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Yoram Koren
In 1973, University of Michigan Professor Yoram Koren invented the world's first computerized real-time adaptive controller for a milling machine, long before computers were commonly used in industrial applications. Before his work in the 1970s, numerical control of machine tools was more of an art than a science. Koren also was credited with coining the term "Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems" (RMS), which he defined as a manufacturing system that has "exactly the production resources needed, exactly when needed."
Photo: National Science Foundation
Yoram Koren
In 1973, University of Michigan Professor Yoram Koren invented the world's first computerized real-time adaptive controller for a milling machine, long before computers were commonly used in industrial applications. Before his work in the 1970s, numerical control of machine tools was more of an art than a science. Koren also was credited with coining the term "Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems" (RMS), which he defined as a manufacturing system that has "exactly the production resources needed, exactly when needed."
Photo: National Science Foundation