报告题目：Digitalisation and robotisation of disassembly for industrial sustainability
报告人：Yongjing Wang 王永靖 Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
主持人：李婕 副教授
时间：2025年7月17日10:00
地点：学院楼4014室
讲座简介：
Disassembly is a key step in remanufacturing and recycling, both of which are critical components in a circular economy. Disassembly is also a common operation in the repair and maintenance of machines and public infrastructure facilities (e.g. transport and energy). In many ways, disassembly is challenging to robotise due to variability in the condition of the returned products and the required dexterity in robotic manipulations. This talk introduces recent research developments in the area of robotic disassembly and remanufacturing automation at the University of Birmingham, and highlight key opportunities and technical gaps in the use of digitalisation and automation to support sustainable manufacturing.
报告人简介：
Dr Yongjing Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham.
Wang is the Principal Investigator of the three major EPSRC grants in the area of smart robotics for sustainable manufacturing with a total value of £3.5M (ATARI, STAMAN and RoboTriage). Wang is also a Co-investigator and a theme lead in the £15M EPSRC national hub in robotics for circular economy (RESCUE-M).
Wang has over 50 publications in the area of robotics for sustainable manufacturing. His co-authored book ‘Optimisation of Robotic Disassembly for Remanufacturing’ was the first book addressing optimisation problems in disassembly sequence planning.
He is also a funding reviewer for research councils in the UK, Switzerland and the US, and an editor for world-leading journals and conferences (e.g. the IEEE, Nature Publishing Group and Royal Society series).
Wang’s research work has been supported by world-leading companies including but not limited to Airbus, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Dyson, Toshiba, Jaguar Land Rover, and KUKA. Wang is on the advisory board of the United Nations Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, an editor of the United Nations guidelines on artificial intelligence for sustainability, an invited member of a standard committee with the British Standards Institution (BSI), UK.
Wang has been an active member of numerous influential national and international organisations. His involvement spans technical domains, including the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network and the UK Digital Innovation & Circular Innovation Network, as well as cultural spheres such as UNESCO, ITU, and the Anna Lindh Foundation.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a Chartered Engineer (CEng), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE).
