Shop-floor communication with OSACA-compliant controllers

Abstract

The ESPRITframework within the EC had given a chance for a European consortium to develop a model for the new generation of Open Controls, that could be used for adwnced manufacturing environment. The OSACA consortium (the name OSACA stanh for: Open System Architecture for Controls within Automation Systems) had developed the methodology and the technology to build such open controllersWithin the 4ihframework, the EC has launched a continuation project, named IDASOSACA, to help the dissemination process for the results achieved previously by the consortium. The presentation in this article is to give a summary on the external (superior and inferior) communication means applied with the OSACA controllers. The authors, as present project partners within IDAS-OS4CA, have prepared this article based on their review on the former OSACA project deliverables.

PC Based Open Control Architecture for Mechatronic Systems

“…El primer controlador de arquitectura abierta fue el sistema MOSAIC desarrollado por la universidad de Nueva York en 1998 [11]. En 1992 se introduce uno de los sistemas de arquitectura abierta más importantes dentro del proyecto europeo OSACA [12]. Posteriormente en 1994 en Japón, se establece el proyecto OSEC bajo el consorcio de IROFA [13] y posteriormente varios investigadores de Estados Unidos adquieren un progreso sobresaliente en el ámbito de automatización de máquinas y control.…”

Integration of intelligent sensors for sensor-guided motions in industrial robot applications

“…Examples in the field of telerobots are the NASA/NBS standard reference model for telerobot control system architecture (NASREM) [6] and the Unified Telerobotic Architecture Project (UTAP) [7]. Examples in the manufacturing area are the Open System Architecture for Controls within Automation systems (OSACA) [8], the Open System Environment for Controllers (OSEC) [9] and the Open, Modular Architecture Control (OMAC) [10].…”