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

开放式产品实现是产品设计和制造的一种新范式，其中分布的消费者和供应商在设计、制造和价值创造过程中积极参与和协作。该探索性研究（EAGER）项目旨在开发设计网络制造系统的科学原理和方法，通过涉及用户在环设计、响应式制造和分布式装配的个性化来支持开放式产品的实现。个性化的产品会因为易用性和功能性的提高而给消费者带来附加价值。通过将设计目标从关注产品转变为关注客户，个性化也有可能改变消费产品的设计和制造。反过来，制造商将接受开放式架构产品和个性化的范例，从而实现开放式协作和创新的新文化。企业家会被这种模式所吸引，因为它为创新提供了一个新的平台。将成立新公司，参与创新模块和产品的设计，以增强产品的功能。因此，该项目将有可能对整个美国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，以及产品共同创造的快速制造和装配方法。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)“从艺术到零件”的网络平台，使客户能够以直接的方式创建，操纵和修改虚拟形状，并在组装后将最终产品可视化；(2)增材制造个性化模块快速制造的工艺规划和质量控制工具；(3)采用分布式测试平台方法集成单个工具和系统级验证，以实现工业规模的系统。学生将以“客户”、设计师和制造商的身份参与研究，学习、合作和创新。

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.