Systematic Product Development of Control and Diagnosis Functionalities

13th European Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis

Stetter, R.^1 ; Simundsson, A.^2

Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany^1

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

MB, Canada^2

关键词: Automated guided vehicles;    Efficient control;    Electronic subsystems;    Engineering fields;    Product development process;    Scientific fields;    Systematic product development;    Total cost of ownership;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/783/1/012063/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/783/1/012063

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In the scientific field of systematic product development a wide range of helpful methods, guidelines and tools were generated and published in recent years. Until now little special attention was given to design guidelines aiming at supporting product development engineers to design products that allow and support control or diagnosis functions. The general trend to ubiquitous computing and the first development steps towards cognitive systems as well as a general trend toward higher product safety, reliability and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) in many engineering fields lead to a higher importance of control and diagnosis. In this paper a first attempt is made to formulate general valid guidelines how products can be developed in order to allow and to achieve effective and efficient control and diagnosis. The guidelines are elucidated on the example of an automated guided vehicle. One main concern of this paper is the integration of control and diagnosis functionalities into the development of complete systems which include mechanical, electrical and electronic subsystems. For the development of such systems the strategies, methods and tools of systematic product development have attracted significant attention during the last decades. Today, the functionality and safety of most products is to a large degree dependent on control and diagnosis functionalities. Still, there is comparatively little research concentrating on the integration of the development of these functionalities into the overall product development processes. The paper starts with a background describing Systematic Product Development. The second section deals with the product development of the sample product. The third part clarifies the notions monitoring, control and diagnosis. The following parts summarize some insights and formulate first hypotheses concerning control and diagnosis in Systematic Product Development.