Title :
Robotic assembly based in real-time communications equipment for factory LANs
Author :
Marino, P. ; Poza, F. ; Nogueira, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Technol., Vigo Univ., Spain
Abstract :
Shop floor communications networks are evolving towards the increased use of open connecting equipment, that meets standard protocols, under a client/server architecture. An implementation of a such communications server, based in a low cost PC with multiport and field bus cards, is presented. The first prototype has been designed as a black box transparent to flexible manufacturing plants, connecting up to sixteen SCARA robots and thirty programmable logic controllers
Keywords :
assembling; client-server systems; industrial control; industrial robots; local area networks; microcomputer applications; open systems; protocols; real-time systems; robots; PLC; SCARA robots; client/server architecture; communications server; factory LAN; field bus card; low-cost PC; multiport card; open connecting equipment; programmable logic controllers; real-time communications equipment; robotic assembly; shop floor communications networks; standard protocols; Communication equipment; Communication networks; Communication standards; Costs; Flexible manufacturing systems; Joining processes; Network servers; Protocols; Prototypes; Robotic assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Task Planning, 1997. ISATP 97., 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Marina del Rey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3820-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISATP.1997.615395
