Research program of robocup

RoboCup, Robot World Cup, is an international research initiative involving over 20 countries and researchers from various fields surrounding artificial intelligence and robotics. This introductory article describes research programs involved in RoboCup. The goal of RoboCup is to establish a scheme of long-range research, and a series of short-range research goals that essentially converges into the grand challenge as well as creating numerous spin-off technologies. The range of research areas spans from robot hardware design, software and multiagent programming, to natural language systems and education. This article describes how these efforts can be coordinated as an integrative research initiative.     

AI-Based Modeling and Data-Driven Evaluation for Smart Manufacturing Processes

Smart manufacturing refers to optimization techniques that are implemented in production operations by utilizing advanced analytics approaches. With the widespread increase in deploying industrial internet of things (IIOT) sensors in manufacturing processes, there is a progressive need for optimal and effective approaches to data management. Embracing machine learning and artificial intelligence to take advantage of manufacturing data can lead to efficient and intelligent automation. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive analysis based on evolutionary computing and neural network algorithms toward making semiconductor manufacturing smart. We propose a dynamic algorithm for gaining useful insights about semiconductor manufacturing processes and to address various challenges. We elaborate on the utilization of a genetic algorithm and neural network to propose an intelligent feature selection algorithm. Our objective is to provide an advanced solution for controlling manufacturing processes and to gain perspective on various dimensions that enable manufacturers to access effective predictive technologies.      

A novel intelligent particle swarm optimization algorithm for solving cell formation problem

The formation of manufacturing cells forms the backbone of designing a cellular manufacturing system. In this paper, we present a novel intelligent particle swarm optimization algorithm for the cell formation problem. The proposed solution method benefits from the advantages of particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) and self-organization map neural networks by combining artificial individual intelligence and swarm intelligence. Numerical examples demonstrate that the proposed intelligent particle swarm optimization algorithm significantly outperforms PSO and yields better solutions than the best solutions existed in the literature of cell formation. The application of the proposed approach is examined in a case problem where real data is utilized for cell reconfiguration of an actual company involved in agricultural manufacturing sector.

     

数字孪生与平行系统:发展现状、对比及展望

随着物联网、大数据、人工智能（Artificial intelligence,AI）等技术的发展,针对促进新一代信息技术与制造业深度融合、实现制造物理世界与信息世界交互与共融的需要,数字孪生和平行系统技术成为智能制造和复杂系统管理与控制领域研究的热点.本文对数字孪生和平行系统技术的基本概念、技术内涵、相关应用等进行了研究与总结,对比了两者之间的异同,并分析了两者的发展趋势,预期能够给复杂系统管理与控制领域的研究人员提供一定的参考和借鉴.     

以“互联网+”促进学前教育信息化建设

云计算、大数据、人工智能等技术的快速发展，有力地促进了“互联网+教育”的普及和应用。学前教育作为“互联网+”的重要应用领域，可以充分地利用人工智能、物联网、大数据等技术，实现学前教育硬件设备的互联互通，利用大数据搜索与推荐学前教育资源，基于人工智能开发可视化、虚拟化的学前教育课程，培养儿童的学习积极性和主动性，让学生养成一种良好的学习习惯，具有重要作用和意义。     

Application of neural networks to stock prediction in “pool” companies

Nowadays, carrying out precise stock predictions is essential for many companies in order to reduce material in storage. It allows these companies to decrease their investment in material. In the particular case of pool companies, this need becomes greater since they have to maintain quality of service as well as minimize investment in fixed assets. In order to make an accurate prediction, we have used artificial intelligence techniques, specifically artificial neural networks.     

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: A SURVEY OF ITS MECHANISMS,A SKETCH OF ITS SEMANTICS

Abstract

The paper surveys the field of knowledge representation, a sub-area of artificial intelligence research. It describes the syntactic mechanisms developed in this field for “representing knowledge” in computer systems. Special emphasis is put on highlighting their common properties and distinguishing characteristics. In addition, a clarification will be given of what “knowledge representation” actually means, Le., what it is for a syntactic system to “represent knowledge.”     

Big data and stream processing platforms for Industry 4.0 requirements mapping for a predictive maintenance use case

Industry 4.0 is considered to be the fourth industrial revolution introducing a new paradigm of digital, autonomous, and decentralized control for manufacturing systems. Two key objectives for Industry 4.0 applications are to guarantee maximum uptime throughout the production chain and to increase productivity while reducing production cost. As the data-driven economy evolves, enterprises have started to utilize big data techniques to achieve these objectives. Big data and IoT technologies are playing a pivotal role in building data-oriented applications such as predictive maintenance.In this paper, we use a systematic methodology to review the strengths and weaknesses of existing open-source technologies for big data and stream processing to establish their usage for Industry 4.0 use cases. We identified a set of requirements for the two selected use cases of predictive maintenance in the areas of rail transportation and wind energy. We conducted a breadth-first mapping of predictive maintenance use-case requirements to the capabilities of big data streaming technologies focusing on open-source tools. Based on our research, we propose some optimal combinations of open-source big data technologies for our selected use cases.     

A generic methodology and a digital twin for zero defect manufacturing (ZDM) performance mapping towards design for ZDM

Over recent years, the manufacturing industry has seen constant growth and change. From one side, it has been affected by the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). From the other side, it has had to enhance its ability to meet higher customer expectations, such as producing more customized products in a shorter time. In the contemporary competitive market of manufacturing, quality is a criterion of primary importance for winning market share. Quality improvement must be coupled with a concern for high performance. One of the most promising concepts for quality control and improvement is called zero defect manufacturing (ZDM), which utilizes the benefits of Industry 4.0 technologies. ZDM imposes the rule that any event in the production process should have a counter-action to mitigate it. In light of this, the current research developed a methodology the manufacturer can use to correctly select or design appropriate ZDM strategies and equipment to implement at each manufacturing stage. This methodology consists of several steps. The first step is to conduct several simulations using a dynamic scheduling tool with specific data sets to develop a digital twin (DT). The data sets are created using the Taguchi design of experiments methodology. The DT model is created for use in predicting the results of the developed scheduling tool without actually using said tool. Using the DT, multiple ZDM parameter-combination sets can be created and plugged into the model. This process generates ZDM performance maps that show the effect of each ZDM strategy at each manufacturing stage under different control parameters. These maps are intended to provide information for comparing different ZDM-oriented equipment to help manufacturers reach a final decision on correct and efficient ZDM implementation or to assist in the design phase of a ZDM strategy implementation.     

A hybrid artificial intelligence approach for improving yield in precious stone manufacturing

Reducing wastage from the unnecessary cutting of raw material is a key issue in the manufacture of diamonds and gemstones. The accuracy with which stones are graded prior to their being processed through the various manufacturing stages of cutting and finishing is a key determinant of yield and so profit. This presently manual activity requires a skilled craftsman to assess the grade and spot opportunities for upgrading through the judicious cutting away of imperfections in the raw material. There is however a balance to be struck between raising quality and lowering wastage. This paper describes iGem, an artificial intelligence tool that integrates rule-based knowledge representation, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms to produce a system for automating, and introducing consistency into, the grading of diamonds and gemstones. In this paper we show how iGem derives its knowledge from repeated examples of previously correctly graded stones and can improve its performance by learning from experience. The industrial benefit of iGem extends beyond simply improving grading but also to the introduction of consistency and so greater control into the overall manufacturing process. We believe the approach described has application in other situations where overall yield and manufacturing efficiency depends on trade-off decisions between removal of imperfections and loss of material as well as consistency in quality assessment. A further noteworthy aspect of the iGem project is its development of an objective quality assessment technique out of a hitherto substantially subjective one.     

Intelligent interfaces

The exchange of data and control information between man and machine or between various modules in a complex manufacturing system can either be done through standardized or specially defined interfaces. For either of the two ways applied, all data channels should be well defined and rigorously implemented otherwise proper functional operation cannot be secured. In the present practice this is the most formidable obstacle when creating flexible control systems.This paper surveys four approaches to establish more flexible, more intelligent interfaces. The self-adaptive interface is independent from the user and from the system as well. The extended man-machine interface is based on the roles of human communication. The interfaces in a data base environment provide indirect links through common media. The control and communication functions can be realized by a distributed architecture of an artificial intelligence system.     

Connectionism and artificial intelligence: history and philosophical interpretation

Abstract

Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus have tried to place connectionism and artificial intelligence in a broader historical and intellectual context. This history associates connectionism with neuroscience, conceptual holism, and non-rationalism, and artificial intelligence with conceptual atomism, rationalism, and formal logic. The present paper argues that the Dreyfus account of connectionism and artificial intelligence is both historically and philosophically misleading.     

A big data-driven framework for sustainable and smart additive manufacturing

From the last decade, additive manufacturing (AM) has been evolving speedily and has revealed the great potential for energy-saving and cleaner environmental production due to a reduction in material and resource consumption and other tooling requirements. In this modern era, with the advancements in manufacturing technologies, academia and industry have been given more interest in smart manufacturing for taking benefits for making their production more sustainable and effective. In the present study, the significant techniques of smart manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, and additive manufacturing are combined to make a unified term of sustainable and smart additive manufacturing (SSAM). The paper aims to develop framework by combining big data analytics, additive manufacturing, and sustainable smart manufacturing technologies which is beneficial to the additive manufacturing enterprises. So, a framework of big data-driven sustainable and smart additive manufacturing (BD-SSAM) is proposed which helped AM industry leaders to make better decisions for the beginning of life (BOL) stage of product life cycle. Finally, an application scenario of the additive manufacturing industry was presented to demonstrate the proposed framework. The proposed framework is implemented on the BOL stage of product lifecycle due to limitation of available resources and for fabrication of AlSi10Mg alloy components by using selective laser melting (SLM) technique of AM. The results indicate that energy consumption and quality of the product are adequately controlled which is helpful for smart sustainable manufacturing, emission reduction, and cleaner production.     

Using artificial intelligence technology to fight COVID-19: a review

In late December 2019, a new type of coronavirus was discovered, which was later named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). Since its discovery, the virus has spread globally, with 2,975,875 deaths as of 15 April 2021, and has had a huge impact on our health systems and economy. How to suppress the continued spread of new coronary pneumonia is the main task of many scientists and researchers. The introduction of artificial intelligence technology has provided a huge contribution to the suppression of the new coronavirus. This article discusses the main application of artificial intelligence technology in the suppression of coronavirus from three major aspects of identification, prediction, and development through a large amount of literature research, and puts forward the current main challenges and possible development directions. The results show that it is an effective measure to combine artificial intelligence technology with a variety of new technologies to predict and identify COVID-19 patients.

     

Ubiquitous knowledge empowers the Smart Factory: The impacts of a Service-oriented Digital Twin on enterprises' performance

While the Industry 4.0 is idolizing the potential of an artificial intelligence embedded into ``things", it is neglecting the role of the human component, which is still indispensable in different manufacturing activities, such as a machine setup or maintenance operations. The present research study first proposes an Industrial Internet pyramid as emergent human-centric manufacturing paradigm within Industry 4.0 in which central is the role of a Ubiquitous Knowledge about the manufacturing system intuitively accessed and used by the manufacturing employees. Second, the prototype of a Service-oriented Digital Twin, which leverage on a flexible ontology-oriented knowledge structure and on augmented reality combined to a vocal interaction system for an intuitive knowledge retrieval and fruition, has been designed and developed to deliver this manufacturing knowledge. Two test-beds, complimentary for the problems in practice (the former on the maintenance-production interface in a large enterprise, the latter majorly focused in production and setups in a small and medium enterprise), show the significant benefits in terms of time, costs and process quality, thus validating the approach proposed. This research shows that a human-centric and knowledge-driven approach can drive the performance of Industry 4.0 initiatives and lead a Smart Factory towards its full potential.     

Designing MIMO controller by neuro-traveling particle swarm optimizer approach

A nonlinear, multiple input–multiple output controller called the quality controller of neuro-traveling particle swarm optimizer (QC/NTPSO) approach has been proposed in this paper. A reliable controller must stabilize the quality during the manufacturing process and bring the quality characteristics of the manufacturing process close to the target. This controller must also have an adequate feedback system with estimation technology and optimization algorithm. In addition, the artificial intelligence has reasonably been matured and is often used in dealing with construction problems. Therefore, this work constructed a controller with artificial intelligence technology by first using an artificial neural network as the predictor and then using the traveling particle swarm optimizer that is ideal for continuous optimization problems as the algorithm for optimization. The proposed approach has been tested through chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), an important process in semiconductor manufacturing. The result of the test shows that the proposed approach can bring quality characteristics closer to the target than any other approaches.     

Agent-based distributed manufacturing control: A state-of-the-art survey

Manufacturing has faced significant changes during the last years, namely the move from a local economy towards a global and competitive economy, with markets demanding for highly customized products of high quality at lower costs, and with short life cycles. In this environment, manufacturing enterprises, to remain competitive, must respond closely to customer demands by improving their flexibility and agility, while maintaining their productivity and quality. Dynamic response to emergence is becoming a key issue in manufacturing field because traditional manufacturing control systems are built upon rigid control architectures, which cannot respond efficiently and effectively to dynamic change. In these circumstances, the current challenge is to develop manufacturing control systems that exhibit intelligence, robustness and adaptation to the environment changes and disturbances. The introduction of multi-agent systems and holonic manufacturing systems paradigms addresses these requirements, bringing the advantages of modularity, decentralization, autonomy, scalability and re-usability. This paper surveys the literature in manufacturing control systems using distributed artificial intelligence techniques, namely multi-agent systems and holonic manufacturing systems principles. The paper also discusses the reasons for the weak adoption of these approaches by industry and points out the challenges and research opportunities for the future.     

Integrating scheduling and control functions in computer integrated manufacturing using artificial intelligence

Proper integration of scheduling and control in Flexible Manufacturing Systems will make available the required level of decision-making capacity to provide a flexibly-automated, efficient, and quality manufacturing process. To achieve this level of integration, the developments in computer technology and sophisticated techniques of artificial intelligence (AI) should be applied to such FMS functions as scheduling. In this paper, we present an Intelligent Scheduling System for FMS under development that makes use of the integration of two AI technologies. These two AI technologies — Neural Networks and Expert Systems — provide the intelligence that the scheduling function requires in order to generate goodschedules within the restrictions imposed by real-time problems. Because the system has the ability to plan ahead and learn, it has a higher probability of success than conventional approaches. The adaptive behavior that will be achieved contribute to the integration of scheduling and control in FMS.     

Intelligent welding system technologies: State-of-the-art review and perspectives

Welding systems are being transformed by the advent of modern information technologies such as the internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent welding systems (IWS), making use of these technologies, are drawing attention from academic and industrial communities. Intelligent welding is the use of computers to mimic, strengthen, and/or replace human operators in sensing, learning, decision-making, monitoring and control, etc. This is accomplished by integrating the advantages of humans and physical systems into intelligent cyber systems. While intelligent welding has found pilot applications in industry, a systematic analysis of its components, applications, and future directions will help provide a unified definition of intelligent welding systems. This paper examines fundamental components and techniques necessary to make welding systems intelligent, including sensing and signal processing, feature extraction and selection, modeling, decision-making, and learning. Emerging technologies and their application potential to IWS will also be surveyed, including Industry 4.0, cyber-physical system (CPS), digital twins, etc. Typical applications in IWS will be surveyed, including weld design, task sequencing, robot path planning, robot programming, process monitoring and diagnosis, prediction, process control, quality inspection and assessment, human-robot collaboration, and virtual welding. Finally, conclusions and suggestions for future development will be proposed. This review is intended to provide a reference of the state-of-the-art for those seeking to introduce intelligent welding capabilities as they modernize their traditional welding stations, systems, and factories.