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Evolutions in Mechanical Engineering

Cognitive Automation and its Impact on Additive Manufacturing

  • Open or CloseAlbert Jones1*, Zhuo Yang2 and Yan Lu1

    1Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Science and Technology, USA

    2Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,University of Massachusetts, USA

    *Corresponding author:Albert Jones,Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Science and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD20899, USA

Submission: September 03, 2020; Published: October 15, 2020

DOI: 10.31031/EME.2020.03.000560

ISSN: 2640-9690
Volume3 Issue2

Abstract

The English word manufacturing firstly appeared in 1683 and it was derived from Latin manu factus, meaning making by hand. For more than thousands of years now, and four Industrial Revolutions, the physical, and mostly mechanical processes, associated with making things have evolved substantially. That evolution, which we call physical automation, essentially changes manufacturing from makingby- humans hand only to making-by-machine only.A similar evolution is taking place with the cognitive processes that occur as part of design, engineering, the manufacturing, control, and inspection.We call that evolution cognitive automation.In this paper, we provide a history of both physical and cognitive automation.That history evolves based on summaries of the four industrial Revolutions.The focus of this paper is on the current state of cognitive automation associated with controlling Additive Manufacturing processes. We focus specifically on how cognitive automation has changed the control of those processes.

Keywords: Cognition;Evolution;Automation;Industrial evolution;Additive manufacturing

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