neXt Future Factories
New and Emerging X Technologies
This website archives the scientific production of the neXt research team at the University of South Carolina’s McNAIR Aerospace center.
About Future Factories!
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Intelligent Manufacturing Lab
Smart Manufacturing lab is a branch of Future Factories that focuses to develop an AI-driven robotic assembly cell. Advances in the cell include higher throughput, safer human intervention, self-monitoring manufacturing cells, and more autonomous operation control and scheduling.
Advanced Composites
The Advanced Composites is a branch of Future Factories that works to create a closed-form lifecycle for composites manufacturing processes. Currently the team focuses such developments on the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) process.
Health Life Science Lab.
Health Life Science Lab is a branch of Future Factories that focuses to develop an autonomous manufacturing cell. Advances in the cell include higher throughput, safer human intervention, self-monitoring manufacturing cells, and more autonomous operation control and scheduling.
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Recent Publications
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29 Sep 2022 JournalsBayesian Optimization for Process Planning Selections in Automated Fiber Placement
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07 Sep 2022 ConferencesSelf-sensing Smart Products in Smart Manufacturing Systems
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06 Aug 2022 JournalsAutomated Manufacturability Analysis in Smart Manufacturing Systems: a Signature Mapping Method for Product-Centered Digital Twins
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09 Jun 2022 JournalsA Primer on the Factories of the Future
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24 May 2022 GrantsneXt Grant
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