Objective
Motivation:
Today, large-scale manufacturing facilities are characterized by a high degree of automation whereas the reconfiguration of these complex production processes is accomplished by extensive engineering. With increasing product variants and shorter product cycles, the dynamic reconfiguration clearly is a key technology. Current production engineering tools maintain their own models of equipment capabilities which leads to problems of consistency and scalability.
Objectives:
The main project objective is to facilitate dynamic reconfiguration of complex production processes. To this end, the novel concept of skill-based manufacturing is proposed, i.e. production units with embedded knowledge about their skills being able to interact in order to solve a given manufacturing task. Three scientific and technical objectives have been identified: skill-aware components (sensors/actuators with embedded knowledge about their skills), skill-serving (matching production requirements and component skills for dynamic reconfiguration) and skill-mining (real-time query of capabilities of production facility).
Innovation:
The approach of skill-based production will trigger innovation along the whole chain of manufacturing. Information technology will no longer only be used for the control of production facilities but also for their set-up and reconfiguration. All manufacturing devices will be equipped with embedded intelligence enabling interaction and co-operation between them.
Impact:
The collaboration of research institutes (3), SMEs (3) and global players (2) will promote the idea of skill-based manufacturing, thus contributing to the transformation of industry towards high-added value organisations. In the future, additional services such as web-based configuration tools will open new markets. By developing the technology and preparing standardisation issues the European manufacturing industry will increase its competitive edge.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering control systems
- social sciences sociology industrial relations automation
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics
- natural sciences computer and information sciences software software applications simulation software
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Programme(s)
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Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2004-IST-NMP-2
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
MUENCHEN
Germany
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