A knowledge-based task-level programming and execution environment for robots

Hwang, Chipan; Ho, Cheng Seen

doi:10.1016/s0736-5845(96)00020-8

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“…And task plans can be generated based on the knowledge base. Hwang and Ho (1996) developed a knowledge based framework to support task-level programming and operational control of robots. Fujita et al (2008) employed the KB method in the assembly shop process design support system of his company.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Knowledge-Based System for Sharing and Reusing Tacit Knowledge in Robotic Manufacturing

Wang

Tian

Sawaragi

et al. 2010

International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science

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A critical problem in robotic manufacturing is that the task of teaching robotics is rather time-consuming. This has become a serious problem in the present age of cost reduction. Collaboration with a company in the field has revealed that the root cause of this problem is that there is not a common knowledge base in this domain, which can serve as shared and reused knowledge. In robotic manufacturing, the skills and experiences of skilled workers are a form of tacit knowledge that is difficult to be acquired and transferred to other workers and robots. This paper proposes a knowledge-based system for sharing and reusing tacit knowledge in the robotic assembly domain. In this system, a modified EBL (Explanation-based Learning) method is proposed to generalize tacit knowledge from specific robotic programs made by skilled workers. A newly operational criterion is proposed for the generalized tacit knowledge, which demands that it should be expressed understandably by human workers and be reusable by robots to generate programs automatically.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%