A computer-implemented method includes obtaining an amount of a resource and/or capability of a process module, and dividing this amount by the maximum amount of the respective resource and/or capability to obtain a theoretical utilization of the resource and/or capability as the theoretical utilization of the process module. A pool of available process modules is searched to identify candidate process modules to replace the process module. The theoretical utilization for each candidate module is determined and an optimized topology of the plant is generated by replacing the process module with a candidate process module that has a same or a higher theoretical utilization than process module.

A production module for performing a production function on a product, production system, production planning device, and method for planning the production of the product, wherein a plurality of production modules are intercoupled, where a self-description information set is stored within each production module as a database, e.g., NoSQL, OWL, ontology, SPARQL, which comprises properties of the production module, where if a production information set comprising the production steps required to produce the product is present, then the production information set and the self-description information sets or parts thereof are transmitted to a production planning device to plan production of the product and a production procedure plan for a product to be processed is determined, and where the production procedure plan comprises an information set about a sequence of production modules of the production system, which sequence a product should pass through to produce an intermediate product or end product.

A method for digitally modeling an industrial space, the industrial space including a plurality of pieces of equipment (E3) disposed in an industrial building (B), the modeling method including a step of three-dimensionally digitizing the industrial space so as to obtain a web (NAP) defining meshes representing the outer envelope of the industrial space with all of its pieces of equipment (E3), a step of real-time segmenting the web (NAP) in a virtual environment by a user during which: a bounding box (F) is positioned to bound at least one piece of equipment to be segmented (E3), and the points of the web (NAP), belonging to the volume of the bounding box (F), are associated so as to form a virtual object (OBJ).

A method for digitally modeling an industrial space, the industrial space including a plurality of pieces of equipment (E3) disposed in an industrial building (B), the modeling method including a step of three-dimensionally digitizing the industrial space so as to obtain a web (NAP) defining meshes representing the outer envelope of the industrial space with all of its pieces of equipment (E3), a step of real-time segmenting the web (NAP) in a virtual environment by a user during which:

a bounding box (F) is positioned to bound at least one piece of equipment to be segmented (E3), and

the points of the web (NAP), belonging to the volume of the bounding box (F), are associated so as to form a virtual object (OBJ).

An embodiment parallel cell based mobility production system includes a front serial production line which is composed of one or more cells arranged in series and through which vehicles of various types sequentially pass to be processed, a parallel production line provided with a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form, and a rear serial production line in which the vehicles of various types passed through the parallel production line are sequentially fed.

This specification describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for planning workspaces for automated fabrication processes. A computing system facilitates planning by receiving a set of parameters for planning a layout of a workspace for an automated fabrication process, and generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts, including selecting, for each candidate workspace layout, (i) one or more robots for performing tasks in the automated fabrication process and (ii) corresponding locations for the one or more robots within the workspace. The system determines an optimal workspace layout based on the plurality of candidate workspace layouts, generates a workspace layout specification for the optimal workspace layout, and provides the workspace layout specification to one or more second computing systems.

This specification describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for planning workspaces for automated fabrication processes. A computing system facilitates planning by receiving a set of parameters for planning a layout of a workspace for an automated fabrication process, and generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts, including selecting, for each candidate workspace layout, (i) one or more robots for performing tasks in the automated fabrication process and (ii) corresponding locations for the one or more robots within the workspace. The system determines an optimal workspace layout based on the plurality of candidate workspace layouts, generates a workspace layout specification for the optimal workspace layout, and provides the workspace layout specification to one or more second computing systems.

An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to rearrange setup operations with respect to an initial input order according to which products are to be input to a processing line including a plurality of lines to which a product that requires a setup operation and a processing operation is to be input, setup operations being not executed with the setup operations overlapped with each other in the plurality of lines, determine a processing completion time of the processing line based on the rearranged setup operations, and determine, as planning data, an order of setup operations that achieves a processing completion time less than a processing completion time of the initial input order among the processing completion time calculated.

Determining an installation sequence for a system assembly comprising a number of system branches attached to respective terminations is provided. The method comprising receiving schematics for a product into which the system assembly is to be installed, wherein the product comprises a number of openings. A largest termination in the assembly is compared the diameter of an opening through which it is to be routed. If the termination diameter is larger than the opening, an error is generated. If the termination is smaller opening, the diameter of the opening is decremented by a diameter of the system branch attached to termination. The steps are iteratively repeated for the next largest termination in the assembly until an error signal is generated for a termination or all terminations in the system assembly intended to pass through the opening are added as steps in the installation sequence.

A vehicle robotic production environment, in which the environment hosts robotic agents that are organised as groups of cells, each cell with no more than 10 robots. One group of robotic cells transforms fabric into vehicle composite panels and other parts, eliminating the need for steel panel pressing equipment. Other robotic cells assemble at least portions of a vehicle together from modular components, such as aluminium extrusions. Each cell is served by AMRs (autonomous mobile robots), eliminating the need for a costly moving production line. The robotic production environment can be implemented or installed in a factory that is less than 25,000 square meters in area, with a conventional flat concrete floor that has not been strengthened for a vehicle body panel stamping press. Conventional vehicle production plants are typically over 1M square meters in area, with specially strengthened concrete floors.