Abstract: Haptic forcefeedback can provide useful cues to users of virtual environments. Bodybased haptic devices are portable but the more commonly used groundbased devices have workspaces that are limited by their physical grounding ...

Abstract: The research presented here describes an industry case study of the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) as a general design tool with a focus on the decision making process. A group of design and manufacturing engineers, ...

Abstract: As interest in product recovery, reuse, and recycling rises, planning and evaluating disassembly sequences are becoming increasingly important. The manner in which a product can be taken apart strongly influences endoflife ...

Abstract: Disassembly sequence planning at the early conceptual stage of design leads to enormous benefits including simplification of products, lower assembly and disassembly costs, and design modifications which result in increased ...

Abstract: The scientific and industrial communities have begun investigating the possibility of making product recovery economically viable. Disassembly sequence planning may be used to make endoflife product takeback processes more ...