We present an approach for the automatic generation, interactive exploration and real-time modification of disassembly procedures for complex, multipartite CAD data sets. In order to lift the performance barriers prohibiting interactive disassembly planning, we run a detailed analysis on the input model to identify recurring part constellations and efficiently determine blocked part motions in ...

A mutation in the centrosomal-P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) causes Seckel syndrome with microcephaly, which is suggested to arise from a decline in neural progenitor cells (NPCs) during development. However, mechanisms ofNPCs maintenance remain unclear. Here, we report an unexpected role for the cilium inNPCs maintenance and identifyCPAPas a negative regulator of ciliary length independent of ...

Indirect immunofluorescent staining with an antitubulin antibody was used for studying the role of ATP in the regulation of cytoplasmic microtubule disassembly. Depletion of the cellular ATP pool in cultured mouse fibroblasts with various inhibitors of energy metabolism leads to inhibition of the microtubule disassembly induced by colcemid or vinblastine. Glucose added to the inhibitor-containi...

Timely spindle disassembly is essential for coordination of mitotic exit with cytokinesis. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the microtubule-associated protein She1 functions in one of at least three parallel pathways that promote spindle disassembly. She1 phosphorylation by the Aurora kinase Ipl1 facilitates a role for She1 in late anaphase, when She1 contributes to microtubule de...

Designing plastics for assembly and disassembly is essential to closing the resource loop

Abstract Disassembly is the first operation in remanufacture, repair and recycling of products that have reached end their service life. Both productivity flexibility should be considered when using robots to carry out disassembly due complexities associated with returned for remanufacturing. Human-robot collaboration a flexible semi-automated approach mitigate against effects uncertainties fre...

Despite their contributions to the financial efficiency and environmental sustainability of industrial processes, robotic assembly disassembly have been understudied in existing literature. This is contradiction importance realizing Fourth Industrial Revolution. More specifically, although most literature has extensively discussed how optimally assemble or disassemble given products, role other...

The papers in this special issue focus on artificial intelligence (AI) for efficiency and sustainability assembly/disassembly industrial processes. Assembly disassembly lines are the backbone of modern manufacturing. These transform raw materials into finished products or take apart used reuse recycling. designed to optimize process putting together products, ensuring that each part is right pl...

Flexible multisensorial systems are a very important issue in the current industry when disassembling and recycling tasks have to be performed. These tasks can be performed by a human operator or by a robot system. In this paper a robotic system to perform the required tasks is presented. This system takes into consideration the distribution of the necessary tasks to perform the disassembly of ...

Product functions, assembly and disassembly processes largely depend on the connections that are holding the product’s components together. In general, the disconnecting process of established connections is sub-optimal, which often remains unnoticed until maintenance or recycling requires disassembly work. Sometimes connections were optimised to improve the disconnecting processes, but usually...