Formal models for control of flexible manufacturing cells: physical and system model

Author

Joshi, Sanjay B. ; Mettala, Erik G. ; Smith, Jeffrey S. ; Wysk, Richard A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Manage. Syst. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

558

Lastpage

570

Abstract

Most control implementations of flexible manufacturing cells have been developed specific to a particular facility, and no generic format or tools exist for the systematic planning and creation of control. This paper presents the first phase of research in automatic generation of control software. It focuses on the development of theoretical foundations and generic issues necessary to understand and implement control. Specific formal models are developed for the physical activities, system actions, and individual machines comprising the manufacturing cell. In a subsequent paper, the formal models presented here are used to provide the basis for creating context free control grammars which are used to automatically generate software for controlling flexible manufacturing cells

Keywords

automatic programming; context-free grammars; flexible manufacturing systems; FMS; automatic control software generation; context-free control grammars; flexible manufacturing cell control; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Computer aided manufacturing; Context modeling; Control systems; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Pulp manufacturing; Software maintenance; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1042-296X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/70.406940

Filename

406940