With the rapid development of smart manufacturing, the optimization of real-time monitoring in operating procedures has become a crucial issue in modern industry. Traditional disassembly and assembly (D/A) work, relying on human experience and visual...
With the growing adoption of circular economy principles in manufacturing, efficient disassembly and reassembly of end-of-life (EOL) products has become a key challenge in smart factories. This paper addresses the Disassembly and Assembly Line Balanc...
Today’s economic systems are characterized by overproduction, rapid changes in consumer preferences and the intensive exploitation of natural resources. For this reason, the idea of the circular economy has emerged in recent years as a key stra...
With the increase in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) globally, a significant volume of waste power battery modules (WPBM) will be generated accordingly, posing challenges for their disposal. An intelligent scrap power battery disassembly se...
Remanufacturing prolongs the life cycle and increases the residual value of various end-of-life (EoL) products. As an inevitable process in remanufacturing, disassembly plays an essential role in retrieving the high-value and useable components of Eo...
With the sharp increase in the number of products and the development of the remanufacturing industry, disassembly lines have become the mainstream recycling method. In view of the insufficient research on the layout of multi-form disassembly lines a...
To be successful in a circular economy, it is important to keep the cost of operationalizing remanufacturing processes low in order to retain as much value of the product as possible. Optimizing operations for disassembly, as a key process step, is t...
Manufacturing and supply chain operations are on the cusp of an era with the emergence of groundbreaking technologies. Among these, the digital twin technology is characterized as a paradigm shift in managing production and supply networks since it f...
The integration of flexible electronics into textiles and smart products has revolutionized industries, enabling innovations such as wearable health monitors, interactive clothing, and energy-harvesting fabrics. However, the rapid growth of these tec...
The evolving landscape of industrial manufacturing is increasingly embracing automation within smart factories. However, the critical role of human operators, particularly in manual assembly and disassembly tasks, remains undiminished. This paper exp...
The market for wearable devices such as smart watches and smart glasses continues to grow rapidly. Smart glasses are attracting particular attention because they offer convenient features such as hands-free augmented reality (AR). Since smart glasses...
The escalating volume of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) poses a significant global environmental challenge. The disassembly of printed circuit boards (PCBs), a critical step for resource recovery, remains inefficient due to limitati...
In this study, we present the synthesis, self-assembly, and enzyme responsive nature of a unique class of well-defined amphiphilic linear-dendritic block copolymers (PNVP-b-dendr(Phe-Lys)n, n = 1–3) based on linear poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PNV...
The built-in relay in a meter is a key control component of a smart meter, and its reliability determines whether the user can use electricity safely and smoothly. In this paper, the degradation characteristics of the arc-burning energy are enhanced...
Smart textiles are emerging as transformative modern textiles in which sensing, actuation, and communication are directly embedded into textiles, extending their role far beyond passive wearables. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the...
Some of the barriers preventing virtual reality (VR) from being widely adopted are the cost and unfamiliarity of VR systems. Here, we propose that in many cases, the specialized controllers shipped with most VR head-mounted displays can be replaced b...
Smart contracts are at the core of blockchain technology, but the cost of fixing their security vulnerabilities is high, making pre-deployment vulnerability detection crucial. Existing methods rely on fixed rules, which have limitations in accuracy a...
This study presents the design, implementation, and experimental validation of an integrated fastening monitoring platform for vehicle ground equipment, aimed at supporting structural maintenance and operational safety. Rather than introducing a fund...
The increasing awareness of customers toward climate change effects, the high demand instability affecting several industrial sectors, and the fast automation and digitalization of production systems are forcing companies to re-think their business s...
Recent research on robotic fish mainly focused on the bionic structure design and realizing the movement with smart materials. Although many robotic fish have been proposed, most of these works were oriented toward shallow water environments and are...
The monitoring and control of an assembly/disassembly/replacement (A/D/R) multifunctional robotic cell (MRC) with the ABB 120 Industrial Robotic Manipulator (IRM), based on IoT (Internet of Things)-cloud, VPN (Virtual Private Network), and digital tw...
Stimuli-responsive polymeric materials have attracted significant attention in a variety of high-value-added and industrial applications during the past decade. Among various stimuli, light is of particular interest as a stimulus because of its uniqu...
Bioactive hydrogels based on the self-assembly of tripeptides have attracted great interest in recent years. In particular, the search is active for sequences that are able to mimic enzymes when they are self-organized in a nanostructured hydrogel, s...
Achieving light-induced manipulation of controlled self-assembly in nanosized structures is essential for developing artificially dynamic smart materials. Herein, we demonstrate an approach using a non-photoresponsive hydrogen-bonded (H-bonded) macro...
Key challenges in Internet-of-Things (IoT) system design and management include the secure system composition and the calculation of the security and dependability level of the final system. This paper presents an event-based model-checking framework...
Novel thermo-responsive elastin-like oligopeptides containing cell-binding epitope (Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser sequence); arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-serine (RGDS)-elastin-like peptides (ELP) and RGDS-deg-ELP; were newly prepared as building blocks of self-...
An efficient strategy for growing thermo-sensitive polymers from the surface of exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) is reported in this article. GO sheets with hydroxyls and epoxy groups on the surface were first prepared by modified Hummer’s method...
Malware creators generate new malicious software samples by making minor changes in previously generated code, in order to reuse malicious code, as well as to go unnoticed from signature-based antivirus software. As a result, various families of vari...
The field of additive manufacturing increasingly demands innovative solutions to optimize material processing, improve equipment efficiency, and address maintenance challenges in high-utilization environments. This study investigates the operation an...
Controlling the hierarchical self-assembly of surfactants in aqueous solutions has drawn much attention due to their broad range of applications, from targeted drug release, preparation of smart material, to biocatalysis. However, the synthetic proce...
The growing environmental impact of textile waste, fueled by the rapid rise in global fiber production, underscores the urgent need for sustainable end-of-life solutions. This review explores cutting-edge pathways for textile waste management, spotli...
This study compares the environmental impacts of petrol, diesel, natural gas, and electric vehicles using a process-based attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) and the ReCiPe characterization method that captures 18 impact categories and the sing...