Title :
Design and control of flexible transfer system
Author :
Fukuda, Toshio ; Takagawa, Isao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The flexible transfer system (FTS) is a self-organizing manufacturing system composed of autonomous robotic modules which transfer a palette carrying the machining parts. For the control of FTS, two functional requirement must be considered: one is the optimization problem of the system performance such as the amount of transported material; and the other one is the realization of the adaptability to dynamical environmental changes by unexpected machining problems or sudden changes of the machining task. In this article, we propose a centralized and distributed control method for the FTS, and discuss how to realize both the efficiency and flexibility
Keywords :
centralised control; distributed control; industrial robots; intelligent control; machining; materials handling; optimisation; centralized control; distributed control; flexible transfer system; intelligent manufacturing system; machining; materials handling; optimization; robotic modules; Automatic control; Centralized control; Control systems; Distributed control; Intelligent manufacturing systems; Machining; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Milling machines; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2000. Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Hefei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5995-X
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2000.859907
