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Welcome to the homepage of the INT-MANUS project.

INT-MANUS stands for 'Intelligent Networked Manufacturing System'. INT-MANUS is sponsored by the European Commision in the Sixth Framework Programme. The Proposal/Contract number is NMP2-CT-2005-016550.

Dear visitors,

If you are interested in the INT-MANUS technology, you can learn about its architecture and components from the  publications below.

Research papers:

• d’Angelo D., Wesche G., Foursa M., Bogen M. The Benefits of Co-located Collaboration and Immersion on Assembly Modeling in Virtual Environments, presented at the 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), December 2008, Las Vegas, USA
• Foursa M., d’Angelo D., Wesche G., A Two-user Framework for Rapid Immersive Assembly-based Product Customization, poster presented at the 5th INTUITION International Conference, October 2008, Turin, italy
• Meo F., Foursa M., S. Kopacsi, Schlegel T., Predictive Maintenance and Diagnostics of Machine Tools, Proceedings of the 4th Intelligent Production Machines and Systems (IPROMS) Virtual Conference, June 2008
• Schlegel T., Foursa M., Meo F., Agirre J., Haidegger G., Smart Connected and Interactive Production Control in a Distributed Environment, Proceedings of the 4th Intelligent Production Machines and Systems (IPROMS) Virtual Conference, June 2008
• Foursa, M., D'Angelo, D., Narayanan, R., Glock, G., A Novel User Interface for Controlling Industrial Environments and a Simulation Test Bed, VIMation Journal, Issue 1, pp. 26-31, 2008
• Schlegel, T., Beinhauer, W., Meo, F., Object-Orientation in Planning and Control of Decentralised Production Systems, VIMation Journal, Issue 1, pp. 54-63, 2008
• Foursa M., Wesche G., d’Angelo D.,  Bogen M., Herpers R. A Two-User Virtual Environment for Rapid Assembly of Product Models within an Integrated Process Chain, Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), pp. 143-150, May 2008, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
• Foursa M, d’Angelo D., Narayanan R., Innovative Control System for Industrial Environment, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS), IEEE, p. 82-87, March 2008, Gosier, Guadeloupe
• Schlegel T., Srinivasan A., Foursa M., Bogen M., Narayanan R., d’Angelo D., Haidegger G., Mezgar I., Canou J., Salle D., Meo F., Agirre J., Herrmann Praturlon A., INT-MANUS: Interactive Production Control in a Distributed Environment, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII), pp. 1150-1159, July 2007, Bejing, China
• Thiel, S., Schlegel, T., Spath, D., Decentralized information aggregation and central control in networked production environments, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII), pp. 762-770, July 2007, Bejing, China
• Schlegel, T., Thiel, S., Information gathering and interactive workflow execution based on semantic models in a decentralised production environment, Proceedings of  the International Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing Systems (WAMS), pp. 17-23, June 2007, Magdeburg, Germany
• Foursa M., Schlegel T., Meo F., Herrmann Praturlon A., Ibarbia J., Kopacsi S., Mezgar I., Salle D., Hasenbrink F., INT-MANUS: revolutionary controlling of production processes, Proceedings of the 33d International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH), article No.161, August 2006, Boston, USA
• Beinhauer, W., Schlegel, T., Service orientation in production control, Proceedings of the 2nd IPROMS 2006 Virtual Conference, pp. 350-355, July 2006
• Li X. J., Schlegel T., Rotard M., Ertl T., A Model-Based Graphical User-Interface for Process Control Systems in Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2nd IPROMS 2006 Virtual Conference, pp. 89-94, July 2006
• Meo F., Foursa M., Kopacsi S., Schlegel T., Use of agents for predictive maintenance and diagnostics of machine tools, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering (CIRP ICME), pp. 679-684,  June 2006, Ischia, Italy
• Schlegel T., Mueller K., Integrating human personnel, robots, and machines in manufacturing plants using ubiquitous augmented reality and smart agents, Proceedings of the 1st Intelligent Production Machines and Systems (IPROMS) Virtual Conference, pp. 189-194, July 2005

Publications in press media:

• The smart factory of the future, I. Roetzer, Fraunhofer magazine, Issue 1, pp. 18-19, 2008
• Just lke clockwork, I. Roetzer, Manufacturing Engineer, Vol. 89, Issue 5, pp. 28-30, Oct-Nov 2007
• Die Fabrik der Zukunft „zeigt Kopfchen“,  I. Roetzer, Fraunhofer magazine, Issue 3, pp. 52-53, 2007
• Produktion 2.0 - Semantic Web Services in der Produktion, Schlegel T., Thiel S., Lotterbach S., Zeitschrift fur wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb: ZWF 102 (2007), No.3, pp.2-4
• Das Simulationstechniken schaffen Klarheit bei komplexen Fertigungsablaufen, E. Lange, VDI Nachrichten (Zeitung),  No.36, p. 31, 7.09.2007
• Softwareplattform steuert die Fliessbandproduktion, Computerzeitung, 15.05.2007
• Virtuelle Produktionsplattform, Industrieanzeiger (Zeitung), 14.05.2007
• Ein neuer Weg fuer industriele Kontrollsysteme, CADplus (Zeitung), 01.11.1006

The following projects are related to different topics covered by the INT-MANUS project:

• SOCRADES Design, execution and management platform for next-generation industrial automation systems
• WearIt-at-Work Wearable computing technologies in the fields of Healthcare, Emergency Rescue, Aircraft Maintenance and Production Management and Training
• ULTRA Ultra portable augmented reality for industrial maintenance applications HMD, AR on minimal display systems
• DIFAC Digital Factory for Human-Oriented Production System
• I*PROMS The Innovative Manufacturing Network
• INTUITION Virtual reality and virtual environments applications for future workspaces
• SmartFactory-KL Intelligent factory of the future