EFTA 2003. 2003 IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation. Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8696)

Abstract

The following topics are dealt with: process automation systems; antenna redundancy for transmission reliability in wireless industrial LANs; linking control networks and wireless personal area; an approach based on operation insertion for one-machine real time scheduling; Petri net's execution algorithm for applications in manufacturing systems control; an Internet-based data mining engine in a steel factory; robust controller design for timed event graphs in dioids; self-positioning digital window comparators for mixed-signal Dft; systems maintenance and process monitoring; cell, interconnection networks, and secure communications; and mobile robots.