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

这项研究将为制造中的应用原型流程修改和错误恢复创建一种全新的方法。 人类主管将与机器人和其他自动化设备进行交流，就像他们指挥人类下属一样——通过指向位置，同时给出有关物体和动作的指令。 这种点对点的制造方法将使新产品能够快速推出，并带来持续的制造改进。 更改和更正将几乎实时进行。 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的点直接战略控制至关重要。 这项针对点直接制造的研究将导致新型制造控制技术的发展，其中人类执行他们非常适合的任务构思和场景解释功能，而机器则执行机器擅长的任务执行功能。 无论是小型柔性企业还是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.