EAGER: US IGNITE: A gigabit network and Cyber-Physical framework for Advanced Manufacturing

制造业，尤其是先进制造业，是美国长期繁荣和国家安全的关键要素。先进制造业正处于由网络和互联网技术进步催化的下一次重大革命的门槛上。新一代敏捷和基于信息的制造将涉及协同使用网络物理资源、模拟和其他设计/制造工具。在这个项目中，感兴趣的制造领域是一个新兴的领域，称为微设备组装(MDA)。MDA是一个新兴的先进制造领域，涉及微米级设备的操纵和组装。利用这种技术可以生产传感器、医疗设备(如心脏监测器)、监控设备和半导体制造等产品。在这个项目中，一个超高速网络连接了分散的网络物理资源，这些资源被用来完成微米级设备的组装。该项目有两大类工具，涉及微型设备组装的生命周期：网络和物理。网络工具将用于完成装配规划备选方案、候选装配方案分析以及基于虚拟现实(VR)的目标微设计装配备选方案的仿真。实物工具(或资源)将包括制造设备(用于组装目标微设计)、照相机和其他相关传感器(用于在复杂组装中进行指导以及在组装过程中提供反馈)。这种网络物理方法证明了使用超高速网络和高级网络技术(如软件定义网络)来支持先进制造的下一代协作框架的可行性。在该系统中，与VR环境相关联的高清晰度多媒体流接口将使合作伙伴能够协作地提出、比较和改进装配计划备选方案。该项目将使用该项目中概述的先进制造试验台，支持向俄克拉荷马州立大学的工程学学生教授网络物理概念和制造框架；开发的一些网络工具随后还将被用作K-12 STEM学习活动的一部分，参加活动的学生包括斯蒂尔沃特、俄克拉何马城和俄克拉何马州的Muscogee(Creek)Nation学校的学生。

Manufacturing, and especially advanced manufacturing, is a key element of long-term U.S. prosperity and national security. Advanced manufacturing is at the threshold of the next major revolution catalyzed by advances in networking and Internet technologies. A new generation of agile and 'information based manufacturing' will involve collaborative use of cyber physical resources, simulation and other design/manufacturing tools. In this project, the manufacturing domain of interest is an emerging field called Micro Devices Assembly (MDA). MDA is an emerging advanced manufacturing field involving the manipulation and assembly of micron sized devices. Products in sensors, medical devices (such as heart monitors), surveillance devices and semiconductor manufacturing can be produced using such technologies.In this project an ultra-fast network links distributed cyber physical resources which are used to accomplish the assembly of micron sized devices. The project has two major categories of tools involving the life cycle of micro devices assembly: cyber and physical. Cyber tools will be used to accomplish of assembly planning alternatives, analysis of candidate assembly plans, and Virtual Reality (VR) based simulation of assembly alternatives for target micro designs. Physical tools (or resources) will include manufacturing equipment (to assemble target micro designs), cameras and other related sensors (to guide in the complex assembly as well as to provide feedback during assembly). Such a cyber physical approach demonstrates the feasibility of using ultrafast networks and advanced networking technologies such as Software Defined Networking to support next generation collaborative frameworks for advanced manufacturing. In this system the high-definition multimedia streaming interfaces associated with the VR environment will enable partners to collaboratively propose, compare and refine assembly planning alternatives. The project will use the advanced manufacturing test bed outlined in this project to support teaching of cyber physical concepts and manufacturing frameworks to engineering students at Oklahoma State University; some of the cyber tools developed will also be used subsequently as part of K-12 STEM learning activities involving students in Stillwater, Oklahoma City and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation schools in Oklahoma.