An Object-Based System Incorporating Representations and Reasoning Mechanisms to Plan Manufacturing Applications

摘要

Intelligent manufacturing systems require an interface between CAD and CAM to reason about how the designed part will be recognised, transported, manufactured, and inspected. This paper presents a representation describing abstractions of part design data with relationships to application specifications and behaviours critical to a particular application. Schema representations are based on object-oriented class structures and related through semantic nets. The planning system develops and adapts task, path, and trajectory plans based on sensor data, application specifications, and past experience for part recognition, material handling, and surface finishing applications.