EAGER/Collaborative Research/Cyber Manufacturing: Cyber-Manufacturing Systems for Open Product Realization

开放式产品实现是一种新的产品设计和制造范式，分布式消费者和供应商积极参与和协作设计、制造和价值创造过程。这一早期概念探索性研究资助(AGER)项目旨在开发科学的原则和方法来设计网络制造系统，以支持通过涉及用户在环中设计、响应制造和分布式组装的个性化来实现开放式产品。个性化产品将为消费者带来附加值，因为它提高了可用性和功能性。个性化还有可能通过改变设计目标，从关注产品转向关注客户，从而改变消费产品的设计和制造。反过来，制造商将接受开放架构产品和个性化的范例，实现开放协作和创新的新文化。企业家将被这种范式所吸引，因为它为创新提供了一个新的平台。将创建新的公司，参与创新模块和产品的设计，以增强产品功能。因此，该项目将有可能对美国整体经济和社会产生重大影响。将开发网络制造算法和技术，以实现装配约束下的个性化设计，以及用于产品共同创造的快速制造和组装方法。使用平板电脑和云计算的更自然的界面将被创造出来，以支持个性化的设计和制造。研究任务是：(1)使客户能够以直截了当的方式创建、操作和修改虚拟形状并在组装后可视化最终产品的“艺术到部件”网络平台；(2)用于使用添加制造快速制造个性化模块的工艺计划和质量控制工具；以及(3)将单个工具和系统级验证与分布式试验台方法相集成，以实现工业规模的系统。学生将通过以“客户”、设计师和制造商的身份参与研究来学习、协作和创新。

Open Product Realization is a new paradigm of product design and manufacturing where distributed consumers and suppliers actively participate and collaborate in the process of design, fabrication and value creation. This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project aims to develop scientific principles and methods for designing cyber manufacturing systems in support of open product realization through personalization involving user-in-the-loop design, responsive manufacturing, and distributed assembly. Personalized products will bring added value to the consumers because of the improved usability and functionality. Personalization also has the potential to transform the design and manufacture of consumer products by changing the design goal from focusing on the product to focusing on the customer. In turn, manufacturers will embrace the paradigm of open architecture products and personalization, enabling a new culture of open collaboration and innovation. Entrepreneurs will be attracted to such a paradigm because it provides a new platform for innovation. New companies will be created to participate in the design of innovative modules and products to enhance product functionality. Therefore, this project will have the potential to significantly impact the U.S. economy and society as a whole. Cyber-manufacturing algorithms and technologies will be developed to enable personalized design under assembly constraints, and rapid fabrication and assembly methods for product co-creation. More natural interfaces using tablets and cloud-based computing will be created to support personalized design and manufacturing. The research tasks are: (1) "Art-to-part" cyber platforms enabling the customer to create, manipulate, and modify virtual shapes in a straightforward manner, and visualize the final product after assembly; (2) Process planning and quality control tools for rapid manufacturing of personalized modules using additive manufacturing; and (3) Integration of individual tools and system-level validation with a distributed test bed approach to realize an industrial-scale system. Students will learn, collaborate and innovate by participating in the research as "customers", designers, and manufacturers.