concentration of pressure of gases around their vicinity. These sensors are equipped with highly sensitive sensing elements of nanostructured materials. They find extensive application ...

The incorporation of high technology to production systems is bringing the advent of Industry 4.0. One of the mainstays of Industry 4.0 is the application of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS). CPPSs will redefine ...

In the manufacturing industry, priority is given to quality models in the product, in order to make companies competitive, that is why it has been proposed to implement haptic interfaces capable of detecting anomalies in ...

Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 production environments integrate the physical and decisional aspects of manufacturing processes into autonomous and decentralised systems. One of the main aspects in these systems is ...

Traditional methods of scheduling are mostly based on the use of pieces of information directly related to the performance of schedules, as for instance processing times, delivery dates, etc., assuming that the production ...

Scheduling and control are typically viewed as separate applications because of historical factors such as limited computing resources. Now that algorithms and computing resources have advanced, there are new efforts to ...

Innovation, automatization, and digitalization of production processes entail many positive externalities for companies. These include higher levels of competitiveness and productivity brought about by improving operational ...

Smart homes contain many useful appliances that can help individuals live independently for longer. A problem with current smart homes prototypes is that each device often has its own remote control or control unit. These ...