GRK 2323: Promotin design of cyber-physical production systems

Project

Project duration: 2018-2022

Speaker: Prof. Leon Urbas

Project partner:Prof. Raimund Dachselt, Prof. Thomas Herlitzius, Prof. Hagen Malberg, Prof. Susanne Narciss, Prof. Sebastian Pannasch,Prof. Martin Schmauder, Prof. Ralph Stelzer, Prof. Leon Urbas

Website: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/forschung/grk2323/

Project description

The GRK deals with the design of the cooperation between human and machine in cyber-physical productions systems (CPPS). CPPS consist of a combination of networked digital (cyber) und physical system components. Their architecture enables system changes to be made within the shortest time. The resulting flexibility requires new designs of the Human-Technology-Cooperation. Therefore, GRK opposes the prevailing technology-centered approaches with a human-centered perspective on the design of CPPS.

The central concern is to gain insights into the beneficial design of CPPS in term of competence, health and confidence operators. Three thematic clusters are at the center of interest.: Adaption strategies for changeable systems, the development and maintenance of competences as well as the recording and evaluation of human conditions. A team of engineers, psychologists and ergonomists will combine and adapt theoretical concepts which have so far only been dealt with within the limits of relatively independent research traditions. The team will develop new methods und evaluate these in prototypical systems in order to establish an empirical basis for design in intervention. The research work takes place within two application domains: modular process plants and mobile agricultural systems. This enables generalizing the findings and solutions to a broad range of CPPS domains.

The interdisciplinary qualification program offers local and international mentoring and training modules. One the one hand, it contains modules for reflection and discussion of the goals, values and methods of the disciplines involved, on the other hand a teaching program at the interface of engineering sciences and psychology as well as various forms of exchange with international experts. In order to promote the interdisciplinary cooperation and communication, the GRK is organized as a project house in the immediate vicinity of the applicant’s laboratories. The PhD students will be supervised by two applicants from different disciplines. This way, they can acquire knowledge about the scientific and methodological traditions of the involved disciplines on the one hand, and benefit from the innovation potential at the interface between on the other.