Intelligent Control and Integration of Manufacturing Systems

Objective

The main objective of the proposed NOE in "Intelligent Control and Integration of Manufacturing Systems" (ICIMS) is to pool together and enhance the human and material resources of leading research and academic institutions as well as all related industries, aiming at the creation of an infrastructure that will allow the coordination of research and development, provide the leadership for new research directions, efficiently disseminate the new knowledge and help the effective training of professionals and students alike. The long term industrial goal of the NOE ICIMS is to develop and contribute the necessary tools so that an Adaptive Intelligent Factory (ADIF) become a reality in the long run of 10-12 years. The distinct feature of ADIF would be the effective linkage of intelligence and integration.

Most complex manufacturing systems and many natural processes are of a distributed nature and are characterised by the interaction of many agents trying to solve a variety of problems. In these systems, each agent has an individual, local view of the problem, and at the same time must successfully interact with other subsystems and agents in order to find global solutions to the problems posed. One of the difficulties in both the design and the understanding of distributed Complex Manufacturing Systems comes from the lack of central controls and the conflicting, uncertain, incomplete and delayed knowledge from the agents.

Although there has been considerable progress in theoretical as well as applied research in developing isolated "islands of excellence" in the areas of systems controls and integration of systems, relatively little has been developed in the evaluation of the global behaviour of these systems as they are scaled up to deal with more realistic problems. This is an important issue since the individual agents must not only be designed to cooperate with each other, but also to adapt appropriately to global consequences of their actions (holonic systems). Thus, it is required that considerable basic and applied research in this area be undertaken as well as coordinated in order to develop the necessary generic tools which will enable the design of future Complex Manufacturing Systems in which "Intelligent Control" and "Integration" will be the central factor.

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Address

26500 Rio Patras
Greece

Participants (55)

ALFAMICRO-SISTEMAS DE COMPUTADORES

Portugal

Address

Rua Pedro Ivo, 12A
1700 Lisboa

ALGOSYSTEMS

Greece

Address

Sygrou Avenue, 183, 76104
17121 Athenes

BUDAPEST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Hungary

Address

1521 Budapest

British Aerospace Defence Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

Guild Centre Lords Walk
PR1 1RE Preston

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Address

Road Wharley End
MK43 0AL Cranfield,bedford

Computer and Automation Institute

Hungary

Address

Kende. U. 13-17
1111 Budapest

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

Spain

Address

Serrano 144
28006 Madrid

Daimler-Benz AG

Germany

Address

Epplestraße 225
70567 Stuttgart

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

Address

Den Dolecht 2
5600 MB Eindhoven

FATRONICA

Portugal

Address

R. Manuel Dos Santos, 17-A
1900 Lisboa

FATRONIK SYSTEM

Spain

Address

Poligono Ibaitarte, 1160
20870 Elgoibar

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (FhG)

Germany

Address

Wilhelminenstraße 7
64283 Darmstadt

HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

Finland

Address

Otakaari, 1
02150 Espoo

INSTITUTO DE AUTOMATICA INDUSTRIAL

Spain

Address

Km. 22,8 N-iii, La Poveda, 0
28500 Arganda Del Rey

INTRACOM

Greece

Address

Markopoulou Avenue, 19.5 Km, 68
19002 Peania

INTRASOFT SA

Greece

Address

Adrianiou & Papada Str., 2
11525 Athens

Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI)

United Kingdom

Address

6 Chilton House
TS23 1LD Billingham

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Belgium

Address

Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven

LUND UNIVERSITY

Sweden

Address

, 117
S 221 00 Lund

Mercedes-Benz AG

Germany

Address

Mercedesstraße 136
70327 Stuttgart

Nederland. Philips Bedrijven Bv

Netherlands

Address

Prof. Holstlaan 4
5656 AA Eindhoven

Nestec York Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

YO1 1XY York

PHILIPS IA KASSEL

Germany

Address

Miramstraße 87
34123 Kassel

Pirelli SpA

Italy

Address

Piazza Cadorna
20132 Milano

Politecnico di Torino

Italy

Address

Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS (ICI)

Romania

Address

Averescu Avenue, 8-10
71316 Bucharest 1

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Sweden

Address

S-10044 Stockholm

RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM

Germany

Address

Universitätsstraße 150
44780 Bochum

SILESIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, GLIWICE

Poland

Address

Ul.b.krzywoustego, 2
44100 Gliwice

SLOVAK TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Sema Group SA

France

Address

16-20 Rue Barbes
92126 Montrouge

TECHNICAL UNIV. OF DENMARK

Denmark

Address

Anker Engelundsvej
2800 Lyngby

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

Greece

Address

Iroon Politechniou, 37
Hania

Technical University Athens

Greece

Address

Zografou Campus
Athens

Technische Universität Berlin

Germany

Address

Einsteinufer 25
10587 Berlin

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

Address

Jose Guttierez Abasca, 2
28006 Madrid

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

Address

Apartado, 22012
46071 Valencia

UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO

Portugal

Address

Campus Universitario, 400
3800 Aveiro

UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO

Portugal

Address

Rua Dos Bragas, 4099 Codex
4000 Porto

UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX 1

France

Address

Bordeaux

UNIVERSITE DE TOULOUSE 1, SCIENCES SOCIALES

France

Address

Place Anatole France
31042 Toulouse

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GALWAY

Ireland

Address

Galway

UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND METALLURGY

Poland

Address

Al. Mickiewicza, 30
30059 Krakow

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

United Kingdom

Address

16, Richmond Street
Glasgow

UNIVERSITY OF TRONDHEIM NORWEGIAN INS. OF TECHN.

Norway

Address

, 0
7034 Trondheim

UNIVERSITY OF VESZPREN

Hungary

Address

Veszpren

University of Bradford

United Kingdom

Address

Richmond Road
BD7 1DP Bradford

University of Liverpool

United Kingdom

Address

Brownlow Hill
L69 3BX Liverpool

University of Reading

United Kingdom

Address

Whiteknights
RG6 2AS Reading

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Italy

Address

Via Santa Marta 3
50129 Firenze

Università degli Studi di Genova

Italy

Address

Via Opera Pia 11A
16145 Genova

Universität Bremen

Germany

Address

Hochschulring 20
28359 Bremen

Universität Fridericana Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule)

Germany

Address

Kaiserstraße 12
76128 Karlsruhe

Université de Nancy

France

Address

Nancy

Warsaw University of Technology

Poland

Address

Nowowiejska 15/19
00-665 Warsaw