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<HEAD><TITLE>Computer Aided Prototyping</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><P><H1>Computer Aided Prototyping</H1><P><b><!WA0><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~tch> Thomas C. Henderson, PI </A></b><P><!WA1><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/> Department of Computer Science</A><BR><!WA2><A HREF=http://www.utah.edu/HTML_Docs/UofU_Home.html> University of Utah </A><BR>Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA<P><HR><P><HR>Under the auspices of the <!WA3><A HREF=http://stis.nsf.gov/>NSF</A> <!WA4><A HREF=http://stis.nsf.gov/cise/start.htm>CISE</A> <!WA5><A HREF=http://stis.nsf.gov/cise/cda/in-infra.htm>Infrastructure </A> Award <!WA6><A HREF=http://stis.nsf.gov/cise/cda/cda.htm>CDA </A> <!WA7><A HREF=gopher://x.nsf.gov/0waisdocid%3a/.waissrc/nsf-awards.src%3aTEXT%3a3179%3a3%3d0%20-3179%20/home/ftp/awards90/awd9024/a9024721.txt%3b7%3d%2500%3b> 9024721 </A>, wehave pursued a number of computer-aided prototyping activities at the Department of Computer Science.<P>We are working on the design and prototyping of software, VLSI, andelectro-mechanical systems. Prototyping of such complex systems typically involves the integration of dissimilar entities as mechanical parts, software,electronic hardware, sensors, and actuators. Our goal is to develop prototyping environments in which many types of information involved in system design can be combined in a coordinated way.<P>We are very interested in building systems that require aheavy interdisciplinary interaction between a number ofengineering disciplines. The national needs in robotics, automation,manufacturing, and intelligent systems are pushing scientists and engineersto learn more about different disciplines to be able to build coherentsystems. Using computers to buildplatforms and environments for various prototyping activities in thosefields is becoming a necessity.The end product of research of this highly interdisciplinary nature would be:<P><HR><UL> <LI> Prototyping environments (software and hardware) that allow the concurrent design ofengineering systems (manipulators, mobile robots, electromechanicalstructures, MEMS, operating systems and schedulers for manufacturingapplications). <LI> Actual tools, hardware and software systems, and machines. Theend applications of the developed environments and platforms can range>from real-time distributed operating systems for specialized machinesand electromechanical equipments, to mobile robots for specific tasks,to micro-nano sensors, actuators, and manipulators, to real-timevisualizations of biological entities under outer space constraints,to process plans for manufacturing under tolerance requirements.</UL><HR><P>The interdisciplinary nature of the computer-aided prototyping research provides exciting opportunities to develop new and efficient algorithmsand strategies for coordinating the efforts of the different groupsinvolved. We believe that graduating engineers, especially in the fields ofcomputer science and engineering, and electrical engineering should have much more interdisciplinary knowledge about other engineering, physics, andmathematics areas than what they currently have, on the average.The interdisciplinary nature of our researchprovides an exceptional educational environment for those involved inthe work. Our practice is to insure that each research associate is aware of and contributes toall aspects of the big project, not just the individual research problem heor she is working on at the time. The intention is to producegraduates with a depth and breadth of experience which makesthem especially well qualified to tackle demanding problems in scienceand engineering.<P>The United States is experiencing a major economic battle in theglobal market place. The main justification for research of thisnature is that a success will put us in a better competitive positionvis-a-vis the rest of the world. If the approach to computer-aidedprototyping and its use to solve reliably, efficiently, modularly,and rapidly a number of problems within electromechanicaland physical systems design and modeling, real-time software and hardwarecontrollers, monitors,and observers succeeds; then we stand to significantly impact prototyping,automation and manufacturing. <P><HR><P><HR>During the past three years we have been working on the coordinationand integration of the efforts of thedifferent groups involved in the computer-aided prototyping projectsat the Department of Computer Science.In particular, we are working on developing theoretical andexperimental tools, environments, and systems for integrating <!WA8><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot>sensing, robotics</A>,<!WA9><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1>CAD</A>/<!WA10><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/AML.html>CAM</A>, <!WA11><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/brochure/css.html> languages</A>,and<!WA12><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/brochure/vlsi-design.html> VLSI </A> efforts within a number of CISEprojects. The CISE reverse engineering and inspection project hasbeen a successful project which started in September 1992, andsignificant results ensued. That project led to the<!WA13><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/sam.html>SAM (Sensing forAdvanced Manufacturing) project</A> and the Feature-Based ReverseEngineering paradigm which is a huge undertaking that has been ongoingsince August 1993, with four faculty and 4 - 6 students working on it,under the direction of Professors <!WA14><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~thompson> Bill Thompson </A>, and <!WA15><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~tch> Thomas Henderson</A>.<p><!WA16><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robotics_kit.html> The CISE robot prototyping environment project </A> resulted in a <!WA17><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~sobh/wachter/paper.html> concurrent and flexible design environment forprototyping robots </A>, in addition to the <!WA18><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robotics_kit.html>``URK''</A> (Utah Robot Kit) robot.In the Hybrid Systems Control Project, we are working to developa graphical DES(Discrete Event System) hybrid controller, simulator, and analysisframework. The framework allows for the control, simulation andmonitoring of dynamic systems that exhibits a combination of symbolic,continuous, discrete, and chaotic behaviors, and includes stochastictiming descriptions, probabilistic transitions, controllability andobservability definitions, temporal, timed, state space, petri-nets,and recursive representations, analysis, and synthesis algorithms. <p><P><HR><H2>Major CISE and CISE-related Projects:</H2><P><HR><UL> <LI><!WA19><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robotics_kit.html>The Utah RobotKit (URK) and the Utah Prototyping Environment (UPE).</A> <LI> <!WA20><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~sobh/wachter/paper.html>Concurrent Design and Manufacturing.</A> <LI> <!WA21><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~sobh/tolgroup/tol.html>Unifying Tolerances Across Sensing, Design, and Manufacturing.</A> <LI> <!WA22><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/sam.html>Sensing for Advanced Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering.</A> <LI> <!WA23><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~sobh/dedsgroup/deds.html>Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems in Robotics and Automation.</A> <LI> <!WA24><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~sobh/dedscommittee/committee.html>Discrete Event Dynamic Systems Technical Committee (DEDS TC) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.</A></UL><P><HR><!WA25><A HREF="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/newspaper.gif"> <!WA26><img align = middle src = "http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/newspapersmall.gif"> </A><HR><HR> <P><HR><!WA27><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/labkit.jpg> <!WA28><img align = middle src = http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/labkit.gif> </A> <!WA29><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robotics_kit.html> The Utah Robot Kit (URK)</A><HR><!WA30><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/BiSight.gif> <!WA31><img align = middle src = http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/BiSight_small.gif> </A> <!WA32><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robot.html> The Robotics and Sensing Group </A><HR><!WA33><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1/images/HubAssembly.jpg> <!WA34><img align = middle src = http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1/images/HubAssembly.gif> </A> <!WA35><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1> The CAD/CAM Group </A><HR><!WA36><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/cmm.jpg> <!WA37><img align = middle src = http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/IMAGES/cmm.gif> </A> <!WA38><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/AML.html> The Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML) </A><HR><!WA39><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1/images/alpha1.jpg> <!WA40><img align = middle src = http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1/images/alpha1.gif> </A> <!WA41><A HREF=http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/alpha1/alpha1-system.html> The Alpha_1 Project </A><HR></BODY><P><ADDRESS><I>sobh@cs.utah.edu <BR>Wed March 15 18:00:00 MDT 1995</I></ADDRESS>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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