Neutral Interfaces in Design, Simulation, and Programming for Robotics

by Ingward Bey (Editor), D. Ball (Editor), H. Bruhm (Editor), T. Clausen (Editor), W. Jakob (Editor)

Overview

Product Data Technology encompasses the information related to all stages in the product life cycle from product design via production planning, production processes, production control, etc. through the delivery and operational stages of the technical product. Product Data Technology takes a coherent, unified view of the information captured in this whole life cycle and provides methodologies to support this integrated perspective. The Product Data Technology Advisory Group (pDTAG), is a Special Interest Group supported by the CIME Division within DG m of the European Commission. Founded in 1991, the PDTAG has encouraged the formation of a new subseries on Product Data Technology within the existing series of Research Reports ESPRIT. This subseries will provide a depository for the important contributions made by ESPRIT projects to the evolving area of Product Data Technology, particularly also those based on the STEP (ISO 10303). PDTAG is grateful to Springer Publishers for establishing this subseries which will serve to report recent international developments in Product Data Technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540575313
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	06/24/1994
Series:	Research Reports Esprit
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 1.1 The Need for Standardized Interfaces for Electronic Data Transfer.- 1.2 Short Summary of Interface Development.- 1.3 ESPRIT Project Nr. 2614/5109 NIRO.- 2. State of the Art upon Project Start.- 2.1 CAD Interfaces.- 2.2 Interfaces in Robotics.- 2.3 Standardization.- 3. Aims of the NIRO Project.- 4. Results Related to the STEP Standard Chapter Editor: EG. Schlechtendahl.- 4.1 The NIRO Contributions to STEP.- 4.2 The NIRO Specification for STEP Kinematics Models.- 5. Development of STEP Processors.- 5.1 From CAD Systems to STEP.- 5.2 From STEP to Robot Programming and Simulation.- 5.3 Test of Processors and Consistency of the Specification.- 6. Results Related to IRL and ICR.- 6.1 Industrial Robot Language (IRL).- 6.2 Intermediate Code for Robots (ICR).- 7. Development of Processors for IRL and ICR.- 7.1 Processors for IRL.- 7.2 Preprocessors for ICR.- 7.3 ICR Interpreters.- 7.4 ICR Transformation to Robot Vendor Code.- 7.5 Test of Processors.- 8. Application of Developments and Results.- 8.1 The Rationale.- 8.2 The Demonstration at CASA/DISEL.- 8.3 The FIAT Demonstration. Experiences Gained.- 8.4 Demonstration at Odense Steel Shipyard.- 8.5 The Reis Demonstration.- 8.6 Other Applications Outside the NIRO Project.- 9. Conclusions of the Project.- 9.1 Interface Between CAD, Robot Programming and Simulation Systems.- 9.2 Interface Between Robot Off&-Line Programming and Control Systems.- 10. Outlook.- References.- Appendix 1: Specification for Kinematics and Robotics CAD Data Exchange.- Appendix 2: Example IRL Output for GRASP Preprocessor.- Appendix 3: Example ICR Output for GRASP Preprocessor.- Appendix 4: Test Example: Movement File and Related ICR Code File.