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Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM '01) 8–12 July 2001 Como, Italy |
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Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM '01) 8–12 July 2001 Como, Italy |
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Plenary Speakers
MONDAY 9 JULY
TUESDAY 10 JULY
WEDNESDAY 11 JULY
08:30–09:20
Dr. Bruno MURARI
STMicroelectronics
Telecommunication & Peripherals/Automotive Groups Vice President — R&D Director
"Is Micromachining Still a Dream or an Industrial Reality?"
Abstract—Micromachining has been a popular subject for research
for many years, but with the exception of a few specialized devices it has not yet
become an industrial reality. Today, however, the technology has
advanced beyond the limits of laboratory demonstrations and is about
to ramp up the scale of industrial production. This talk discusses
the emerging MEMS technologies that address the problems of industrial
scale application, examining aspects such as developing processes
suitable for multiple applications, new methods of packaging and
issues concerning testing and reliability. Practical examples of
products designed for mass production are included to illustrate key
issues in the talk.
Biosketch—Bruno Murari is the Director of the "Castelletto"
Research and Development laboratories of STMicroelectronics at Cornaredo, near Milan,
Italy. Born in Treviso (near Venice) in 1936, he graduated in Electrical Technology
at the Pacinotti Technical Institute, Venezia-Mestre, in 1955, followed by a
two-year postgraduate course in electronics at the Beltrami Institute, Milan.
He joined SGS —now STMicroelectronics— in 1961, working first in
the application laboratory and then in the linear IC design group. In 1972 he became
head of linear IC design and development at the company's "Castelletto" laboratories
on the outskirts of Milan, and in 1981 he also became plant manager for the
Castelletto facility, which includes a pre-production wafer fab. Today he is
responsible for all of the activities of this center, which focusses on
the development of Smart Power BCD technology + MEMS technology + advanced design
on Power IC's. He has personally designed 10 integrated circuits and has supervised
the design of more than 1000 others. A major contributor to ST's leadership position
in high power IC technology, Bruno Murari holds 60 patents concerning IC design and
technology, has published more than 40 papers and contributed to the McGraw-Hill book
Power Integrated Circuits (1985). He is also co-editor of the book Smart Power:
Technologies and Applications, published in November 1995 by Springer-Verlag.
Often he has been invited to present papers on power technology at conferences in the US,
Europe and Japan and participate in panel discussion on this subject. He has also
been Chairman of the European Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1991 and was a teacher
in power IC Design course at the University of Pisa. In 1993 he was a finalist
in the EDN Innovator of the Year award. In April 1995 he was awarded the European SEMI award for his contribution to power IC technology. On May 1st 1994 he was conferred the Maestro del Lavoro honor by the
President of the Italian Republic and in October 1995 he received an honorary degree
from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice for his role in the development of
multidisciplinary IC technologies. Recently he is starting a new activity in
Castelletto plant using micromachining for MEMS. Married with two sons, Bruno Murari
enjoys skiing and is an expert in underwater fishing. Equally skilled as a designer
of free-flight model aircraft, he has been three times Italian champion in
individual model aircraft flying contests and also world champion in the team category.
08:30–09:20
Dr. Stephen HUNG
Visteon Corporation
Energy-Efficiency Steering Systems Department
"An Open System Interconnection Model
for Mechatronics"
Abstract—The presence of intelligent, electronic control in conjunction with
mechanical actuation has spread far beyond the industrial or commercial setting.
Mechatronic systems have moved well beyond their industrial roots, and, today,
mechatronics are very present in many consumer products. The markets for growth
in the presence of mechatronics have long presented many potential technology development
synergies between military, industrial, commercial, and consumer product development arenas.
The pace of actual growth in the presence of mechatronics, on the other hand,
appears slow in light of the fact that many enabling technologies have been in use
for many years in various product areas.
The automotive system and industrial technology development arenas serve as
an excellent example of a pair of synergistic mechatronic development areas.
Many of the technologies that will enable development of safe, reliable new automotive mechatronics have been staples of industrial mechatronics for years. Many automotive implementations of technologies, meanwhile, can perform as well as industrial counterparts at orders of magnitude lower cost. Improved exchange of perspectives can accelerate development of automotive mechatronics and, concurrently, motivate changes in industrial implementation philosophies that can substantially lower industrial mechat
ronic system costs. Missing, however, is a topological model, such as the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model of ISO/IEC 7498, which would give developers a common reference basis when discussing application requirements and when comparing the viabilities of transplant technologies or architectures under consideration. The OSI basic reference model has helped streamline such discussions in the software and computer network communication industry: the mechatronics community could well afford a similar
enabling reference.
This presentation will begin with a discussion of why automotive and industrial
mechatronics, as an exemplary pairing, have evolved in different directions.
It will then proceed through a brief description of how technology developments
are enabling a convergence of those directions, and, finally, note how an enabler
of the Internet revolution can serve as an example of how to streamline
development discussions and accelerate propagation of mechatronic technologies.
Biosketch—Stephen T. ("Steve") Hung received the B.S.E.E. degree
from the University of Tennessee in 1983 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from the University of Illinois in 1985 and 1989, respectively.
He interned with the General Electric Company's Electric Utility Systems Engineering
Department, Schenectady, NY, in 1984; was attached to the self-tuning arc-welding
technology group of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction
Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, from 1985 to 1987; and worked
from 1987 to 1988 as a consultant to PKResearch, Urbana IL, on Ford Motor Company's
self-tuning control development efforts in the areas of road vehicle active suspension
and vehicle speed control.
From 1988 to 1992, Dr. Hung served as an assistant professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering at Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
During the summers of 1991 and 1992, he was also an Interagency Personnel Act (IPA)
scientist with the U.S. Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI.
In the fall of 1992, Ford Motor Company recruited Dr. Hung to help
lead the successful traction control development effort for the
Benetton/Ford B193B Formula One race car. With a ban on traction control
in Formula One in effect subsequent to the 1993 season,
he assisted with development of a hardware-in-the-loop system for
real-time testing of Ford's Formula One powertrain electronics systems.
He then joined Ford's Global Test Operations in 1995,
where he was responsible for development and integration of a
low-cost/high-durability data acquisition/communication system tailored for unobtrusive,
remote monitoring of customers' vehicle usage.
With the successful deployment of the monitoring system, he moved on in summer 1998
to join Visteon Corporation's Steering System Engineering strategic business unit, where,
today, he is responsible for development of electrohydraulic steering systems and
fully-electric steering systems for large cars and light trucks.
Dr. Hung's research interests are centered around topics related to
transportation systems electronics, and include adaptive and self-tuning systems,
optimal predictive control techniques, motion control, and
specification methodologies for cost minimization of control system implementations.
Dr. Hung is a member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics society.
08:30–09:20
Dr. Masakazu EJIRI
Hitachi Company Ltd.
Central Research Laboratory
"Robotics and Machine-Vision for the Future – An Industrial View –"
Abstract—Recent trends in industrial technology are to make things small,
synergetic, intelligent, and environmentally friendly.
Mechatronics is one research area on these trends, and its
perspective is first introduced. The status of research in
robotics and machine-vision technologies is then described
as a typical example of mechatronics research. Expectations
for the future of these technologies are also mentioned from
the viewpoint of industry, emphasizing the importance of
considering the reliability in robotics and of studying
real-time color video processing in machine vision. These
fields are becoming increasingly important for establishing
a productive, efficient, secure, and stress-free society
through factory, office, and social automation.
Biosketch—Masakazu Ejiri received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering and the Dr.Eng.
degree in electrical engineering, both from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1959
and 1967, respectively.
Since 1959, he has been with the Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji,
Tokyo, Japan. He spent 1967-1968 as a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois,
Chicago and 1977-1981 as a Vice President of HISL Inc. (Hitachi's subsidiary company),
California, USA.
He has worked primarily in the area of control engineering, pattern recognition, robotics,
machine vision, and artificial intelligence, and authored more than 50 technical papers and
five books. One of his most famous achievements is the development of world-first transistor
assembly machines using machine vision technology in 1973. More recent achievements
include the development of new mail-sorting machines in 1997.
He is presently a Senior Chief Research Scientist, Corporate Technology, both at the Central
Research Laboratory and the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory of Hitachi Ltd.
He is also a Visiting Professor of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Hokuriku, and Fukui University.
Dr. Ejiri is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of IAPR (International Association for Pattern
Recognition), and a Fellow of the IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication
Engineers of Japan). He served as a Vice President of the IAPR during 1990-1992 period,
and is currently a member of the Governing Board of the IAPR. He has been serving as
a Vice-President of the Robotics Society of Japan during 1999-2001 period, and will serve as
the President of the Robotics Society of Japan, starting from March 2001.
14:30–15:20
Dr. Jan VAN EIJK
Philips Centre for Industrial Technology
Manager Mechatronics Departments
"The Law of Cooperation in Mechatronics"
Abstract—The design and development of advanced and intelligent systems
requires contributions from different technical disciplines.
When the required cooperation is successfully achieved a whole range of competitive
business options is created. Unfortunately such cooperation is not easily obtained.
During the past 15 years the Philips Centre for Industrial Technology developed
a strong Mechatronics community. For this development the Law of Cooperation proved
to be very suitable to guide the process. The basic aspects of this "Law" will be
presented in combination with some of the technical results obtained during our development.
Biosketch—Dr. van Eijk obtained his Masters Degree from the Delft
University of Technology in 1975. He was educated as a Mechanical Engineer
in the field of Instrument Design. After four years in the service of UNESCO in
Pakistan and Sri Lanka he returned to the University to do research for his doctorate.
His thesis, presented in 1985, dealt with the design and implementation of flexure
elements in precision mechanisms.
From 1984 he started working at the Centre for Industrial Technology of the Philips
Electronics Company. There he was involved in the industrialization of the
Compact Disc player mechanisms. This involved the mechanical design, dynamic behavior
and the interaction with feedback control performance. The second development activity
focussed on the motion devices for the ASML wafersteppers and scanners.
Here also the layout of the mechanical system proved to require attention. Other
equipment he was involved include electron microscopes, placement equipment for
PCB assembly and other manufacturing equipment. Critical in most of these projects
was the Predictive Modeling of Machine Dynamics and its link with Control Design.
As the leader of the Mechatronic Departments in Philips he has worked on the
creation of effective cooperation of specialists from different technical backgrounds.
The Mechatronics capability has now grown to a group of about 200 people in the
Philips CFT in Eindhoven. A multiple of this number is working in the affiliated
development groups. Most of them have received training from the central groups
on Mechatronics.
In the beginning of the year 2000 Dr. van Eijk became a part-time professor
in the Faculty for Design, Construction and Manufacturing of the Delft University
for Technology. He is setting up a group on Advanced Mechatronics that will work
on high precision motion and on the design and assembly of Micro-Mechatronic Systems.