Drones in manufacturing: exploring opportunities for research and practice
Drones in manufacturing: exploring opportunities for research and practice
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DOI：
10.1108/jmtm-03-2019-0099
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发表时间：
2019-09
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Omid Maghazei;Torbjørn H. Netland
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作者：
Omid Maghazei;Torbjørn H. Netland
虽然无人机的工业应用正在迅速增加，但在制造业中的应用却很少。本文旨在探讨无人机在制造业中的当前和潜在应用，研究所涉及的机遇和挑战，并提出研究议程。设计/方法/方式-本文报告了一个新出现的现象进行了广泛的定性调查的结果。作者建立在先进制造技术的文献。通过深入采访来自56家无人机供应商和相关服务的66位无人机专家收集的数据使用归纳研究设计进行分析。结果-无人机代表了一个有前途的AMT，预计将在未来几年内在制造业的几个应用程序中使用。本文提出了制造业中无人机应用的类型，解释了所涉及的机遇和挑战，并制定了研究议程。该类型学根据无人机的“看”、“感觉”、“移动”和“变换”能力将应用分为四类。研究限制/影响拟议的研究议程为制造业中无人机的未来研究提供了指南。在工业工程，技术开发和行为操作领域有许多研究机会。实用意义指导当前和有前途的潜力，无人机在制造业提供给从业人员。特别有趣的应用是那些帮助制造商在工厂中“看到”和“感知”数据的应用。“移动”或“变换”对象的应用程序更少，只有在非常大型的制造设施中的特殊情况下才有意义。独创性/价值-无人机在制造业中的应用尚处于起步阶段，但预计将在未来十年迅速增长。本文首次对无人机在制造业中的潜在应用进行了学术上的严格分析。无人机应用的原始和理论信息类型学是对新生文献的及时贡献。提出的研究议程有助于建立一个新的文献流无人机在制造业。
Purpose Although the industrial application of drones is increasing quickly, there is a scarcity of applications in manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to explore current and potential applications of drones in manufacturing, examine the opportunities and challenges involved and propose a research agenda. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports the result of an extensive qualitative investigation into an emerging phenomenon. The authors build on the literature on advanced manufacturing technologies. Data collected through in-depth interviews with 66 drone experts from 56 drone vendors and related services are analyzed using an inductive research design. Findings Drones represent a promising AMT that is expected to be used in several applications in manufacturing in the next few years. This paper proposes a typology of drone applications in manufacturing, explains opportunities and challenges involved and develops a research agenda. The typology categorizes four types of applications based on the drones’ capabilities to “see,” “sense,” “move” and “transform.” Research limitations/implications The proposed research agenda offers a guide for future research on drones in manufacturing. There are many research opportunities in the domains of industrial engineering, technology development and behavioral operations. Practical implications Guidance on current and promising potentials of drones in manufacturing is provided to practitioners. Particularly interesting applications are those that help manufacturers “see” and “sense” data in their factories. Applications that “move” or “transform” objects are scarcer, and they make sense only in special cases in very large manufacturing facilities. Originality/value The application of drones in manufacturing is in its infancy, but is foreseen to grow rapidly over the next decade. This paper presents the first academically rigorous analysis of potential applications of drones in manufacturing. An original and theory-informed typology for drone applications is a timely contribution to the nascent literature. The research agenda presented assists the establishment of a new stream of literature on drones in manufacturing.