Publications
Research outputs from the Industrial AI Group
Multi-Agent Continuous Decision-Making for the Continuous Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2026)
Digital twin technology in modern machining: A comprehensive review of research on machining errors
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 79, pp. 134–161 (2025)
ATD-GCN: A human activity recognition approach for human-robot collaboration based on adaptive skeleton tree-decomposition
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 95 (2025)
Digital Twin-driven multi-scale characterization of machining quality: current status, challenges, and future perspectives
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 93 (2025)
Digital twin and parameter correlation-enabled variant design of production lines
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 38, pp. 136–157 (2025)
Automation in manufacturing and assembly of industrialised construction
Automation in Construction, Vol. 170 (2025)
A vision-enabled fatigue-sensitive human digital twin towards human-centric human-robot collaboration
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 77, pp. 432–445 (2024)
Ergonomic design of Human-Robot collaborative workstation in the Era of Industry 5.0
Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 198 (2024)
Knowledge graph-enhanced multi-agent reinforcement learning for adaptive scheduling in smart manufacturing
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (2024)
Semantic knowledge-driven A-GASeq: A dynamic graph learning approach for assembly sequence optimization
Computers in Industry, Vol. 154 (2024)
Empowering digital twins with large language models for global temporal feature learning
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 74, pp. 83–99 (2024)
Ensemble Bayesian Network for root cause analysis of product defects via learning from historical production data
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 75, pp. 102–115 (2024)
Split-hand Assembly Action Recognition Enhanced With Knowledge-driven Sequence Reasoning
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2024)
Human-Robot Shared Assembly Taxonomy: A step toward seamless human-robot knowledge transfer
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 86 (2024)
A multi-objective joint optimisation method for simultaneous part family formation and configuration design in delayed reconfigurable manufacturing system (D-RMS)
International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 62, pp. 92–109 (2024)
DuCAS: A knowledge-enhanced dual-hand compositional action segmentation method for human-robot collaborative assembly
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2024)
Smart manufacturing enabled by intelligent technologies
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 37, pp. 1–3 (2024)
Augmented reality and indoor positioning based mobile production monitoring system to support workers with human-in-the-loop
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 86 (2024)
A method for constructing a machining knowledge graph using an improved transformer
Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 237 (2024)
A systematic framework for tackling anomalous pre-welding workpiece postures with regular butt joints based on prototype features
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 72, pp. 323–337 (2024)
Deep reinforcement learning based proactive dynamic obstacle avoidance for safe human-robot collaboration
Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 41, pp. 1246–1256 (2024)
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Dynamic Reconfiguration Planning for Digital Twin-Driven Smart Manufacturing Systems With Reconfigurable Machine Tools
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 20, pp. 13135–13146 (2024)
Dynamic decision-making for knowledge-enabled distributed resource configuration in cloud manufacturing considering stochastic order arrival
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 87 (2024)
An ontology and rule-based method for human–robot collaborative disassembly planning in smart remanufacturing
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 89 (2024)
Industrial metaverse towards Industry 5.0: Connotation, architecture, enablers, and challenges
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 76, pp. 25–42 (2024)
Context-aware cognitive assistive assembly system based on online human action recognition
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2024)
DuHa: a dual-hand action segmentation method for human-robot collaborative assembly
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2024)
Multi-Agent Scheduler for the Continuous Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2024)
A task-centric knowledge graph construction method based on multi-modal representation learning for industrial maintenance automation
Engineering Reports, Vol. 6 (2024)
Prognostics and health management via long short-term digital twins
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 68, pp. 560–575 (2023)
Human-Centric UAV-UGV Collaboration
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2023)
One-shot, integrated positioning for welding initial points via co-mapping of cross and parallel stripes
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 84 (2023)
Application and Evaluation of Soft-Actor Critic Reinforcement Learning in Constrained Trajectory Planning for 6DOF Robotic Manipulators
2023 29th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP 2023 (2023)
Full-cycle data purification strategy for multi-type weld seam classification with few-shot learning
Computers in Industry, Vol. 150 (2023)
Dynamic production scheduling towards self-organizing mass personalization: A multi-agent dueling deep reinforcement learning approach
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 68, pp. 242–257 (2023)
An Ontology-Based Product Modelling Method for Smart Remanufacturing
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2023)
Dynamic muscle fatigue assessment using s-EMG technology towards human-centric human-robot collaboration
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 68, pp. 508–522 (2023)
A Knowledge Graph-based knowledge representation for adaptive manufacturing control under mass personalization
Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 35, pp. 96–104 (2023)
Video-Based Fatigue Estimation for Human-Robot Task Allocation Optimisation
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2023)
HA-ViD: A Human Assembly Video Dataset for Comprehensive Assembly Knowledge Understanding
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 36 (2023)
A blockchain-based interactive approach between digital twin-based manufacturing systems
Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 175 (2023)
A digital thread-driven distributed collaboration mechanism between digital twin manufacturing units
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 68, pp. 145–159 (2023)
Semantic-aware event link reasoning over industrial knowledge graph embedding time series data
International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 61, pp. 4117–4134 (2023)
Causal knowledge modeling for root cause analysis of equipment spot-inspection failure
Jisuanji Jicheng Zhizao Xitong/Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, CIMS, Vol. 29, pp. 2708–2721 (2023)
Editorial Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) - Automation for a Resilient Society
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2023)
Dual task scheduling strategy for personalized multi-objective optimization of cycle time and fatigue in human-robot collaboration
Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 35, pp. 88–95 (2023)
Vibration-based and computer vision-aided nondestructive health condition evaluation of rail track structures
Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 13, pp. 1–14 (2023)
Automatic Extraction and Representation of Procedural Knowledge from Manuals
Proceedings - 2023 4th International Conference on Computer, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ICCBD+AI 2023 (2023)
Human-robot collaborative assembly based on cps
Cyber-Physical Systems, CRC Press (2022)
Experimental energy consumption analysis of neural network model compression methods on microcontrollers with applications in bird call classification
Proceedings of IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering, CSDE 2022 (2022)
Dynamic inventory replenishment strategy for aerospace manufacturing supply chain: combining reinforcement learning and multi-agent simulation
International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 60, pp. 4117–4136 (2022)
Automated conversion of engineering rules: Towards flexible manufacturing collaboration
Results in Engineering, Vol. 16 (2022)
Semantic artificial intelligence for smart manufacturing automation
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 77 (2022)
Adaptive reconstruction of digital twins for machining systems: A transfer learning approach
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 78 (2022)
Digital-twin Collaborative Technology for Human-robot-environment Integration
Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 58, pp. 103–115 (2022)
Dynamic reconfiguration optimization of intelligent manufacturing system with human-robot collaboration based on digital twin
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 65, pp. 330–338 (2022)
Cloud Manufacturing - An Overview of Developments In Critical Areas, Prototypes, and Future Perspectives
IFAC-PapersOnLine (2022)
An automatic method for constructing machining process knowledge base from knowledge graph
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 73 (2022)
Outlook on human-centric manufacturing towards Industry 5.0
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 62, pp. 612–627 (2022)
A fusion-based spiking neural network approach for predicting collaboration request in human-robot collaboration
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 78 (2022)
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Dynamic Production Scheduling in a Robot Assembly Cell
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7, pp. 7684–7691 (2022)
A general fault diagnosis framework for rotating machinery and its flexible application example
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 199 (2022)
MES Dynamic interoperability for SMEs in the Factory of the Future perspective
Procedia CIRP (2022)
Service-oriented industrial internet of things gateway for cloud manufacturing
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 73 (2022)
3DSMDA-Net: An improved 3DCNN with separable structure and multi-dimensional attention for welding status recognition
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 62, pp. 811–822 (2022)
Special issue on computational intelligence-based modeling, control and estimation in modern mechatronic systems
Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 34, pp. 5011–5013 (2022)
Establishing a reliable mechanism model of the digital twin machining system: An adaptive evaluation network approach
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 62, pp. 390–401 (2022)
An automatic machining process decision-making system based on knowledge graph
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 34, pp. 1348–1369 (2021)
An adaptive evolutionary framework for the decision-making models of digital twin machining system
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2021)
A machining accuracy informed adaptive positioning method for finish machining of assembly interfaces of large-scale aircraft components
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 67 (2021)
Multi-scale evolution mechanism and knowledge construction of a digital twin mimic model
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 71 (2021)
Humans Are Not Machines—Anthropocentric Human–Machine Symbiosis for Ultra-Flexible Smart Manufacturing
Engineering, Vol. 7, pp. 734–737 (2021)
Multi-agent-based self-organizing manufacturing network towards mass personalization
Proceedings of the ASME 2021 16th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC 2021 (2021)
Isometric-Based Approach for Detecting Localized Muscular Fatigue during Complex Dynamic Manufacturing Operations
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2021)
A novel knowledge graph-based optimization approach for resource allocation in discrete manufacturing workshops
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 71 (2021)
A hybrid 3D feature recognition method based on rule and graph
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 34, pp. 257–281 (2021)
A digital twin-driven human-robot collaborative assembly approach in the wake of COVID-19
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 60, pp. 837–851 (2021)
Self-organizing manufacturing network: A paradigm towards smart manufacturing in mass personalization
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 60, pp. 35–47 (2021)
Digital twin modeling method based on biomimicry for machining aerospace components
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 58, pp. 180–195 (2021)
Review of Visual SLAM in Dynamic Environment
Jiqiren/Robot, Vol. 43, pp. 715–732 (2021)
Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0—Inception, conception and perception
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 61, pp. 530–535 (2021)
Machining process-oriented monitoring method based on digital twin via augmented reality
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 113, pp. 3491–3508 (2021)
A Knowledge-Driven Digital Twin Modeling Method for Machining Products Based on Biomimicry
Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 57, pp. 182–194 (2021)
Digital Twin-driven online anomaly detection for an automation system based on edge intelligence
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 59, pp. 138–150 (2021)
An end-to-end tabular information-oriented causality event evolutionary knowledge graph for manufacturing documents
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 50 (2021)
Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 47 (2021)
Smart manufacturing based on digital twin technologies
Industry 4.0, CRC Press (2020)
Human Cyber-Physical Systems: A skill-based correlation between humans and machines
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2020)
Automatic extraction of engineering rules from unstructured text: A natural language processing approach
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 20 (2020)
Semantic communications between distributed cyber-physical systems towards collaborative automation for smart manufacturing
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 55, pp. 348–359 (2020)
Human Capital 4.0: a workforce competence typology for Industry 4.0
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 31, pp. 687–703 (2020)
Robotic technologies for on-site building construction: A systematic review
Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 32 (2020)
Experimental Investigation of the Surface Roughness of Finish-Machined High-Volume-Fraction SiCp/Al Composites
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 45, pp. 5399–5406 (2020)
Digital Twin-driven smart manufacturing: Connotation, reference model, applications and research issues
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 61 (2020)
Machine Learning to Empower a Cyber-Physical Machine Tool
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2020)
A reconfigurable jig assistant assembly system based on wearable devices
ASME 2020 15th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC 2020 (2020)
Smart manufacturing process and system automation – A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 56, pp. 312–325 (2020)
IoT-enabled smart appliances under industry 4.0: A case study
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 43 (2020)
Function block-based closed-loop adaptive machining for assembly interfaces of large-scale aircraft components
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 66 (2020)
Decentralized coordination of autonomous AGVs for flexible factory automation in the context of Industry 4.0
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2020)
Digital thread enabled manufacturing automation towards mass personalization
ASME 2020 15th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC 2020 (2020)
Cloud-based manufacturing equipment and big data analytics to enable on-demand manufacturing services
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 57, pp. 92–102 (2019)
Standards for smart manufacturing: A review
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (2019)
Energy-efficient cyber-physical production network: Architecture and technologies
Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 129, pp. 56–66 (2019)
ManuService ontology: a product data model for service-oriented business interactions in a cloud manufacturing environment
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 30, pp. 317–334 (2019)
A Cyber-Physical Machine Tools Platform using OPC UA and MTConnect
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 51, pp. 61–74 (2019)