I/UCRC Design for Recognizability in Flexible Manufacturing

这一研究机会奖资助了塔斯基吉大学的一个项目“柔性制造中的可识别性设计”，以支持佐治亚理工学院的工业/大学材料处理合作研究中心。这个为期两年的项目由中心的行业咨询委员会批准并向其报告。研究内容如下：1)制定设计或改装部件的指导方针，以符合拟议的新方法，即通过安装了反向反射视觉传感器的机器人，轻松可靠地识别平面上的孤立物体；2)使用上述指南设计和修改佐治亚理工学院材料搬运研究中心感兴趣的成员公司建议的特定部件；使用IBM机器人、IBM AT和佐治亚理工学院的具有反向反射视觉传感的Landmark跟踪相机进行部件识别和处理实验；制定初步指标，通过指南、设计、测试和指标的迭代程序，基于可识别性和处理周期时间来比较部件的备选设计。研究人员是有能力的，并且拥有进行研究的设施。项目经理建议塔斯基吉大学获得10万美元，为期两(2)年。

This Research Opportunity Award funds a project "Design for Recognizability in Flexible Manufacturing" at Tuskegee University in support of Georgia Institute of Technology's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Material Handling. This two year project is approved by and reporting to the Center's Industry Advisory Board. The research is 1.) developing the guidelines for designing or modifying a part to comply with a proposed new method for easy and reliable recognition of an isolated object on a flat surface, by a robot fitted with a retroreflective vision sensor; 2.) designing and modifying specific components, suggested by the interested member companies of the Material Handling Research Center of Georgia Tech, using above guidelines; 3.) conducting experiments in part recognition and handling using an IBM robot, IBM AT, and Georgia Tech's Landmark Tracking Camera with retroreflective vision sensing; and 4.) developing preliminary metrics to compare alternate designs of a part on the basis of recognizability and cycle time for handling by going through the iterative procedure of guidelines, design, test and metrics. The researcher is competent and has the facilities available to perform the research. The Program Manager recommends Tuskegee University be awarded $100,000 for two (2) years.