A method for digitally modeling an industrial space, the industrial space including a plurality of pieces of equipment (E3) disposed in an industrial building (B), the modeling method including a step of three-dimensionally digitizing the industrial space so as to obtain a web (NAP) defining meshes representing the outer envelope of the industrial space with all of its pieces of equipment (E3), a step of real-time segmenting the web (NAP) in a virtual environment by a user during which: a bounding box (F) is positioned to bound at least one piece of equipment to be segmented (E3), and the points of the web (NAP), belonging to the volume of the bounding box (F), are associated so as to form a virtual object (OBJ).

A method for digitally modeling an industrial space, the industrial space including a plurality of pieces of equipment (E3) disposed in an industrial building (B), the modeling method including a step of three-dimensionally digitizing the industrial space so as to obtain a web (NAP) defining meshes representing the outer envelope of the industrial space with all of its pieces of equipment (E3), a step of real-time segmenting the web (NAP) in a virtual environment by a user during which:

a bounding box (F) is positioned to bound at least one piece of equipment to be segmented (E3), and

the points of the web (NAP), belonging to the volume of the bounding box (F), are associated so as to form a virtual object (OBJ).

A method for visual representation of a facility mimic diagram of a technical facility, in particular a process or manufacturing facility, which has an operator station server, an engineering station server and an operator station client, wherein a) a facility mimic diagram of the technical facility is transferred from the operator station server to the operator station client, b) visually limiting representation of the facility mimic diagram by the operator station client, and c) automatically notifying the engineering station server about the limitation of the visual representation of the facility mimic diagram set by the operator station client via a message.

An embodiment parallel cell based mobility production system includes a front serial production line which is composed of one or more cells arranged in series and through which vehicles of various types sequentially pass to be processed, a parallel production line provided with a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form, and a rear serial production line in which the vehicles of various types passed through the parallel production line are sequentially fed.

This specification describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for planning workspaces for automated fabrication processes. A computing system facilitates planning by receiving a set of parameters for planning a layout of a workspace for an automated fabrication process, and generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts, including selecting, for each candidate workspace layout, (i) one or more robots for performing tasks in the automated fabrication process and (ii) corresponding locations for the one or more robots within the workspace. The system determines an optimal workspace layout based on the plurality of candidate workspace layouts, generates a workspace layout specification for the optimal workspace layout, and provides the workspace layout specification to one or more second computing systems.

Method and systems for dynamically generating or editing a graphical dashboard via a graphical user interface (GUI) setup are provided. The method includes determining a type of a plant through the GUI setup, determining a configuration of the plant through the GUI setup, determining at least one component of the plant through the GUI setup, and configuring parameters of the at least one component and/or the plant through the GUI setup. The method also includes generating the dashboard including a plant control logic of the plant based on the type, the configuration, the at least one component, and the parameters of the at least one component and/or the plant. The method further includes controlling the plant based on the plant control logic.

The system performs a process for creating robotic control code for manufacturing products. A Designer UI displays virtual parts and receives inputs for processing and assembling the virtual parts that are required to create a virtual product. The designer identifies options for processing and assembling the virtual parts which are displayed on the user interface. The robot abilities and the options are selected to optimize a metric of the product manufacturing. The inventive toolset produces the robot control codes for performing a sequence of robotic abilities with the selected options to product the product. The robot control codes are used by a simulator which manipulates virtual robots and virtual parts to create a virtual product to check the robot control code. The verified robot control code is used to control real robots to create the product.

Disclosed are a self-adaptive configuration method and system for linkage response of a construction type, a motion type, a control type and an optimization type. The disclosure aims to provide the self-adaptive configuration method and system for linkage response of quick adjustment and design of a workshop production line. The self-adaptive configuration method comprises the following steps of step A: construction type configuration; step B: motion type design; step C: control type design; and step D: optimization type evolution, wherein the step D comprises first-level iterative optimization, second-level iterative optimization and third-level iterative optimization. A closed optimization cycle is formed by the first-level iterative optimization, the second-level iterative optimization and the third-level iterative optimization jointly, and the multi-level iterative optimization is performed on the production line linkage design framework, so that the workshop production line can be self-adaptively and quickly adjusted and designed.

A method for automatically interpreting a piping diagram comprising objects, wherein at least two objects are each linked with operational requirements, an operational requirement is defined based on a predefined set of operating principles and based on a predefined set of boundary conditions, the operational requirements included in the piping diagram are successively evaluated during the automatic interpretation, an automation function is generated for an operational requirement and at least based on an operating principle that is included as an intended purpose in the operational requirement, and the automation function is connected to the objects linked via the underlying operational requirement.

This specification describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for planning workspaces for automated fabrication processes. A computing system facilitates planning by receiving a set of parameters for planning a layout of a workspace for an automated fabrication process, and generating a plurality of candidate workspace layouts, including selecting, for each candidate workspace layout, (i) one or more robots for performing tasks in the automated fabrication process and (ii) corresponding locations for the one or more robots within the workspace. The system determines an optimal workspace layout based on the plurality of candidate workspace layouts, generates a workspace layout specification for the optimal workspace layout, and provides the workspace layout specification to one or more second computing systems.