Title
On-Line Reconfigurable Machines.
Abstract
A recent trend in intelligent machines and manufacturing has been toward reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Such systems move away from a fixed factory line executing an unchanging set of operations and toward the goal of an adaptable factory structure. The logical next challenge in this area is that of online reconfigurability. With this capability, machines can reconfigure while running, enable or disable capabilities in real time, and respond quickly to changes in the system or the environment (including faults). We propose an approach to achieving online reconfigurability based on a high level of system modularity supported by integrated, model-based planning and control software. Our software capitalizes on many advanced techniques from the artificial intelligence research community, particularly in model-based domain-independent planning and scheduling, heuristic search, and temporal resource reasoning. We describe the implementation of this design in a prototype highly modular, parallel printing system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1609/aimag.v34i3.2387
AI MAGAZINE
Keywords
Field
DocType
real time systems,control,planning,diagnosis,modular,manufacturing
Computer architecture,Heuristic,Reconfigurability,Factory,Manufacturing systems,Computer science,Simulation,Scheduling (computing),Software,Modular design,Modularity,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
34
3
0738-4602
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lara S. Crawford14524.59
Minh Binh Do228922.14
Wheeler Ruml31870130.48
Haitham A. Hindi451.35
Craig Eldershaw514212.86
Rong Zhou600.34
Lukas Kuhn7857.71
Markus P. J. Fromherz880457.86
David Biegelsen900.34
Johan De Kleer102839764.82
Daniel Larner1100.34