Repair services for domestic appliances

Rachel Cuthbert, Vaggelis Giannikas, Duncan McFarlane, Rengarajan Srinivasan

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Abstract

There has been a trend of increasing levels of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment over the last few decades as the possibility for accessing repair of appliances has declined. Reducing prices of appliances has also generated a culture where the disposal and replacement with new appliances is the quicker and cheaper option, compared with repair. A number of key areas have been identified as important in helping to increase the number of appliances which may feasibly be repaired in the future. Of these, two key areas encompass the automation of repair of appliances, and the information requirements in order to achieve this. Within this paper, a demonstrator will be described which provides a step towards illustrating the potential of product intelligence and semi-automated repair.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationService Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing
EditorsTheodor Borangiu, Duncan McFarlane, André Thomas, Damien Trentesaux
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages31-39
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-30337-6
ISBN (Print)9783319303352
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016
EventInternational Workshop on Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing, SOHOMA 2015 - Cambridge, UK United Kingdom
Duration: 5 Nov 20156 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
Volume640
ISSN (Print)1860-949X

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing, SOHOMA 2015
Country/TerritoryUK United Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period5/11/156/11/15

Keywords

  • Automation
  • Domestic appliances
  • Information requirements
  • Repair

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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