Concept of Distributed Interpolation for Skill-Based Manufacturing with Real-Time Communication

Caren Dripke, Ben Schneider, Mihai Dragan and Alexander Verl

Fachkolloqium der Wissesschaftliche Gesellschaft Montage Handhabung Industrierobotik,

February 2018

abstract

Distributed manufacturing unit control can be implemented by equipping all manufacturing components with individual controls offering standardized skills. The control of multi-component groups often requires real-time communication and a communication architecture that is adapted to the distributed control concept.We present applicable communication concepts for distributed interpolation, where the distributed interpolation use case in particular demonstrates challenges caused by the synchronous execution of skills.

subject terms: distributed interpolation, deterministic real-time communication, time-Sensitive Networking, IEC 61499