This book presents the evolution roadmap of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) and their characteristics since its invention in the 1990s. It discusses the role of RMS in today s increasingly competitive manufacturing environment and unpredictable markets and the new challenges and opportunities in RMS design and operations in the emerging Industry 4.0/5.0 era. In addition, this book investigates the relationship between reconfigurable manufacturing and smart manufacturing and demonstrates how smart manufacturing techniques can facilitate the design and operations of RMSs. With state-of-the-art research on the development of novel methodologies based on smart manufacturing to guide the design and operations of reconfigurable machines and manufacturing systems, this book is a valuable handbook for reconfigurable manufacturing/smart manufacturing researchers and practitioners. Engineering professionals will find the practical values and managerial insights of smart RMS i
mplementations through case studies.
Chapter 1. The Evolution Roadmap of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 2. Part Family Formation Method for Delayed Reconfigurable Manufacturing System based on Machine Learning.- Chapter 3. A Multi-Objective Joint Optimisation Method for Simultaneous Part Family Formation and Configuration Design in Delayed Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (D-RMS).- Chapter 4. Configuration Design for Smart Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 5. Self-adaptive Reconfiguration Decision-making Method of Smart Manufacturing Systems Based on Game Theory.- Chapter 6. Reinforcement Learning-based Dynamic Reconfiguration Planning for Digital Twin-Driven Smart Manufacturing Systems with Reconfigurable Machine Tools.- Chapter 7. Integrated Operational and Preventative Decision-Making in a Smart Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 8. Dynamic Reconfiguration Optimization of Smart Manufacturing System with Human-Robot Collaboration based on Digital Twin.- Chapter 9. Cul
tivating Knowledge in Human-Machine Teams for Efficient Equipment Diagnosis by leveraging Smart Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 10. Achieving Manufacturing Resilience Through Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains.- Chapter 11. Coordination of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Network in Emergency Situations via Smart Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 12. Realization of Responsive and Sustainable Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.- Chapter 13. Configuration Design in Scalable Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems by Analyzing the Effect of Data Accuracy on System Reconfiguration Costs.- Chapter 14. Towards a sustainable reconfigurable manufacturing system (SRMS): multi-objective based approaches for process plan generation problem.- Chapter 15. Digital twin-driven rapid reconfiguration of the automated manufacturing system via an open architecture model.- Chapter 16. Digital twin framework for reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs):
design and simulation.- Chapter 17. Robust Configuration Design of Sustainable Reconfigurable Manufacturing System Under Uncertainty.- Chapter 18. Production scheduling in a reconfigurable manufacturing system benefiting from human-robot collaboration.
