A Research Planning Workshop in Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing

在过去的十年中，人工智能概念和技术已被有效地应用于制造决策的各个方面，从产品和工艺开发到生产管理，再到过程诊断和质量控制。人工智能技术将继续影响设计和制造。事实上，它们是精益制造、敏捷制造、虚拟制造、计算机集成制造和设计等概念共同梦想的重要甚至必要的组成部分。由于人工智能仍然是一个需要大量基础研究才能实现令人兴奋的发展的领域，这些发展将被证明对这些领域有用，而且由于这项研究可能也会集中在最具生产力的领域，因此现在是将人工智能和制造业的专家和实践者聚集在一起的好时机，以弥合问题和解决方案观点之间的差距。建立对该领域重要的研究挑战和技术潜力的更好的相互理解，打破目前存在的文化障碍，并促进两个社区之间未来的互动和合作。制造业和人工智能的研究人员和从业者将共同努力，促进真正智能制造系统的实现。

Over the past decade, artificial intelligence concepts and techniques have been productively applied to diverse aspects of manufacturing decision-making, ranging from product and process development, to production management, to process diagnosis and quality control. Artificial intelligence techniques will continue to impact design and manufacturing. In fact, they are an important - even necessary - part of the dreams shared by concepts such as lean manufacturing, agile manufacturing, virtual manufacturing, computer-integrated manufacturing and design. Because artificial intelligence is still a field in which there is much fundamental research required to bring to fruition exciting developments that will prove useful in these fields and because this research might as well be focused on the most productive areas, it is a good time to bring together experts and practitioners in both artificial intelligence and manufacturing, to bridge gaps between problem and solution perspectives, build better mutual understanding of important research challenges and technical potential in the field, break down cultural barriers that now exist, and foster future interaction and collaboration between the two communities. Together, manufacturing and artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners will work to facilitate the realization of truly intelligent manufacturing systems.