Title :
Building an object-oriented environment for distributed manufacturing software
Author :
Sturzenbecker, Martin C.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A description is presented of the characteristics of a programming environment for distributed manufacturing software based on an open workcell architecture. The authors consider C++ as a base language for this environment and describe extensions to the language which would make it more suitable for distributed systems integration. The main problem stems from insistence on static (compile-time) binding and type-checking and the necessity of introducing dynamic binding for convenient encapsulation of concepts such as remote procedure call
Keywords :
distributed processing; manufacturing data processing; object-oriented programming; programming environments; C++; distributed manufacturing software; dynamic binding; manufacture computing; object-oriented environment; open workcell architecture; programming environment; remote procedure call; static binding; type-checking; Bridges; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer languages; Costs; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Object oriented programming; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1991. Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sacramento, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2163-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1991.131916
