Robot Operation Correction Interface for Cell Manufacturing Disturbances
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automation of cell manufacturing processes by industrial robots is challenging due to disturbances from the culture medium environment, operations, and cell characteristics, making it difficult to maintain consistent production.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system with a control apparatus, detection apparatus, and terminal apparatus that allows users to correct machine operations through a user interface, enabling manual intervention and adjustment of parameters like velocity, trajectory, and position to adapt to disturbances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated machine operations are used for cell manufacturing, then productivity is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to disturbances from culture medium environment, operations, and cell characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures images of the operation target device during automated operations and displays them on a terminal apparatus. This allows real-time monitoring of cell manufacturing processes, enabling operators to detect disturbances in culture medium environment, operational issues, or cell characteristic changes. The feedback mechanism maintains productivity through automation while improving reliability by enabling timely intervention when disturbances are detected.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual intervention is allowed to correct machine operations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A terminal apparatus serves as an intermediary between the automated operation system and the operator. It displays captured images of the operation target device and receives correction inputs from operators. This intermediary interface enables manual intervention for adapting to disturbances without significantly increasing the complexity of the core automated system, as the terminal apparatus handles the interaction layer.
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AI summary
An information processing system is disclosed, which enables a user to correct a machine operation to attain a desired machine operation. The information processing system includes an operation target device; a detection apparatus including a camera to capture an image of the device; a control apparatus having a storage circuitry to store a task program prescribing operations of the operation target device, which contains parameters of a velocity, a trajectory and a position when the device moves, and a controller circuitry to operate the device, based on the task program; and a terminal apparatus having an displayer circuitry to display the image captured by the camera, and an input circuitry to accept a user input. The controller circuitry issues an instruction to stop the device operation based on the task program in accordance with the user input to the input circuitry when the device is operated based on the task program, and correcting the device operation prescribed by the task program.