Title :
A high-performance network infrastructure and protocols for distributed automation
Author :
Kume, Shinji ; Rizzi, Alfred A.
Author_Institution :
Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Documents our efforts to develop a scalable low-cost and high-performance network infrastructure for a novel distributed automation system-minifactory. The resulting communication system (AAA-Net) relies on a suite of low-latency protocols carried by a commercial 100 Mb Fast Ethernet network. In addition to documenting the operation of this network system and its associated protocols we offer a brief comparison to the currently available commercial field network systems, and present experimental verification of the performance delivered by AAA-Net under typical and extreme operating conditions.
Keywords :
assembling; computer integrated manufacturing; field buses; industrial robots; local area networks; multi-robot systems; protocols; AAA-Net; Fast Ethernet network; distributed automation; extreme operating conditions; high-performance network infrastructure; low-latency protocols; minifactory; typical operating conditions; Assembly systems; Ethernet networks; Laboratories; Personal digital assistants; Production facilities; Protocols; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6576-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933097
