Necessity of new label
Cyber Physical System( CPS)
A network of Mechatronics Systems
Dr Madhavan Shanmugavel Monash University Malaysia campus
Mechatroincs System( MS) encompasses one or more physical system with sensors and actuators with closed loop( CL) feedback control. By nature, a CL feedback system immune to external disturbances. Thanks to advances in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems( MEMS) which paved the way for miniaturization in turn lead to affordable sensors. Since the date of introduction, the major contribution of MS can be found within the realm automation and manufacturing.
Atypical manufacturing industry has several worksites such as production, assembly, development, prototype section etc. with hundreds of MS. The material flow, quality control, products, processes, and operations at one site depend on what’ s going on other site. The Quality and Performance( Q & P) of final product would be the summation of Q & P of individual systems from the work sites. For example, consider two work sites: WA, and WB, each produces component CA, and CB, and their Q & P are evaluated by their corresponding MSA, and MSB. A Final Product( FP) is produced by assembly of these components: FP � CA� CB. The Q & P of the FP would be assessed after the assembly. The quality of the FP will be attributed from that of CA, and CB, while the performance of the FP is partially attributed from the components. The better quality can be achieved by making interaction between MSA, and MSB at the critical stages during the production of components. Also, better performance can be achieved by the user feedback, or the live field data. Until recently, no such practice is not available in a large scale. Such a Network of Mechatronic Systems( NMS): MSAB – MSA r
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Scigazette | 12 | February, 2017