Abstract
Companies are facing the on-going challenge that customers always increase their needs for capability of products and machinery. They want improved productivity and efficiency - if possible to lower prices; value for money. The demands often focus on extensions of functionality, faster response, operation capability, man-machine interface (MMI), robustness, reliability and safety in use. Information Technology (IT) offers both software and hardware for improvement of the engineering design and industrial applications. The latest progress in IT makes integration of an overall design and manufacturing IT- concept feasible and commercially attractive. An IT-tool concept for modelling, simulation and design of mechatronic products and systems is proposed in this paper. It built on results from a Danish mechatronic research program focusing on intelligent motion control as well as results from the Esprit project SWING on IT-tools for rapid prototyping of fluid power components and systems. A mechatronic test facility for a hydraulic robot and a CNC XY-machine table was implemented. The controller applies digital signal processors (DSPs). The DSP controller utilizes the dSPACE System suitable for real-time experimentation, evaluation and validation of control laws and algorithms.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 4th REM Intl Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics 2003 |
| Place of Publication | Aachen |
| Publisher | Shaker Verlag |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Event | 4th REM International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics 2003 - Bochum, Germany Duration: 9 Oct 2003 → 10 Oct 2003 Conference number: 4 |
Workshop
| Workshop | 4th REM International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics 2003 |
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| Number | 4 |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Bochum |
| Period | 09/10/2003 → 10/10/2003 |