Communication interface in a physical simulator for robotic palletization

Balasubramanian Ram; Chin-Sheng Chen; Sanjiv Sarin; Mysore Chandra

doi:10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U

Communication interface in a physical simulator for robotic palletization

Balasubramanian Ram
, Chin-Sheng Chen
, Sanjiv Sarin
, Mysore Chandra

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Florida International University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper addresses the issues relating to the communication channels in a physical simulator for flexible automation of a palletization task. The simulator used in our work involves an IBM-7545 robot, a personal computer and an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The communications relating to the Robot/PC interface and the PLC/PC interface are discussed. The palletization station design requires that decisions on pallet pattern are made dynamically by a program running on the personal computer. The Robot/PC communication interface is necessary to transmit these decisions to the robot controller for execution. This communication is to be achieved using BASIC language and AML 4.1 as the software platforms. The PLC has the task of controlling the transport of the boxes coming to the palletization station. The program for deciding the pallet pattern, running on the personal computer, needs real-time information on the counts of boxes of different sizes that are arriving for palletization. The PLC/PC interface serves to provide this information. © 1990.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	200-204
Number of pages	5
Journal	Computers and Industrial Engineering
Volume	19
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U
State	Published - Jan 1 1990

Access to Document

10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U

Cite this

@article{37174d0809ae4addbc6be0d44fc714da,

title = "Communication interface in a physical simulator for robotic palletization",

abstract = "This paper addresses the issues relating to the communication channels in a physical simulator for flexible automation of a palletization task. The simulator used in our work involves an IBM-7545 robot, a personal computer and an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The communications relating to the Robot/PC interface and the PLC/PC interface are discussed. The palletization station design requires that decisions on pallet pattern are made dynamically by a program running on the personal computer. The Robot/PC communication interface is necessary to transmit these decisions to the robot controller for execution. This communication is to be achieved using BASIC language and AML 4.1 as the software platforms. The PLC has the task of controlling the transport of the boxes coming to the palletization station. The program for deciding the pallet pattern, running on the personal computer, needs real-time information on the counts of boxes of different sizes that are arriving for palletization. The PLC/PC interface serves to provide this information. {\textcopyright} 1990.",

author = "Balasubramanian Ram and Chin-Sheng Chen and Sanjiv Sarin and Mysore Chandra",

year = "1990",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U",

language = "English",

volume = "19",

pages = "200--204",

journal = "Computers and Industrial Engineering",

issn = "0360-8352",

publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",

number = "1-4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Communication interface in a physical simulator for robotic palletization

AU - Ram, Balasubramanian

AU - Chen, Chin-Sheng

AU - Sarin, Sanjiv

AU - Chandra, Mysore

PY - 1990/1/1

Y1 - 1990/1/1

N2 - This paper addresses the issues relating to the communication channels in a physical simulator for flexible automation of a palletization task. The simulator used in our work involves an IBM-7545 robot, a personal computer and an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The communications relating to the Robot/PC interface and the PLC/PC interface are discussed. The palletization station design requires that decisions on pallet pattern are made dynamically by a program running on the personal computer. The Robot/PC communication interface is necessary to transmit these decisions to the robot controller for execution. This communication is to be achieved using BASIC language and AML 4.1 as the software platforms. The PLC has the task of controlling the transport of the boxes coming to the palletization station. The program for deciding the pallet pattern, running on the personal computer, needs real-time information on the counts of boxes of different sizes that are arriving for palletization. The PLC/PC interface serves to provide this information. © 1990.

AB - This paper addresses the issues relating to the communication channels in a physical simulator for flexible automation of a palletization task. The simulator used in our work involves an IBM-7545 robot, a personal computer and an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The communications relating to the Robot/PC interface and the PLC/PC interface are discussed. The palletization station design requires that decisions on pallet pattern are made dynamically by a program running on the personal computer. The Robot/PC communication interface is necessary to transmit these decisions to the robot controller for execution. This communication is to be achieved using BASIC language and AML 4.1 as the software platforms. The PLC has the task of controlling the transport of the boxes coming to the palletization station. The program for deciding the pallet pattern, running on the personal computer, needs real-time information on the counts of boxes of different sizes that are arriving for palletization. The PLC/PC interface serves to provide this information. © 1990.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0025591495&origin=inward

UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0025591495&origin=inward

U2 - 10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U

DO - 10.1016/0360-8352(90)90105-U

M3 - Article

SN - 0360-8352

VL - 19

SP - 200

EP - 204

JO - Computers and Industrial Engineering

JF - Computers and Industrial Engineering

IS - 1-4

ER -

Communication interface in a physical simulator for robotic palletization

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this