Holonic Robot Control for Job Shop Assembly by Dynamic Simulation

Abstract

The scope of this chapter was the definition of a PLC-centred framework for developing an integrated solution aiming at controlling the resources of a flexible manufacturing system and managing of the clients' orders. The key characteristics of the proposed framework are autonomy of the control systems' resources and cooperation between them. The general features of the proposed holonic implementing framework facilitate, beyond the product assembling with machined components, the development of any other discrete, repetitive manufacturing applications. Features like: decomposition of the production system into entities relative to the basic areas specific to an enterprise (production, process and business), description of the types of manufacturing entities and of the communication protocols that take place between them, and the decision scenarios during resource failure / recovery and stock restoring are reusable.