Optimization-Based Layout Design

The layout problem is of importance to ergonomists, vehicle/cockpit packaging engineers, designers of manufacturing assembly lines, designers concerned with the placement of levers, knobs, controls, etc. in the reachable workspace of a human, and also to users of digital human modeling code, where d...

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Published in:Applied bionics and biomechanics 2005-09, Vol.2 (3-4), p.187-196
Main Authors: Abdel-Malek, K., Mi, Z., Yang, J., Nebel, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy & physiology
Design
Human subjects
Manufacturing cells
Optimization algorithms
Software
Studies
Variables
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Summary:The layout problem is of importance to ergonomists, vehicle/cockpit packaging engineers, designers of manufacturing assembly lines, designers concerned with the placement of levers, knobs, controls, etc. in the reachable workspace of a human, and also to users of digital human modeling code, where digital prototyping has become a valuable tool. This paper proposes a hybrid optimization method (gradient-based optimization and simulated annealing) to obtain the layout design. We implemented the proposed algorithm for a project at Oral-B Laboratories, where a manufacturing cell involves an operator who handles three objects, some with the left hand, others with the right hand.
ISSN:1176-2322
1754-2103
DOI:10.1155/2005/285756