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The research of the infoMechatronics and Industrial Automation lab is focused on information technologies enabling flexibility and re-configurability of manufacturing and logistics systems. In the past 2 years more than 20 research projects have been completed that investigated novel ways of designing controls in flexible reconfigurable manufacturing. |
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| The core flexibility-enabling idea is to control machines in a decentralized way, so each mechatronic unit becomes intelligent and negotiates with other units in order to achieve the production goal. | ||
| Each conveyor section is equipped with an experimental embedded controller directly executing intelligent agents in form of IEC 61499 function blocks. |
The modular mechatronic testbed is used to demonstrate the developed techniques in manufacturing environments with the changing layout of the factory floor. |
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Highlights of recent projects CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LAB'S RESEARCH |
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