Today＇s manufacturing cnvironmem forces manufacturing companies to make as many product variations as possible at affordable costs within a short time. Mass customisation is one of most important technologies for com...Today＇s manufacturing cnvironmem forces manufacturing companies to make as many product variations as possible at affordable costs within a short time. Mass customisation is one of most important technologies for companies to achieve their objectives. Efforts to mass customisation should be made on two aspects： （1） To modularize products and make them as less differences as possible; （2） To design manufacturing resources and make them provide as many processes variations as possible. This paper reports our recent work on aspect （2）, i.e. how to design a reconfignrable manufacturing system （RMS） so that it can be competent to accomplish various processes optimally; Reconfignrable robot system （RRS） is taken as an example. RMS design involves architecture design and configuration design, and configuration design is further divided in design analysis and design synthesis. Axiomatic design theory （ADT） is applied to architecture design, the features and issues of RRS configuration design are discussed, automatic modelling method is developed for design analysis, and concurrent design methodology is presented for design synthesis.展开更多
COVID-19 has highlighted the disruptive,cross-sectorial effects a sudden-onset pan-demic has on a globally interconnected world.A particularly insidious component is the high percentage of asymptomatic cases allowing ...COVID-19 has highlighted the disruptive,cross-sectorial effects a sudden-onset pan-demic has on a globally interconnected world.A particularly insidious component is the high percentage of asymptomatic cases allowing the virus to seed undetected.The design of residential architecture will need to adapt to the new reality that COVID-19 will not be the last coronavirus epidemic.This paper discusses the implications of COVID-19 for new residential construction.It argues for a containment space,separating the largely uncontrollable external environment from the internal threat-reduced residential space,for a separation of visitor entertainment areas and private sleeping areas,as well as the design of a spatially separated master bedroom that can double as a self-isolation space if the need arises.The implications of this new design on existing housing stock are also discussed.The advocated concepts are novel and advance the design considerations for future residential developments.展开更多
文摘Today＇s manufacturing cnvironmem forces manufacturing companies to make as many product variations as possible at affordable costs within a short time. Mass customisation is one of most important technologies for companies to achieve their objectives. Efforts to mass customisation should be made on two aspects： （1） To modularize products and make them as less differences as possible; （2） To design manufacturing resources and make them provide as many processes variations as possible. This paper reports our recent work on aspect （2）, i.e. how to design a reconfignrable manufacturing system （RMS） so that it can be competent to accomplish various processes optimally; Reconfignrable robot system （RRS） is taken as an example. RMS design involves architecture design and configuration design, and configuration design is further divided in design analysis and design synthesis. Axiomatic design theory （ADT） is applied to architecture design, the features and issues of RRS configuration design are discussed, automatic modelling method is developed for design analysis, and concurrent design methodology is presented for design synthesis.
文摘COVID-19 has highlighted the disruptive,cross-sectorial effects a sudden-onset pan-demic has on a globally interconnected world.A particularly insidious component is the high percentage of asymptomatic cases allowing the virus to seed undetected.The design of residential architecture will need to adapt to the new reality that COVID-19 will not be the last coronavirus epidemic.This paper discusses the implications of COVID-19 for new residential construction.It argues for a containment space,separating the largely uncontrollable external environment from the internal threat-reduced residential space,for a separation of visitor entertainment areas and private sleeping areas,as well as the design of a spatially separated master bedroom that can double as a self-isolation space if the need arises.The implications of this new design on existing housing stock are also discussed.The advocated concepts are novel and advance the design considerations for future residential developments.
