Title :
Flexible manufacturing communications network in distributed robotics
Author :
Poza, Francisco ; Nogueira, J.
Abstract :
Shop floor communications networks are evolving towards the increased use of open connecting equipment, that meets standard protocols, under a client/server architecture. An implementation of a such communications server, based in a low cost PC with multiport and filed bus cards, is presented. The first prototype has been designed as a black box transparent to flexible manufacturing plants, connecting sixteen SCARA robots and thirty programmable logic controllers
Keywords :
client-server systems; distributed control; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial robots; local area networks; microcomputer applications; open systems; protocols; robots; FMS; PLC; SCARA robots; client/server architecture; communications server; distributed robotics; filed bus cards; flexible manufacturing communications network; low-cost PC; multiport; open connecting equipment; programmable logic controllers; shop-floor communications networks; standard protocols; Communication networks; Communication standards; Costs; File servers; Flexible manufacturing systems; Joining processes; Network servers; Protocols; Prototypes; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Machine and Human Science, 1996., Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3596-1
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.1996.563434
