Digitalisation and robotisation of disassembly for industrial sustainability
Research Seminar Series
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Date
20 May 2026
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Organiser
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, PolyU
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Time
16:00 - 17:30
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Venue
Online via ZOOM
Speaker
Prof. Yongjing Wang
Remarks
Meeting link will be sent to successful registrants. If you have enquiries regarding E-certificate after the seminar, please contact david.kuo@polyu.edu.hk.
Summary
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.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Yongjing Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Yongjing Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham. Wang has over 70 publications in the area of robotics for sustainable manufacturing. He 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. Wang serves as the co-lead of Collaborative (Dis)assembly Theme in the £15M EPSRC national hub in robotics for circular economy (RESCU-M2). He is a funding reviewer for research councils in the UK, Switzerland and the US. Wang’s research work has been supported by engineering companies including but not limited to Airbus, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Dyson, Toshiba, Jaguar Land Rover, KUKA, Siemens and ZF. Wang is on the advisory board of the United Nations Higher Education Sustainability Initiative and an editor of the United Nations guidelines on artificial intelligence for sustainability. He is also a standard committee member with the British Standards Institution (BSI), and with ASME Codes and Standards. He is a Fellow of IMechE and a Senior Member of IEEE.
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