Abstract :
The following topics were dealt with: automation science; automation engineering; production capacity planning, product system design, production system design, batch process monitoring, automated material handling systems, AGV, virtual prototyping, spare parts inventory systems, RFID, HVAC systems, optimal operation planning, Kanban managed multi-stage production system, optimal robot cell coordination, flexible manufacturing control system, active process control, multi-operation quality control, welding robots, information based manufacturing framework, complex supply chain networks, grid e-business system, open CNC architecture, virtual assembly modules, production scheduling system, automated microscopy, drug delivery systems, biometrics, portable active orthotic device, dynamic nonholonomic mobile robots, redundant manipulator control, human-robot interaction, virtual emotional human system, hierarchical control, distributed control, soccer robot system, robot drawing platform, path planning, sliding mode control, optimal control, networked control system, coordination control, sliding mode-PID approach, UGV, adaptive fuzzy controller, fuzzy model predictive control, automatic motion interpretation, decision support systems, wireless sensor networks, visual positioning, indoor scene cognition, multi-agent systems, infrared image, distribution network design