Open AccessAssembly Sequence Planning
Author(s) -
Sanderson Arthur C.,
Mello Luiz S. Homem,
Zhang Hui
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v11i1.824
Subject(s) - sequence (biology) , representation (politics) , plan (archaeology) , computer science , pleiades , product (mathematics) , software , engineering drawing , engineering , software engineering , systems engineering , programming language , mathematics , computer vision , history , stars , genetics , geometry , archaeology , politics , political science , law , biology
The sequence of mating operations that can be carried out to assemble a group of parts is constrained by the geometric and mechanical properties of the parts, their assembled configuration, and the stability of the resulting subassemblies. An approach to representation and reasoning about these sequences is described here and leads to several alternative explicit and implicit plan representations. The Pleiades system will provide an interactive software environment for designers to evaluate alternative systems and product designs through their impact on the feasibility and complexity of the resulting assembly sequences.