An expert system for initial selection of dwell linkages

S. Kota; A. G. Erdman; D. R. Riley; A. Esterline; J. R. Slagle

doi:10.1115/DETC1987-0051

An expert system for initial selection of dwell linkages

S. Kota, A. G. Erdman, D. R. Riley, A. Esterline, J. R. Slagle

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Dwell linkages have numerous applications in industry,especially in automation. Traditional use of more expensivecams is due to lack of proper design tools for synthesizingdwell linkages. By systematically and extensively studyingentire motion characteristics of hundreds of linkages, acomprehensive classification system and heuristics weredeveloped. This qualitative classification scheme led to afinite set of linkage models that cover the entire designspace in the sense that any possible design falls under oneor more of the models. Our system, called Dwell-Expert,incorporates design expertise to select the best linkagemodel for a given set of design specifications and to compare that model against alternatives. This new designmethodology and its implementation in AGNESS (A Generalized Network-based Expert System Shell) are explained.A design example is presented. Our system can reduce evenan experienced designer's initial-design time from a day ormore to a minute or less, assuming specifications havealready been formulated. Such results motivate extensionof this design methodology to other areas of mechanicaldesign and engineering design in general.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Design Methods, Computer Graphics, and Expert
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages	399-407
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791897737
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC1987-0051
State	Published - 1987
Event	ASME 1987 Design Technology Conferences, DETC 1987 - Boston, United States Duration: Sep 27 1987 → Sep 30 1987

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume	1

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Conference	ASME 1987 Design Technology Conferences, DETC 1987
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	9/27/87 → 9/30/87

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation, grant No. MEA8409004. The development of AGNESS was supported by the National Science Foundation, grant No. DCR8512857, and by the Microelectronics and Information Sciences Center of the University of Minnesota. The authors would like to thank the University of Minnesota Productivity Center for providing facilities to carry out this research. They would also like to thank Mr. Charles C. Butler of the Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota for helpful suggestions on the use of AGNESS.

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An expert system for initial selection of dwell linkages. / Kota, S.; Erdman, A. G.; Riley, D. R. et al.
Design Methods, Computer Graphics, and Expert. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1987. p. 399-407 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 1).

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Kota, S, Erdman, AG, Riley, DR, Esterline, A & Slagle, JR 1987, An expert system for initial selection of dwell linkages. in Design Methods, Computer Graphics, and Expert. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), pp. 399-407, ASME 1987 Design Technology Conferences, DETC 1987, Boston, United States, 9/27/87. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC1987-0051

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