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Author(s): J. Albus, A. Barbera, M. Fitzgerald, E. Kent, Charles McLean, H. McCain, Howard Bloom, L. Haynes, Cita Furlani, Edward Barkmeyer, Mary Mitchell, H. Scott, D. Blomquist and R. Kilmer

Publication date: June 1984

Citation: J. Albus, A. Barbera, M. Fitzgerald, E. Kent, Charles McLean, H. McCain, Howard Bloom, L. Haynes, Cita Furlani, Edward Barkmeyer, Mary Mitchell, H. Scott, D. Blomquist and R. Kilmer: "A Control System for an Automated Manufacturing Research Facility," Society of Manufacturing Engineering, Robots 8, June, 1984.

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Abstract:
A hierarchical architecture for real-time planning and control has been implemented in the first cell of an Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at the National Bureau of Standards. Three workstations (A horizontal milling, a turning, and a materials handling workstation) have been implemented. The horizontal and the turning workstations have robots, and the horizontal has a 6-D robot vision system interfaced with a RCS (Real-time Control System) robot controller. A communications network, a distributed data base and a simulator/emulator have also been implemented.

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