Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Manufacturing and Automation

由于大多数产品可以在美国境外以更低的成本生产，美国正在慢慢失去其制造业基础。公司现在认识到，如果要在世界市场上保持市场份额，就必须提高生产率。研究具有成本效益的制造系统对于保持我们的生产力和在世界贸易中的地位是必要的。公司现在认可并支持制造业的研究。由于公司的兴趣越来越大，建立一个工业/大学制造和自动化合作研究中心现在看来是可行的。这五个。在南加州大学和加州大学发起了一个工业/大学制造和自动化合作研究中心。与加州理工学院、加州大学欧文分校和圣巴巴拉分校以及亚利桑那州立大学合作。最初的研究计划是解决：1)制造工艺计划自动生成的智能系统；2)几何建模及其在设计制造自动化中的应用3) CAD/CAM中数控机床最佳切削条件的自动生成；4)多。机器人装配过程规划与调度；5)自动化装配与维护设计；6)自动化工厂智能仿真系统；基于传感器的真空自动化制造机器人系统；8)自动化制造的动态调度。已有四家公司加入了该中心，另有四家公司表示，他们将在今年年初获得新的预算时加入该中心。工业支持将提供该中心100万美元初始预算的40%，并应在第一年增加到60%。加州政府每年预算20万美元用于加强该中心的研究。公司首席调查员及其所有参与该中心的同事都是该领域的知名专家，拥有运营该中心的专业知识和行业关系。该中心的费用由设计、制造和计算机部分摊。综合工程。项目经理建议南加州大学（以及五所相关大学）获得五分。年度持续补助金每年为$400,000。其中包括每年从设计、制造和计算机部门获得的10万美元。综合工程。在每个12的末尾。每月期间，项目经理和/或Cross部门负责人。学科研究将根据若干更新标准检讨中心的进展，包括：(1)大学与业界互动和合作的发展程度；(2)中心支撑基础扩大的程度；(3)一个强有力的研究项目正在发展的程度；(4)随着产业支持的增加，所有参与的大学都要达到公平的份额，根据j.工业建议是满意的，该计划将推荐支持下一期的持续资助。

Because most products can be made more cheaply outside its boundaries the United States is slowly losing its manufacturing base. Companies are now recognizing that they must improve their productivity if they are to maintain a market share in world markets. Research addressing manufacturing systems that are cost effective is necessary to maintain our productivity and position in world trade. Companies are now recognizing and supporting research on manufacturing. Because of this increasing interest by companies, an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Manufacturing and Automation now appears to be both feasible and viable. This five.year continuing grant is initiating an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Manufacturing and Automation at the University of Southern California and the University of California.Los Angeles in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, the Universities of California Irvine and Santa Barbara, and Arizona State University. The initial research program is addressing: 1) An Intelligent System for Automatic Generation of Manufacturing Process Plans; 2) Geometric Modeling and its Applications in Design and Manufacturing Automation; 3) Automatic Generation of Optimal Cutting Conditions for NC Machines in CAD/CAM; 4) Multi.Robot Assembly Process Planning and Scheduling; 5) Design for Automatic Assembly and Maintenance; 6) Intelligent Simulation Systems for Automated Factories; 7) Sensor Based Robot Systems for Automated Manufacturing in a Vacuum Environment; 8) Dynamic Scheduling for Automated Manufacturing. Four companies have joined the Center and another four have said they will join at the beginning of the year when new budgets are available. Industrial support will provide 40% of the Center's $1,000,000 initial budget and should increase to 60% during the first year. The State of California has budgeted $200,000/year to augment the Center's research. The Co.Principal Investigators and all his colleagues involved in the Center are noted experts in there fields and have the expertise and industrial relationships to operate this Center. This Center is being cost shared with the Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Computer.Integrated Engineering. The Program Manager recommends the University of Southern California (and five associated universities) be awarded a five.year continuing grant to be funded at $400,000 per year. This includes $100,000 per year from the Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Computer.Integrated Engineering. .FF. Near the end of each 12.month period, the Program Manager and/or the Head of The Division of Cross.Disciplinary Research will review the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: (1) extent to which university/industry interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) extent to which the support base for the center is expanding; (3) extent to which a robust research program is developing; (4) As industrial support increases, all participating universities are to achieve a fair share as determined by the.j.industrial advw is satisfactory, the Program ll recommend support of the next period of this tinuing grant.