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Perspectives On Design Considerations Inspired By Security And Quantum Technology In Cyberphysical Systems For Process Engineering, Helen Durand, Jihan Abou Halloun, Kip Nieman, Keshav Kasturi Rangan Jan 2023

Perspectives On Design Considerations Inspired By Security And Quantum Technology In Cyberphysical Systems For Process Engineering, Helen Durand, Jihan Abou Halloun, Kip Nieman, Keshav Kasturi Rangan

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Faculty Research Publications

Advances in computer science have been a driving force for change in process systems engineering for decades. Faster computers, expanded computing resources, simulation software, and improved optimization algorithms have all changed chemical engineers’ abilities to predict, control, and optimize process systems. Two newer areas relevant to computer science that are impacting process systems engineering are cybersecurity and quantum computing. This work reviews some of our group’s recent work in control-theoretic approaches to control system cybersecurity and touches upon the use of quantum computers, with perspectives on the relationships between process design and control when cybersecurity and quantum technologies are of …


Improving The Flexibility And Robustness Of Machine Tending Mobile Robots, Richard Ethan Hollingsworth Jan 2023

Improving The Flexibility And Robustness Of Machine Tending Mobile Robots, Richard Ethan Hollingsworth

Theses and Dissertations

While traditional manufacturing production cells consist of a fixed base robot repetitively performing tasks, the Industry 5.0 flexible manufacturing cell (FMC) aims to bring Autonomous Industrial Mobile Manipulators (AIMMs) to the factory floor. Composed of a wheeled base and a robot arm, these collaborative robots (cobots) operate alongside people while autonomously performing tasks at different workstations. AIMMs have been tested in real production systems, but the development of the control algorithms necessary for automating a robot that is a combination of two cobots remains an open challenge before the large scale adoption of this technology occurs in industry. Currently popular …