This paper presents the design and implementation of an Integrated Intelligent MechRobot System (IIMRS). The framework and the functionality of IIMRS are developed based on intelligent control, robotics, shop floor integration, and factory automation. Modern control software and hardware can be easily implemented with IIMRS. The system consists of autonomous robot, embedded system, PC-based con...

A holonic system is envisioned to have a high degree of openness to incorporate new resources at runtime, and is reconfigurable to make new product types with legacy hardware configurations. This paper describes ongoing industrially-geared research into identifying a roadmap (as part of a larger business-case analysis) for introducing the holonic paradigm into the next generation of factory aut...

– Increasingly, automation and computer-based control play key roles in the operation of manufacturing systems. These two factors are necessary to support trends towards greater product customization and increased emphasis on reduction of lead times. At the same time, though, automation and computer-based control can be enormously expensive to design and implement in a factory. These high costs...

S emiconductor manufacturing is an established yet rapidly growing industry, and it has highly automated factories. The automation of a semiconductor factory is a significant and challenging task because of its complicated production processes, sophisticated equipment, and harsh productivity requirements. Advanced robots, automated guided vehicles, high-precision equipment, and various informat...

Industrie 4.0 as one of the leading research and development initiatives for factory automation systems envisions a hierarchy of Industrie 4.0 components that exhibit a generic structure and behavior related to its utilization within production system life cycles. The components are equipped with an administration shell containing a virtual representation of the component. But up to now it is s...

Semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) continue to expand in both complexity and volume. As a result, integrated models are required to determine even high level impacts to key success indicators. In order to gain insight into how the components of a factory impact performance metrics, Intel uses an integrated discrete-event simulation modeling approach. Two models, one fab capacity and on...

Different from conventional wired line connections, industrial control through wireless transmission is widely regarded as a promising solution due to its reduced cost, increased long-term reliability, and enhanced reliability. However, mission-critical applications impose stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements that entail ultra-reliability low-latency communications (URLLC). The prima...

New use cases and applications in factory automation scenarios impose demanding requirements for traditional industrial communications. In particular, latency reliability are considered as some of the most representative Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that limit technological choices addressing wireless Indeed, there is a considerable research effort ongoing area systems, not only from academ...

Three strategies, which denoted as MA, Management Automation, Marketing Automation and Manufacturing Automation have to be jointly incorporated to confront the more competitive market. An answer to these needs, transparent factory (TF), which is an open automation framework, based on internet technologies that provide seamless communication between plant floor and business system has been intro...