Abstract
dc:description.abstractIndustry's move towards automated manufacturing has been rapid during this decade. In a typical flexible manufacturing environment, a variety of automated manufacturing equipment is linked together with a communication network and a part transportation system. Since vendors of automation equipment have no communication standards to adhere to, integrating these machines becomes a problem. This project addressed the problem by creating a software interface between robots, CNC machines and a workcell controller. The library of functions created for the Dyna CNC machine and the IBM 7545/7547 robots will aid the future user to create software for the workcell. By using the library functions, a user will be insulated from the lower level functioning of the machines and need only be concerned about the operation of these functions.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Guleri, Aditya
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
-
- Deisenroth, Michael P.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
-
- Freeman, H. JoAnne
- Nunnally, Charles E.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-07082010-020048
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43593