A Study on Architecture and Control of Next Generation Manufacturing Systems

主要研究成果如下：(1)从新的制造系统控制与管理体系结构的角度，探讨了仿生制造系统的基本体系结构。提出了一种新的基于DNC类型信息和知识库类型信息的自主分布式控制体系结构。(2)应用主动数据库技术，提出了制造系统分散与集中的混合控制与管理体系结构。提出了一种新的控制和管理体系结构--合弄制造系统，该体系结构通过合弄组件之间的协调来执行制造过程。提出了一种调度方法，并将其应用于制造系统的分布式调度中。(4)制造资源建模基于制造设备的运动学特征，提出了一种系统的方法来表示制造设备的制造资源。(5)智能机床从机床产品的自主分布式制造的角度，提出了智能机床的基本体系结构。(6)智能机床的人机界面，提出了智能机床人机接口的基本体系结构，旨在实现人与智能机床之间的协同通信。(7)智能夹具系统为实现机床上工件的自主装夹，提出了一种夹具自动装夹系统。

The results of the research project are summarized in the followings.(1) Bionic manufacturing systemBasic architecture of bionic manufacturing systems was discussed from the viewpoint of the new control and management architecture of the manufacturing systems. A new autonomous distributed control architecture was proposed based on both the DNC type information and the knowledge base type information.(2) Decentralized and centralized manufacturing systemA hybrid control and management architecture of the manufacturing systems was proposed by applying the active data base. The hybrid architecture was applied to the scheduling problems.(3) Holonic manufacturing systemA new control and management architecture named holonic manufacturing system is proposed, which carries out the manufacturing processes through the coordination among the components named holons. A scheduling method was proposed and applied to the distributed scheduling of the manufacturing systems.(4) Modeling of manufacturing resourcesA systematic method was proposed to represent the manufacturing resources of the manufacturing devices based on the kinematic characteristics.(5) Intelligent machine toolsA basic architecture of the intelligent machine tools was proposed from the viewpoint of the autonomous distributed manufacturing of the machine products.(6) Human interface for intelligent machine toolsA basic architecture of the human interfaces of the intelligent machine tools was proposed aiming at realizing a cooperative communication between the human operators and the intelligent machine tools.(7) Intelligent fixturing systemA basic architecture of the intelligent fixturing system was proposed aiming at realizing an autonomous fixturing of the workpieces on the machine tools.