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Development of the Laboratory for Intelligent Production Systems

"Intelligence" is a very popular scientific and engineering paradigm today. As always, it is a job of technical sciences and supporting institutions to lead in providing emerging technologies and paradigms including biological science, miniaturisation, ethics and uncovered aspects of human mind, to the growing needs of the global society and market. The paper depicts development of the Laboratory for Intelligent Production Systems (LIPS), within Department for Robotics and Automation of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FAMENA), University of Zagreb. Besides the pure scientific and expert background of this and similar laboratories and projects, it is always equally interesting to consider changes that are reflected into specific organisation and even wider social environment. Such labs and projects always involve some kind of approvals and disapprovals of the previous system of values, and carry the potential of positive or negative changes. For example, although the technological development is definitely one of the most important social priorities, non-separable from questions of democracy, human rights and civil society, it is too often overseen, what is especially important in so-called “ transition countries” . The initiative for the LIPS realisation arises in the year 2001, concurrently and matched with the structural renewal of the FAMENA. Today, many higher-education and research institutions are faced with the same: how to remain in the global race keeping the ability for producing globally competitive knowledge and values, and avoid becoming passive, “ consumer” institutions, able only for limited technology transfer, and fed by state budget. The description of the LIPS covers the background of the laboratory project with aim and goals, state of realisation, and planned activities, as well information on funding, scheduling, location and equipment.

laboratory; intelligence; production; robotics; automation

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