Flexible, real-time, control of independently driven, high-speed, machines using parallel processing methods

Describes research into the specification, design and implementation of real-time synchronisation and control software for a Transputer-controlled, modular, multi-axis, independently driven, high-speed, packaging machine under normal and abnormal conditions. The research has already demonstrated the feasibility of using independent drives and software-based controllers for the synchronisation of both intermittent and continuous motions in applications at the boundary of existing technology