A Generic Controller For Manufacturing Workcells

Jeffrey S. Wright

doi:10.1117/12.940661

11 May 1987 A Generic Controller For Manufacturing Workcells

Jeffrey S. Wright

Proceedings Volume 0786, Applications of Artificial Intelligence V; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940661
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Many manufacturing companies are studying how the systematic use of computers throughout their operation can improve productivity, with the goal of achieving computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). It is now realized that computer control should be applied to systems as a whole in addition to individual processes. A manufacturing workcell is composed of a number of stations that perform value-adding processes linked by a material-handling system and computer control. Although the cellular approach to factory automation is widely accepted, there is a shortage of commercial software for controlling cells. The cell control problem involves high level functions of production scheduling and resource management, as well as the monitoring and control of real-time processes. An intelligent control algorithm is presented that can be applied to manufacturing workcells. Since it is easier to add cell-specific knowledge to a knowledge base than to modify a conventional program, a knowledge-based implementation supports the goal of a generic controller. Results from implementing such a controller for a simulated workcell indicate that this approach merits further development.

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Jeffrey S. Wright "A Generic Controller For Manufacturing Workcells", Proc. SPIE 0786, Applications of Artificial Intelligence V, (11 May 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940661

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