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Robotic vacuum cleaner design to mitigate slip errors in warehouses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Warehouses are extremely dusty environments due to the concrete and cardboard dust generated. This is problematic in automated warehouses that use robots to move items from one location to another. If the robot slips, it ...
Financial analysis in multidisciplinary design optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
MDO is moving beyond the small group of NASA and Aerospace companies and is increasingly being adopted by organizations around the world. With MDO, we can optimize across multiple disciplines and find the ideal design which ...
Investigation of ion transfer efficiency through multi-channel capillaries for a Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) interface
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) is an efficient imaging technique for obtaining the spatial distribution of molecular species from a surface. In this study, we experimented ...
Design and development of an automated inspection system for vials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Automated inspection systems are powerful tools that can significantly reduce risk and maintain product standard. At Waters Corporation, the existing packaging process of a certain vial product relies mainly on manual ...
Design and development of an automated sorting and orienting machine for vials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Hand sorting is an inefficient and unreliable process for packaging identical parts in large quantities. Because of the capacity limitation, this process is currently the bottleneck of a new vial production line at Waters ...
Improved packing strategy for distribution centers to reduce freight cost
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In this thesis, we designed and implemented a data-driven packing strategy for distribution center outbound packing activities to reduce freight cost and carbon footprint. The strategy consists of two parts. First, I ...
Evaluation of outbound operations improvement projects for distribution centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Improving the operations within a distribution center by reducing waste can result in significant cost savings. One area with a large potential for improvement is outbound order packaging. With a limited number of box sizes ...
Optimizing distribution center packing operations to reduce volumetric shipping costs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Improving the efficiency within a distribution center by reducing waste and optimizing process flow can result in significant cost savings regarding distribution center operation. One area with a large potential for ...
Development of solutions to reduce variability in material flow at a factory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
This thesis focuses on improving the flow of material in an analytical instrument company, the Waters Corporation. One main pain point experienced at Waters is an observed uneven distribution in when instruments were ...
Design and development of a precision packing stage and master control system for an automated vial packaging machine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis describes the design and development of the motion control system and precision machine elements utilized in a custom vial-packaging machine for use in the medical device industry. A unique rotary bowl feeder ...