Design and control of flexible transfer system

Author

Fukuda, Toshio ; Takagawa, Isao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Micro Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

17

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Control and Automation, 2000. Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on

Conference_Location

Hefei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5995-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCICA.2000.859907

Filename

859907