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Conferences

Hierarchical Control for Robots in an Automated Factory

Author(s)
James S. Albus, Tony Barbera, Howard Bloom, M L. Fitzgerald, Ernest Kent, Charles R. McLean
The basic structure of a hierarchical control system is a tree, wherein each computational module has a single superior, and one or more subordinate modules

The Virtual Manufacturing Cell

Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Howard Bloom, Ted Hopp
A virtual manufacturing cell is being developed at the National Bureau of Standards as part of the control software for the Automated Manufacturing Research

Simulation of a Modular Hierarchical Feedback System

Author(s)
Howard Bloom, Charles R. McLean, Cita M. Furlani, T J. Johnson, S Milligan, T Fortman
This guide describes a medium-sized application of the Hierarchical Control System Emulation (HCSE) which was modeled after certain aspects of the National
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