After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the actual state in the development of production systems and the basic ideas and concepts of selforganizing systems and the next generation of production systems.

Fundamentals of the philosophy of technology. Product as the materialization of an idea. Evolution of the production systems. Development line: classic manufacturing systems - flexible manufacturing systems - intelligent manufacturing systems. Development line of product design. Intelligent manufacturing: system components, architecture and data flow, system operations. Learning and machine learning. Scheduling: philosophy, strategies, models and algorithms. Biological inspired Manufacturing Systems. Self-organization. ALife and next (r)evolution of engineering. Emergent processes and a dynamic embodiment with the environment.

Case study of complex manufacturing systems. Selforganisation examples.

Actual information about this course you can find under / In case of troubles please go to: http://www.daaam.info  ("Section for TU Students"). International and European Students are Welcome !

Oral and written. The exam is organized in special student-friendly way. More information about the exam you will get at the first lecture.

Ort: TISS