Optimization-based layout design

Authors:
K. Abdel-Malek;Z. Mi;J. Yang;K. Nebel
Affiliations:
Virtual Soldier Research Program, Center for Computer-Aided Design, The University of Iowa, 111 Engineering Research Facility, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA;Virtual Soldier Research Program, Center for Computer-Aided Design, The University of Iowa, 111 Engineering Research Facility, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA;Virtual Soldier Research Program, Center for Computer-Aided Design, The University of Iowa, 111 Engineering Research Facility, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA;U.S. Army TACOM/RDECOM, AMSRD-TAR-NAC/157, 6501 East 11 Mile Rd., Warren, MI 48397-5000, USA
Venue:
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Year:
2005

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Abstract

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.