A Machine-Tool, Open-System Advanced Intelligent Controller for Sensor-Based Precision Manufacturing (MOSAIC-PM)

MOSAIC-PM（机床，开放系统，精密制造先进智能控制器）是一个基础广泛的集成程序。它包括使用触摸触发探针简化二维和三维夹具的新算法的开发，传感器系统的开发和评估，使用计算机视觉引导的去毛刺工具有效地去除毛刺，以及用于设置规划和公差描述的专家系统的开发。该实验室系统基于DecStation/VMEbus/Real-time Unix/C环境。这项研究计划整合结果，使普通机床成为中档精密机床。如果成功，这项研究将使机床精度显著提高，而额外的成本很少。这将使其成为一个相对低成本的制造研究平台，并可能为美国工业带来下一代控制器的原型。

The MOSAIC-PM (Machine-Tool, Open-System, Advanced Intelligent Controller for Precision Manufacturing) is a broad-based integrated program. It includes the development of new algorithms which use touch-trigger probes to simplify two-dimensional and three- dimensional fixturing, development and evaluation of sensor systems, effective burr removal using computer-vision guided deburring tools and the development of expert systems for set-up planning and tolerance descriptions. The laboratory system is based on a DecStation/VMEbus/Real-time Unix/C environment. This research plans to integrate results so that a normal machine-tool becomes a mid-range precision machine. If successful this research will permit significant increases in machine-tool precision with little extra cost. This would lead to its use as a relatively low cost manufacturing research platform and could lead to a prototype of a next-generation controller for U.S. industry.