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CAM, robotics and factories of the future
ControlEng. Practice,Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 535-536, 1995
Pergamon 096%0661(95)00025-9
Copyright © 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0967-0661/95 $9.50 + 0.00
PREFACE TO THE PAPERS FROM THE ISPE/IFAC CONFERENCE ON CAD/CAM, ROBOTICS FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
AND
M.B. Zaremba D~partement d'informatique, Universit~du QuEbec, Hull, Quebec J8X 3X7, Canada
(Received January 1995)
The theme of the 10th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future held in Ottawa, Canada, in August 1994 was "Information Technology for Modem Manufacturing". This theme was chosen to bring to the fore the ever-increasing importance of information processing and knowledge-based technologies in manufacturing systems. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent progress in novel prodigtion technologies, computer science, and knowledge engineerinf,, as well as in other related fields that have to be closely monitored so that the research results can be identified, adopted, and eventually implemented into the manufacturing systems of tomorrow.
has been set up roughly along the following lines: general issues, design, and control. The first paper was presented by Dr. V. Thomson as a plenary lecture. The author calls attention to the importance of creating a new culture, based on the systomiTation of knowledge and management of process, to increase organization-wide productivity. The next two papers discuss issues related to system design and specification involving complex information and product flow. In Towards a Tru/y Flexible Manufacturing System, the authors define models and algorithms that allow the introduction of new products and new resources without a total ~ g of the control system. They discuss the synthesis of correct control laws emplmsizing the aspects of product routing, on-fine control, and the operator interface. The issues of efficient system specification and interfacing with the control design engineer are also at the heart of Graphics-Oriented Expert Shell for the Design and Configuration of Distributed Control Systems. A system is presented that associates logical engineering design with graphical representations, derives configuration data from previous experience with related control scenarios, and is particularly useful for managing and documenting large-scale control and automation design activity.
The conference was organized along five tracks, addressing the theory and general aspects of manufacturing systems, information technology issues, flexible manufacturing systems and robotics, modelling and design, and manufacturing applications. About 250 papers were reviewed, of which about 130 were presented at the meeting. The papers selected for consideration for this Special Section of Control Engineering Practice reflect, at least to some degree, the diversity of the trends, technologies, and methods currently being discussed and explored in both the academic and the industrial communities, with l~rtio_,l~_r cmpllasis on the impact of information processing on different s t a ~ of the manufacturing pmcess~ Following a final review by a designated CEP editor, and revision with a view to journal publication, six ~ were selected.
The two papers that follow consider the everiml~rtant problem of schedu~& A theoretical structure for the design of a multi-level rule-based controller for the reentrant flow shop scheduling problem is given in F/ow Shop Scheduling in an FMS Matrix Framework. Application of multicriteria dynamic programming for the solution of the sequencing and job assignment problem is discussed
The sequence of the papers in this Special Section 535
536
M.B. Zaremba
in Optirnizing Automotive Manufacturing Sequences using Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms.
robot measurement developed by an R&D consortium within the ESPRIT project CAR-5220.
A good example of a comprehensive solution to an industrial problem is presented in Cafibration Applied to Quality Control in Robotic Production. The paper gives an overview of tools and devices for robot modellin~ model perameter identtfi"cation and
Notwithstanding the broad scope of the issues related to the notion of the Factor7 of the Future, the papers surveyed above give an insight into the current developments in this exciting area of research and application.
Pergamon 096%0661(95)00025-9
Copyright © 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0967-0661/95 $9.50 + 0.00
PREFACE TO THE PAPERS FROM THE ISPE/IFAC CONFERENCE ON CAD/CAM, ROBOTICS FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
AND
M.B. Zaremba D~partement d'informatique, Universit~du QuEbec, Hull, Quebec J8X 3X7, Canada
(Received January 1995)
The theme of the 10th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future held in Ottawa, Canada, in August 1994 was "Information Technology for Modem Manufacturing". This theme was chosen to bring to the fore the ever-increasing importance of information processing and knowledge-based technologies in manufacturing systems. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent progress in novel prodigtion technologies, computer science, and knowledge engineerinf,, as well as in other related fields that have to be closely monitored so that the research results can be identified, adopted, and eventually implemented into the manufacturing systems of tomorrow.
has been set up roughly along the following lines: general issues, design, and control. The first paper was presented by Dr. V. Thomson as a plenary lecture. The author calls attention to the importance of creating a new culture, based on the systomiTation of knowledge and management of process, to increase organization-wide productivity. The next two papers discuss issues related to system design and specification involving complex information and product flow. In Towards a Tru/y Flexible Manufacturing System, the authors define models and algorithms that allow the introduction of new products and new resources without a total ~ g of the control system. They discuss the synthesis of correct control laws emplmsizing the aspects of product routing, on-fine control, and the operator interface. The issues of efficient system specification and interfacing with the control design engineer are also at the heart of Graphics-Oriented Expert Shell for the Design and Configuration of Distributed Control Systems. A system is presented that associates logical engineering design with graphical representations, derives configuration data from previous experience with related control scenarios, and is particularly useful for managing and documenting large-scale control and automation design activity.
The conference was organized along five tracks, addressing the theory and general aspects of manufacturing systems, information technology issues, flexible manufacturing systems and robotics, modelling and design, and manufacturing applications. About 250 papers were reviewed, of which about 130 were presented at the meeting. The papers selected for consideration for this Special Section of Control Engineering Practice reflect, at least to some degree, the diversity of the trends, technologies, and methods currently being discussed and explored in both the academic and the industrial communities, with l~rtio_,l~_r cmpllasis on the impact of information processing on different s t a ~ of the manufacturing pmcess~ Following a final review by a designated CEP editor, and revision with a view to journal publication, six ~ were selected.
The two papers that follow consider the everiml~rtant problem of schedu~& A theoretical structure for the design of a multi-level rule-based controller for the reentrant flow shop scheduling problem is given in F/ow Shop Scheduling in an FMS Matrix Framework. Application of multicriteria dynamic programming for the solution of the sequencing and job assignment problem is discussed
The sequence of the papers in this Special Section 535
536
M.B. Zaremba
in Optirnizing Automotive Manufacturing Sequences using Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms.
robot measurement developed by an R&D consortium within the ESPRIT project CAR-5220.
A good example of a comprehensive solution to an industrial problem is presented in Cafibration Applied to Quality Control in Robotic Production. The paper gives an overview of tools and devices for robot modellin~ model perameter identtfi"cation and
Notwithstanding the broad scope of the issues related to the notion of the Factor7 of the Future, the papers surveyed above give an insight into the current developments in this exciting area of research and application.