Augmented Reality-assisted Intelligent Window for Cyber-Physical Machine Tools. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Chao; Cao, Sheng; Tse, Wayne; Xu, Xun
• Is Part Of: Journal of manufacturing systems. Volume 44:Part 2(2017)
• Page Start: 280
• Page End: 286
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Cyber-Physical Systems -- Cyber-Physical Machine Tools -- Augmented Reality -- Intelligent Window -- Human-Machine Interface; Manufacturing processes -- Periodicals; Production engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Robots, Industrial -- Periodicals; Production, Technique de la -- Informatique -- Périodiques; Robots industriels -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 670.42
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2017.04.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-6125

Abstract

Abstract: Aiming to advance current machine tools to a higher level of intelligence and autonomy, this paper presents a new generation of machine tools, i.e. Cyber-Physical Machine Tool (CPMT), inspired by the recent advances in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). CPMT refers to a CPS-enabled machine tool that integrates physical machine tool and machining processes with computation and networking capabilities. Augmented Reality (AR) is used to enable intuitive and efficient human-machine interactions between humans and CPMT. An AR-assisted Intelligent Window for CPMT is proposed. The Intelligent Window is essentially an advanced Human-Machine Interface (HMI) which provides users with intuitive interactions with CPMT. The proposed Intelligent Window consists of four main functional modules, Real-time Control, AR-enabled Process Monitoring, AR-enabled Machining Simulation, and Process Optimization. An AR-assisted Intelligent Window for an EMCO Concept 105 milling machine is developed making use of a touch-screen computer. The advantages and potentials of CPS and AR in manufacturing are discussed based on the experience gained from the experiments.