Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Manufacturing and Automation

制造与自动化产学合作研究中心

• 批准号: 8717322
• 负责人: George Bekey
• 金额: $ 197.2万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-01 至 1993-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8717322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Industry; University; Cooperative; Research; Center

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.

因为大多数产品可以在其外部更便宜地制造， 美国正在慢慢失去制造业 基地 公司现在认识到，他们必须提高 如果他们想保持世界市场份额， 市场的 研究解决成本高的制造系统 要保持我们的生产力和地位， 在世界贸易中。 公司现在认识到并支持 研究制造业。 由于这种日益增长的兴趣， 公司，工业/大学合作研究中心， 制造业和自动化现在看来既可行， 可行的 这项为期五年的持续赠款正在启动一项 产学合作制造研究中心 南加州大学和 加州大学洛杉矶分校与 加州理工学院，加州大学 欧文和圣巴巴拉，以及亚利桑那州立大学。 的 初步研究计划是解决：1）智能系统 用于自动生成制造工艺计划; 2） 几何造型及其在设计和生产中的应用 制造自动化; 3）自动生成最佳 CAD/CAM中数控机床的切削条件; 4）多机器人 装配工艺规划与调度; 5）自动化设计 装配和维护; 6）智能仿真系统， 自动化工厂; 7）基于传感器的自动化机器人系统 真空环境下的制造; 8） 自动化制造。 四家公司已加入该中心，另有四家公司已 表示，他们将在今年年初加入，届时新的预算 都是可用的。 工业支持将提供40%的 中心的100万美元的初始预算，并应增加到60% 在第一年。 加州已经将 每年200，000美元用于加强中心的研究。 首席研究员和他所有的同事 该中心的参与者都是该领域的著名专家，并已 专业知识和工业关系来运作这个中心。 该中心与设计司分摊费用， 制造和计算机。综合工程。 项目经理推荐南方大学 加州（和五所相关大学）将获得为期五年的持续资助，每年资助40万美元。 这 包括设计司每年提供的10万美元， 制造和计算机。综合工程。 FF 在每12个月的期末，项目经理 和/或跨学科研究部负责人 将审查该中心在一些更新的进展情况 标准，包括：（1）在多大程度上 大学与工业界的互动和合作正在发展; (2)中心的支持基础正在扩大的程度; (3)一个强大的研究计划正在发展的程度; (4)随着产业支持力度的加大，所有参与 各大学要达到由工业部确定的公平份额，如果令人满意，该计划 我将建议支持下一阶段的工作， 继续格兰特。