Mass production of customized products requires materials handling architectures to be flexible enough to accommodate varying geometries, masses and volumes of materials. Multi-agent control and coordination structures are under development to provide flexible and scalable transportation systems. In this paper the concept of Mechatronics has been used to develop a Flexible Materials Handling ar...

Mass production of customised products requires materials handling platform architectures to be flexible enough to accommodate varying geometries, masses and volumes of materials. Multi-agent control and coordination structures are under development to provide flexible and scalable transportation systems. In this paper the concept of Mechatronics has been used to develop a Flexible Materials Ha...

We summarise more than 40 years of Liberty Mutual psychophysical research on lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying, including the 7 studies used to develop 1991 Tables 12 subsequent studies. Predictive equations were developed based 612 mean maximum acceptable loads (MALs), representing 388 unique conditions from 123 female 149 male participants, starting with a reference load that i...

There is a limited understanding of automation in construction materials-handling processes utilised by manufacturing firms Nigeria. This article evaluates the level utilisation operations North-Central Nigeria, to improve operational efficiency and reduce operating costs. Using case study research design, quantitative data (observation guide with measurements) were collected from 32 purposivel...