Acquisition of MRI Equipment for Next Generation Supervisory and Real-Time Controller for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Workcells

电信系统、无线网络、柔性制造系统等的新发展对决策监督控制器的设计提出了苛刻的要求。另一方面，先进机械、制造工具、轻量化和移动机器人等方面的新发展对实时设备级运动控制器的设计提出了很高的要求。本课题的目标是设计一个具有多智能体决策和机器级运动控制功能的控制器。为了实现这一目标，需要开发新的设备来开发智能物料处理单元（用于多代理监督控制），开发实时控制系统（用于机器级控制），以及开发FMS/机床控制器（包括监督和实时运动控制功能）。该设备对于开发具有多智能体决策和机器级运动控制功能的新型控制器至关重要。该项目得益于研究人员与Simis实验室和卡特彼勒公司等公司的合作关系。

9724497 Lewis New developments in telecommunications systems, wireless networks, flexible manufacturing systems, etc. place severe demands on the design of decision-making supervisory controllers. On the other hand, new developments in advanced machinery, manufacturing tooling, lightweight and mobile robots, etc. place high demands on the design of real-time device-level motion controllers. The objective of this project is to design a controller with both multi-agent decision-making and machine-level motion control functions. To achieve this objective, new pieces of equipment are required for the development of an intelligent material handling cell (for multi-agent supervisory control), the development of a real-time control system (for machine-level control), and the development of a FMS/Machine Tool Controller (including both supervisory and real-time motion control functions). The equipment is essential for the development of a new class of controllers which have both multi-agent decision-making and machine-level motion control functions. The project benefits from the collaborative relationship of the investigators with companies such as Simis Labs and Caterpiller Inc.