Research Initiation: Point-and-Direct Strategic Control in Manufacturing

这项研究将为制造过程中的应用原型修改和错误恢复创造一种全新的方法。人类主管将与机器人和其他自动化设备进行沟通，就像他们可能会指挥人类下属一样——通过指向地点，同时给出有关物体和行动的指令。这种点和直接的制造方法将允许新产品快速推出，并将导致持续的制造改进。更改和更正几乎是实时的。开发一种在非结构化三维工作空间中远程指定对象方向和位置的技术，对于实现制造中点与直的战略控制至关重要。点与直接制造的研究将导致一种新的制造控制技术的发展，其中人类执行任务概念和场景解释功能，他们非常适合，而机器执行任务执行功能，机器擅长。小型灵活企业和大型多单元制造商都将能够使用这种控制策略更轻松地使用机器人和其他智能机器。

This research will create an entirely new approach to application prototyping process modification and error recovery in manufacturing. Human supervisors will communicate with robots and other automated equipment like they might direct human subordinates-by pointing at locations while giving directives about objects and actions. This point-and-direct approach to manufacturing will allow new products to be introduced quickly and will lead to continuous manufacturing improvement. Changes and corrections will be made in nearly real-time. The development of a technology for remotely designating object orientation and position anywhere in an unstructured three-dimensional workspace is critical in realizing point-and-direct strategic control in manufacturing. This research in point-and-direct manufacturing will lead to the development of a novel manufacturing control technology where humans perform the task conception and scene interpretation functions for which they are well suited while machines perform the task execution function at which machines excel. Both small flexible enterprises, and large multiple-cell manufacturers will be able to use this control strategy to employ robots and other intelligent machines with greater ease.