Title
PLC-based control of a robot manipulator with closed kinematic chain
Abstract
The paper describes the design and implementation of a robot control system on a hardware platform based on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The controlled robot is a 4 degrees of freedom (DOF) manipulator with a closed kinematic chain, designed for high-performance pick and place applications in a packaging workcell. The control software is fully developed on a commercial PLC system, using its standard programming tools and the multi-tasking features of its operating system. In particular, the paper analyse in detail the drawbacks and the advantages related to the choice of standard PLCs in this kind of applications, compared to the much common choice of specialized hardware or industrial personal computers, with particular emphasis on the computational performances obtained with the proposed control architecture.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152281
ICRA
Keywords
Field
DocType
hardware platform,closed kinematic chain,commercial plc system,common choice,operating system,paper analyse,controlled robot,proposed control architecture,plc-based control,robot manipulator,particular emphasis,control software,robot control system,degree of freedom,robot kinematics,machine vision,hardware,packaging,kinematics,robot control,trajectory,application software,control systems,programmable logic controller
Robot control,Computer science,Robot kinematics,Control engineering,Programmable logic controller,Control system,Robot,Application software,Workcell,Kinematic chain
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2009
1
1050-4729 E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-2789-5
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-2789-5
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marcello Bonfé16612.78
Vignali, Matteo200.34
Fiorini, Mario300.34