Assessment Study on Sensors and Automation in the Industries of the Future: Reports on Industrial Controls, Information Processing, Automation, and Robotics

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 UTC 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1218800· OSTI ID:1218800

Bennett, Bonnie ^[1]; Boddy, Mark ^[1]; Doyle, Frank ^[2]; Jamshidi, Mo ^[3]; Ogunnaike, Tunde ^[4]

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1. Adventium Labs, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
3. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
4. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

This report presents the results of an expert study to identify research opportunities for Sensors & Automation, a sub-program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program (ITP). The research opportunities are prioritized by realizable energy savings. The study encompasses the technology areas of industrial controls, information processing, automation, and robotics. These areas have been central areas of focus of many Industries of the Future (IOF) technology roadmaps. This report identifies opportunities for energy savings as a direct result of advances in these areas and also recognizes indirect means of achieving energy savings, such as product quality improvement, productivity improvement, and reduction of recycle.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
• OSTI ID: 1218800
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
ITP
Industry
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Sensors and Automation