Sangregorio P., A.L. Cologni, A. Piccinini, A. Scarpellini, F. Previdi
The fast globalization process of the last decade required companies to optimizeĀ internal processes. Additionally, customers requirements are becoming more and more Ā specifi c,Ā requiring strong customization. In the mechatronic fi eld, the automation software developmentĀ takes a wide percentage of the overall designing time, due to the lack of structured designĀ processes (specially for small systems) and code reuse.
This paper aims to defineĀ a first structured approach for the automation software developmentĀ of small manufacturing systems. The proposed solution is based on concepts like modularizationĀ and encapsulation, trying to build a one-to-one relationship between the physical mechatronicĀ object and its control software module. Each module embeds the control software and otherĀ information related to the HMI, the documentation and the risk assessment.
The introduced method has been implemented on a real small manufacturing system (anĀ industrial manipulator). The components that form the device have been identi ed andĀ implemented as modules. The design phase becomes, then, a drag and drop composition ofĀ such modules, controlled by a state machine that describes the working cycle of the device.
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