Title :
Software architecture for a cell controller
Author :
Paidy, Sudhakar ; Reeve, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Eng., Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY, USA
Abstract :
The primary objective of this study was to develop a versatile software architecture to integrate two NC machines, two robots, a vision station, and a conveyor based material transport system into a completely computer controlled manufacturing cell. Several home-built hardware/software interfaces were used in integrating the various manufacturing elements in this cell. The architecture of the cell control software is generic enough to be applicable to many small manufacturing facilities. From the system development perspective, the control software is a group of tasks working as a team in a multi-tasking environment. From the end user´s perspective, it is a totally data-driven flexible manufacturing system
Keywords :
computer vision; computerised materials handling; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial robots; numerical control; NC machines; cell controller; computer controlled manufacturing cell; control software; conveyor based material transport system; data-driven flexible manufacturing system; hardware/software interfaces; multi-tasking environment; robots; software architecture; system development; vision station; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer architecture; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer numerical control; Computer vision; Control systems; Hardware; Production facilities; Robot vision systems; Software architecture;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1991. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1991.183996
