Networked manufacturing with reality sensation for technology transfer

摘要

This paper describes a networked remote manufacturing system with reality transmission capability for simultaneous technology transfer. The technologies presented in the paper can be used to establish a remote operation and monitoring function asan advanced user interface. The system consists of an open-architecture CNC controller, sensors to monitor the machining state, mechanical fuses to prevent overloads, apparatuses to present visual, auditory, force and tactile information to the userinterface, and an input device to operate a machine tool. In the experiment, visual, force, auditory and tactile information were successfully presented to operate the system remotely using multi-axis force information.