Building an object-oriented environment for distributed manufacturing software

Author

Sturzenbecker, Martin C.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

9-11 Apr 1991

Firstpage

1972

Abstract

A description is presented of the characteristics of a programming environment for distributed manufacturing software based on an open workcell architecture. The authors consider C++ as a base language for this environment and describe extensions to the language which would make it more suitable for distributed systems integration. The main problem stems from insistence on static (compile-time) binding and type-checking and the necessity of introducing dynamic binding for convenient encapsulation of concepts such as remote procedure call

Keywords

distributed processing; manufacturing data processing; object-oriented programming; programming environments; C++; distributed manufacturing software; dynamic binding; manufacture computing; object-oriented environment; open workcell architecture; programming environment; remote procedure call; static binding; type-checking; Bridges; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer languages; Costs; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Object oriented programming; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1991. Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sacramento, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2163-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1991.131916

Filename

131916