Real life experiences were used to put together this list of steps to be followed during the planning and implementation of a formal MRP II planning and control system. Project management and organizational skills are critical to the success of the project. The implementation plan is carried out by a project team and subcommittees with the support of top management. Cost/benefit analysis and pe...

Industrial robots used to assemble customized products in small batches require a lot of reprogramming. With this work we aim reduce the programming complexity by autonomously finding fastest assembly plans without any collisions with environment. First, digital twin robot uses gym simulation learn which skills (programmed demonstration) are physically possible (i.e. no environment). Only from ...

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning has been previously shown to speed up the convergence rate of RL planning algorithms as well as mitigate feature-based model misspecification Mankowitz et al. (2016a,b); Bacon & Precup (2015). To do so, it utilizes hierarchical abstractions, also known as skills – a type of temporally extended action Sutton et al. (1999) to plan at a higher level, abstracting...

We propose a multi-agent vision-based architecture to solve complex sensor-based planning tasks. A test bed implementation, with skills such as vision and collision avoidance, was used to run experiments in the proposed architecture. We demonstrate experimentally how the system can execute successfully complex assembly plans while dealing with unpredictable events and imprecise information, wit...

For many people public speaking induces stress and fear, but with adequate planning, practice, and understanding of the "dos and don'ts" you can deliver presentations that will communicate your research clearly, succinctly, and with a professional and confident demeanor. This article provides a guide for the novice researcher to develop the skills to deliver several types of presentation and to...