Tony Schmitz described the collaborative effort “Towards self-aware manufacturing” in an invited talk at the 2019 Model-Based Enterprise Summit. The event was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from April 1-4, 2019, in Gaithersburg, MD.
Schmitz’ presentation described the application of artificial intelligence to precision part manufacture and measurement. Specifically, it summarized current efforts toward self-aware operation, or the ability of a production or measuring machine to understand its current state and surroundings and respond accordingly. The innovation is the combination of data-driven and physics-based models to provide hybrid physics-guided data learning approaches that improve the accuracy, physical consistency, traceability, and generalizability of model predictions.