An intelligent disassembly assistant for man-machine demanufacturing

In order to handle the complexity of demanufacturing operations, a combined man-machine system is proposed that incorporates projector-vision technology. As part of this system, an intelligent disassembly assistant has been developed to provide a flexible and efficient method for facilitating demanufacturing. The assistant is comprised of a set of software modules that are processed in a distributed computing environment. Hardware and software components of the intelligent assistant are identified. The assistant determines the base elements of the structure, checks for stability, and then determines a disassembly sequence. The projector-vision system provides information to a human operator and detects operations performed on the product. The system can adapt to unexpected human operator behavior