Hybrid intelligent system for Manufacturing (Hi4Man)

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Production technologies such as subtractive (machining) & additive (3D printing) machines and process automation enable precise manufacturing; however, product and process complexity leads to other challenges such as manual setup changeovers, part dislocations, feature identification, operations scheduling, tracking of material deposition, perception of robots, and collisions avoidance. These challenges lead to increasing manufacturing costs, and limit the broad implementation of existing advanced manufacturing techniques. Thus, machines need intelligent, fast, and robust systems to enhance their performance and reconfigure themselves for unexpected/unavoidable changes. The proposed research program will overcome these limitations during hybrid manufacturing (HM) of combined additive & subtractive processes and robotics for enhanced accuracy, speed, quality, automation and intelligence.