Distributed Intelligent Sensing and Control for Manufacturing Automation

用于制造自动化的分布式智能传感与控制

• 批准号: 197339-2013
• 负责人: Brennan, Robert
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=569833
• 关键词: Distributed; Intelligent; Sensing; Control; Manufacturing

To remain competitive in today's global market, manufacturers require systems that are capable of quickly responding to change while maintaining stable and efficient operation. Increasingly, the manufacturing control system is viewed as being central to achieving this goal. The main barriers to success in this area however, result from the combination of increasingly stringent customer requirements (e.g., high quality, customizable, low-cost products that can be delivered quickly) and inherent manufacturing system complexity (i.e., these systems are, by nature, distributed, concurrent and stochastic). Although manufacturing technology has become increasingly sophisticated to deal with these issues (e.g., through advanced robotics and computer numerical control), without adequate control, the result is often a collection of "islands of automation" that lack the necessary integration for truly responsive behavior. As a result, new control software and hardware approaches are required to realize a system that is flexible (i.e., capable of reconfiguration) and responsive (i.e., capable of recovering from disturbances). This research focuses on a new approach to real time manufacturing control, intended to reduce the barriers imposed on the flexibility and responsiveness of manufacturing systems by current control technology. More specifically, this proposal builds on the applicant's previous work in this area with the specific aim of formalizing the design process for real time distributed control reconfiguration management and safety management. The overall aim of this research is to help Canadian manufacturers remain competitive in today's global market by enabling them to respond quickly to change while maintaining stable system operation and efficient use of available resources.

为了在当今的全球市场上保持竞争力，制造商需要能够快速响应变化的系统，同时保持稳定和高效的运行。越来越多的制造控制系统被视为实现这一目标的核心。 然而，在这一领域取得成功的主要障碍来自日益严格的 客户要求（例如，可以快速交付的高质量、可定制、低成本产品）和固有的制造系统复杂性（即，这些系统本质上是分布式的、并发的和随机的）。尽管制造技术已经变得越来越复杂来处理这些问题（例如，通过先进的机器人技术和计算机数字控制），如果没有足够的控制，结果往往是一个“自动化孤岛”的集合，缺乏真正响应行为的必要集成。结果，需要新的控制软件和硬件方法来实现灵活的系统（即，能够重新配置）和响应（即，能够从干扰中恢复）。 本研究的重点是一种新的方法，真实的时间制造控制，旨在减少目前的控制技术的制造系统的柔性和响应的障碍。更具体地，该建议建立在申请人在该领域的先前工作的基础上，具体目的是使用于真实的分布式控制重新配置管理和安全管理的设计过程形式化。这项研究的总体目标是帮助加拿大制造商在当今的全球市场上保持竞争力，使他们能够快速响应变化，同时保持稳定的系统运行和有效利用可用资源。