Automated synthesis and composition of taskblocks for control of manufacturing systems

Lawrence E. Holloway; Xiaoyi Guan; Ranganathan Sundaravadivelu; Jeff Ashley

doi:10.1109/3477.875446

Automated synthesis and composition of taskblocks for control of manufacturing systems

Lawrence E. Holloway, Xiaoyi Guan, Ranganathan Sundaravadivelu, Jeff Ashley

Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing (ISM)

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Abstract

Automated control synthesis methods for discrete-event systems promise to reduce the time required to develop, debug, and modify control software. Such methods must be able to translate high-level control goals into detailed sequences of actuation and sensing signals. In this paper, we present such a technique. It relies on analysis of a system model, defined as a set of interacting components, each represented as a form of condition system Petri net. Control logic modules, called taskblocks, are synthesized from these individual models. These then interact hierarchically and sequentially to drive the system through specified control goals. The resulting controller is automatically converted to executable control code. The paper concludes with a discussion of a set of software tools developed to demonstrate the techniques on a small manufacturing system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	696-712
Number of pages	17
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/3477.875446
State	Published - Oct 2000

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Manuscript received July 16, 1999; revised June 21, 2000. This work was supported in part by NSF Grant ECS-9807106, USARO Grant DAAH04-96-1-0399, Rockwell Science Center, and the Center for Manufacturing Systems at the University of Kentucky. This paper was recommended by Associate Editors M. A. Jafari and M. Zhou.

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Manuscript received July 16, 1999; revised June 21, 2000. This work was supported in part by NSF Grant ECS-9807106, USARO Grant DAAH04-96-1-0399, Rockwell Science Center, and the Center for Manufacturing Systems at the University of Kentucky. This paper was recommended by Associate Editors M. A. Jafari and M. Zhou.

Funders	Funder number
Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems
Rockwell Science Center
USARO	DAAH04-96-1-0399
National Science Foundation (NSF)	ECS-9807106

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Software
Information Systems
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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