Distributed architecture for controlling a manufacturing cell

Author

Pérez-Aragón, Juan ; Recatalá, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Robotic Intelligence Lab., Univ. Jaume I, Castellon, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1130

Abstract

This paper introduces a distributed, scalable architecture for controlling a manufacturing cell. Normally, these cells are composed of heterogeneous parts. An architecture is proposed that tries to avoid this problem. In this architecture different components are used: virtual sensors, filters and actuators. A simple communication interface between them is defined. These components become extended components with the addition of a communication wrapper adds the capability of remote communication.

Keywords

cellular manufacturing; distributed control; distributed object management; industrial control; programmable controllers; virtual manufacturing; CORBA; PLC; actuators; communication wrapper; distributed architecture; filters; heterogeneous parts; intelligent robots; manufacturing cell; programmable logic controller; remote communication; scalable architecture; virtual sensors; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Programmable control; Pulp manufacturing; Robot control; Service robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244563

Filename

1244563