EAGER: US IGNITE: A gigabit network and Cyber-Physical framework for Advanced Manufacturing

制造业，尤其是先进制造业，是美国长期繁荣和国家安全的关键因素。在网络和互联网技术的推动下，先进制造业正处于下一次重大革命的门槛。新一代敏捷和“基于信息的制造”将涉及网络物理资源、仿真和其他设计/制造工具的协同使用。在这个项目中，感兴趣的制造领域是一个称为微设备组装（MDA）的新兴领域。MDA是一个新兴的先进制造领域，涉及微米级器件的操作和组装。传感器、医疗设备（如心脏监测器）、监视设备和半导体制造中的产品可以使用这种技术生产。在这个项目中，超高速网络连接分布式网络物理资源，用于完成微米级设备的组装。该项目有两大类涉及微设备组装生命周期的工具：网络和物理。网络工具将用于完成装配规划方案，候选装配方案的分析，以及基于虚拟现实（VR）的目标微设计装配方案仿真。物理工具（或资源）将包括制造设备（用于组装目标微设计）、相机和其他相关传感器（用于指导复杂的组装以及在组装过程中提供反馈）。这种网络物理方法证明了使用超高速网络和先进网络技术（如软件定义网络）支持下一代先进制造协作框架的可行性。在这个系统中，与VR环境相关联的高清多媒体流接口将使合作伙伴能够协同提出、比较和完善装配规划方案。该项目将使用项目中概述的先进制造测试平台，支持俄克拉荷马州立大学工程专业学生的网络物理概念和制造框架教学；开发的一些网络工具随后也将作为K-12 STEM学习活动的一部分，涉及俄克拉何马州斯蒂尔沃特、俄克拉何马市和俄克拉何马州马斯科吉（克里克）国家学校的学生。

Manufacturing, and especially advanced manufacturing, is a key element of long-term U.S. prosperity and national security. Advanced manufacturing is at the threshold of the next major revolution catalyzed by advances in networking and Internet technologies. A new generation of agile and 'information based manufacturing' will involve collaborative use of cyber physical resources, simulation and other design/manufacturing tools. In this project, the manufacturing domain of interest is an emerging field called Micro Devices Assembly (MDA). MDA is an emerging advanced manufacturing field involving the manipulation and assembly of micron sized devices. Products in sensors, medical devices (such as heart monitors), surveillance devices and semiconductor manufacturing can be produced using such technologies.In this project an ultra-fast network links distributed cyber physical resources which are used to accomplish the assembly of micron sized devices. The project has two major categories of tools involving the life cycle of micro devices assembly: cyber and physical. Cyber tools will be used to accomplish of assembly planning alternatives, analysis of candidate assembly plans, and Virtual Reality (VR) based simulation of assembly alternatives for target micro designs. Physical tools (or resources) will include manufacturing equipment (to assemble target micro designs), cameras and other related sensors (to guide in the complex assembly as well as to provide feedback during assembly). Such a cyber physical approach demonstrates the feasibility of using ultrafast networks and advanced networking technologies such as Software Defined Networking to support next generation collaborative frameworks for advanced manufacturing. In this system the high-definition multimedia streaming interfaces associated with the VR environment will enable partners to collaboratively propose, compare and refine assembly planning alternatives. The project will use the advanced manufacturing test bed outlined in this project to support teaching of cyber physical concepts and manufacturing frameworks to engineering students at Oklahoma State University; some of the cyber tools developed will also be used subsequently as part of K-12 STEM learning activities involving students in Stillwater, Oklahoma City and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation schools in Oklahoma.