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An Object-Oriented Robot Model and Its Integration into Flexible Manufacturing Systems

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Multiple Approaches to Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 1999)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 1611))

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The paper describes an object-oriented, general model of a robot on one side and of a flexible manufacturing cell on the other side. The modeling aims at an improvement of information exchange between these commonly separated levels of the CIM hierarchy. Interactions between both levels are discussed with special emphasis on the integration of information about the physical properties of the robot into the flexible manufacturing cell. By this means a high adaptiveness on changing manufacturing situations is achieved. In addition the open architecture of the model facilitates the integration of future methods in manufacturing process planning and execution. The paper closes with two practical examples that illustrate the information exchange between the robot and the manufacturing cell level in concrete scenarios.

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  1. Dpto. de Automática (DISAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28 006, Madrid, Spain

    Christian Schäfer & Omar López

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  1. Thinking Machines Corporation, 16 New England Executive Park, 01803, Burlington, MA, USA

    Ibrahim Imam

  2. LRI, UMR CNRS 8623, Bât, 490, Université de Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France

    Yves Kodratoff

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    Ayman El-Dessouki

  4. Department of Computer Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, Nueces 247, 601 University Drive, 78666-4616, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Moonis Ali

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Schäfer, C., López, O. (1999). An Object-Oriented Robot Model and Its Integration into Flexible Manufacturing Systems. In: Imam, I., Kodratoff, Y., El-Dessouki, A., Ali, M. (eds) Multiple Approaches to Intelligent Systems. IEA/AIE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1611. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48765-4_87

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