Hagemann, S.S.HagemannStark, R.R.Stark2023-10-232023-10-232020https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/26537210.1016/j.cirpj.2020.08.002The design process of flow-oriented assembly systems is characterized by being both highly complex and time consuming. Especially those design processes categorized into robotic and multi variant encountered in the automotive body-in-white production stages. Unlike established manual and template-based assembly system design models, which are currently applied in industry, the here presented novel approach uses a knowledge-based search algorithm and automatically generates optimal assembly system configurations. The algorithm has been implemented in a software prototype and the results have been validated against different large-size industrial scenarios in the automotive field of body-in-white production.enRobotic assembly system designBranch and boundAutomotiveBody-in-whiteAssembly line balancingOrasda658621670journal article