An intelligent virtual multi-axis machine tool remote service system

The five-axis machining technology applications in the industry is very complex technology, and have urgent needs, this research is to establish five-axis machining remote service system. This paper focuses on the development of a networked distributed intelligent software agent based remote service system environment to provide multi-axis machine tool services remotely. The software agent technology has been adopted and integrated successfully in this research for the implementation of a virtual multi-axis machine tool remote servicing system. Several domain-specific ontologies have been developed, integrated and realized in this development. Distributed agents could communicate through the defined performatives underlying the Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML) and FIPA ACL standard protocols. The mobile agent service environment is also achievable. Future research is expected to provide clients with a cloud computing based five-axis machining remote service system.