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Factory Automation
Factory Automation
Edited by
Javier Silvestre-Blanes
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Factory Automation,
Edited by Javier Silvestre-Blanes
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Preface
Factory automation has evolved significantly in the last few decades, and is today, a complex,
interdisciplinary scientific area. In this book a selection of papers on themes related to factory
automation are presented, covering a broad spectrum so that the reader may become familiar
with the various fields, and also study more deeply where required.
In the various chapters in this book, special attention is given to distributed applications and
their use of networks, since it is one of the most relevant subjects in the evolution of factory
automation. Different Medium Access Control and networks are analyzed, while Ethernet
and Wireless networks are looked at in more detail, since they are among the hottest topics in
recent research. Another important subject is everything concerned with the increase in the
complexity of factory automation, and the need for flexibility and interoperability. Finally the
use of multi-agent systems, advanced control, formal methods, or the application in this field
of RFID, are more examples of the ideas and disciplines that experts around the world have
analyzed in their work.
Finally, the editors would like to thank the authors for their effort and support in the
publication of this book.
Javier Silvestre-Blanes
Departamento Informática de Sistemas y computadores (DISCA)
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)
[email protected]
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Contents
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1. Engineering Processes for Decentralized Factory Automation Systems 001
Thomas Wagner, Carolin Haußner, Jürgen Elger, Ulrich Löwen and Arndt Lüder
2. Wireless Technologies in Factory Automation 029
Aurel Buda, Volker Schuermann and Joerg F. Wollert
3. A Real-time Wireless Communication System based on 802.11 MAC 051
Gennaro Boggia, Pietro Camarda, L. Alfredo Grieco and Giammarco Zacheo
4. When the Industry Goes Wireless: Drivers, Requirements,
Technology and Future Trends 077
Simon Carlsen and Stig Petersen
5. Rapid application development for wireless sensor networks 103
Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman Mozumdar, Luciano Lavagno and Laura Vanzago
6. VAN Applied to Control of Utilities Networks. Requirements and Capabilities. 121
Javier Silvestre-Blanes, Víctor-M. Sempere-Payá and Teresa Albero-Albero
7. Wireless Sensor Networks for Networked Manufacturing Systems 139
L. Q. Zhuang, D. H. Zhang and M. M. Wong
8. Wired and Wireless Reliable Real-Time Communication in Industrial Systems 161
Magnus Jonsson and Kristina Kunert
9. A perspective on the IEEE 802.11e Protocol for the Factory Floor 177
Lucia Lo Bello, Emanuele Toscano and Salvatore Vittorio
10. Wireless Sensor Networks in Industrial Automation 201
Marko Paavola and Kauko Leiviskä
11. Analysis of switched Ethernet for real-time transmission 221
Joan Vila-Carbó, Joaquim Tur-Massanet and Enrique Hernández-Orallo
12. Token Passing Techniques for Hard Real-Time Communication 241
Gianluca Franchino, Giorgio C. Buttazzo and Tullio Facchinetti
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13. Performance and Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Ethernet Networked
Control Systems 265
Ramez M. Daoud, Hassanein H. Amer and Hany M. ElSayed
14. Study of event-based sampling techniques and their influence on
greenhouse climate control with Wireless Sensors Network 289
Andrzej Pawlowski, José L. Guzmán, Francisco Rodríguez, Manuel Berenguel,
José Sánchez and Sebastián Dormido
15. 3D RFID Simulation and Design - Factory Automation 313
Wei Liu and Ming Mao Wong
16. Robustness enhancement of networked control systems 335
Michał Morawski and Antoni Zajączkowski
17. The Role of Business-to-Control Agents in Next Generation
Automation Enterprise Systems 351
Francisco P. Maturana and Eugene Liberman
18. A Multiagent Architecture Based in aFoundation Fieldbus
Network Function Blocks 365
Vinicius Ponte Machado, Dennis Brandão, Adrião Duarte Dória Neto
and Jorge Dantas de Melo
19. Production System’s Life Cycle-Oriented Innovation of
Industrial Information Systems 389
Dencovski Kristian, Löwen Ulrich, Holm Timo, Amberg Michael,
Maurmaier Mathias and Göhner Peter
20. Asynchronous Analogue-to-Digital Conversion Techniques 411
Nikos Petrellis, Michael Birbas, John Kikidis and Alex Birbas
21. Implementation of the delay compensator approach 429
Ana Antunes, Fernando Dias, José Vieira and Alexandre Mota
22. Control of Robot Interaction Forces Using Evolutionary Techniques 445
Jose de Gea, Yohannes Kassahun and Frank Kirchner
23. Formal Methods in Factory Automation 463
Corina Popescu and Jose L. Martinez Lastra
24. Adaptive Implementation of Discrete Event Control Systems
based on Sequential Function Charts 477
Ramón Piedrafita and José Luis Villarroel
25. Automated production monitoring and control system engineering
by combining a standardized data format (CAEX) with
standardized communication (OPC UA) 501
Miriam Schleipen
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26. Real-time Obstacle Avoidance Using Potential Field for a Nonholonomic Vehicle 523
Hiroaki Seki, Yoshitsugu Kamiya and Masatoshi Hikizu
27. Developing FPGA-based Embedded Controllers using Matlab/Simulink 543
T. Barlas and M. Moallem
28. Model Reference Control of Human-Operated Mobile
Robot for Object Transportation 557
Naoki Uchiyama and Tatsuhiro Hashimoto
29. Diagnosis of Intermittent Faults and its dynamics 569
A. Correcher, E. García, F. Morant, E. Quiles and L. Rodríguez
30. Easy-implementable on-line identification method for a first-order
system including a time-delay 585
Satoshi Suzuki and Katsuhisa Furuta
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