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

制造业，特别是先进制造业，是美国长期繁荣和国家安全的关键因素。 先进制造业正处于网络和互联网技术进步所催化的下一次重大革命的门槛。新一代的敏捷和“基于信息的制造”将涉及协同使用网络物理资源，仿真和其他设计/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，涉及微米尺寸器件的操作和组装。传感器、医疗设备（如心脏监测器）、监控设备和半导体制造业的产品都可以使用这些技术生产。在这个项目中，一个超高速网络连接分布式网络物理资源，用于完成微米尺寸设备的组装。该项目有两大类涉及微器件装配生命周期的工具：网络和物理。网络工具将被用来完成装配规划方案，分析候选装配计划，和基于虚拟现实（VR）的模拟目标微设计的装配方案。物理工具（或资源）将包括制造设备（用于组装目标微设计）、摄像机和其他相关传感器（用于在复杂的组装中进行引导以及在组装期间提供反馈）。这种网络物理方法证明了使用超快网络和软件定义网络等先进网络技术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环境相关的高清多媒体流接口将使合作伙伴能够协同提出，比较和改进装配规划方案。该项目将使用本项目中概述的先进制造测试平台，以支持俄克拉荷马州州立大学工程专业学生的网络物理概念和制造框架教学;开发的一些网络工具随后也将用作K-12 STEM学习活动的一部分，涉及俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特市和俄克拉荷马州马斯科吉（克里克）民族学校的学生。

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.