NRI: NSF: Challenges and Opportunities in Utilizing Robotics in Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises

这笔赠款支持组织研讨会，让工业界和学术界的思想领袖齐聚一堂，讨论在中小型企业中使用机器人的用例场景。研讨会的目的是(1)介绍和讨论机器人在制造业中的行业使用案例，特别是从固定自动化转向灵活自动化是经济推动因素的例子，以及(2)在学术界和工业界进行广泛讨论，以内化一系列共同的挑战和机遇。研讨会的参与者对在中小型制造商中部署机器人技术需要哪些进步有了新的见解。研讨会报告提供了挑战和研究机会的路线图，以指导机器人社区。该研讨会促进了未来对制造应用机器人开发的研究。这些活动直接影响美国制造业。

This grant supports organization of the workshop that brings together thought leaders from industry and academia to discuss use-case scenarios for use of robots in small and medium sized enterprises. The objective of the workshop is (1) to present and discuss industry use-cases for robotics in manufacturing and in particular examples where a move from fixed automation to flexible automation is an economic enabler and (2) to have broad discussions across academia and industry to internalize a common set of challenges and opportunities. The workshop participants gain new insights into what advances needed to deploy robotics in small and medium manufacturers. The workshop report provides a roadmap of challenges and research opportunities to guide the robotics community. The workshop stimulates future research towards development of robots for manufacturing applications. These activities directly impact the U.S. manufacturing.