Collaborative Disassembly Systems Toward Circular Economy Modeling, Simulation, Data Analysis

Abstract: The increasing demand for scarce raw materials in emerging technologies poses critical challenges to manufacturers and suppliers. The potential disruption in the supply chain emphasizes the need for innovative solutions to enhance reverse cycles, including recycling, repair, and remanufacturing. This seminar explores the pivotal role of disassembly in circular component/material recovery and presents research contributions at the intersection of human-robot interaction and disassembly modeling and simulation. Leveraging collaborative technologies, the seminar explores how human-robot process modeling, simulation, and data analysis can be effectively applied to advance and automate disassembly systems. Outcomes include addressing positioning errors during human-robot interaction and modeling disassembly using CAD models. Finally, the seminar will seek to demonstrate the transition of research findings to new study areas to contribute to transforming the circular economy.
Bio: Dr. Joao Prioli is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina A&T State University. His teaching and research interests include smart manufacturing, remanufacturing systems, and human-robot collaboration, particularly in data-driven modeling for automated disassembly. Dr. Prioli received his Ph.D. and M.S. in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Wayne State University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Uberlandia.