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An Integrated Control and Simulation Environment for Mobile Robot Software Development

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Thomas Kramer
In order to expedite the research and development of robotic systems and foster development of novel robot configuration, is it essential to develop tools and standards that allow researchers to rapidly develop, communicate, and compare experimental

Interoperability Testing for Shop Floor Measurement

December 28, 2007
Author(s)
Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, John A. Horst, Joseph Falco, Thomas Kramer
Manufactured parts are typically inspected to ensure quality. Inspection involves equipment and software from many different vendors, and interoperability is a major problem faced by manufacturers. The I++ Dimensional Measuring Equipment (DME)

A Mobile Robot Control Framework: From Simulation to Reality

December 7, 2007
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Thomas R. Kramer
In order to expedite the research and development of robotic systems and foster development of novel robot configurations, it is essential to develop tools and standards that allow researchers to rapidly develop, communicate, and compare experimental

Case Study in the Challenges of Integrating CNC Production and Enterprise Systems

December 3, 2007
Author(s)
Sid Venkatesh, B. Sides, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor
Integration of factory floor Computer Numerical Control (CNC) information into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) subsystems has been difficult, if not impossible, as traditionally, factory floor machines have been islands of automation. Boeing/NIST/Okuma

Closed Loop CNC Manufacturing -- Connecting the CNC to the Enterprise

November 26, 2007
Author(s)
Sid Venkatesh, Rich Morihara, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor
Closed Loop manufacturing describes the use of feedback from a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to help in business operations. Although conceptually simple, many obstacles make CNC-ERP connectivity difficult -

Validating Portability of Step-NC Tool Center Programming

June 26, 2006
Author(s)
Sid Venkatesh, David Odendahl, Xun W. Xu, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Thomas Kramer
A joint effort between Boeing and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was undertaken for validating and evaluating STEP AP238 (STEP-NC) Conformance Class 1 (CC1) for 5-axis machining. STEP-NC is a new manufacturing standard to support

Improving CNC Machining Accuracy Through Thermal Model-Based Control

July 21, 2004
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Johannes A. Soons, R King, W Bakula, H Dominguez, N Frampton
The United States Army has a requirement to machine munitions to strict tolerances so that the munitions will launch properly and the explosives will detonate correctly. High precision parts require machine tools to operate with a high degree of accuracy

Improving CNC Machining Accuracy Through Thermal Model-Based Control

July 21, 2004
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Johannes A. Soons, R King, W Bakula, H Dominguez, N Frampton
The United States Army has a requirement to machine munitions to strict tolerances so that the munitions will launch properly and the explosives will detonate correctly. High precision parts require machine tools to operate with a high degree of accuracy

STEP - Compliant NC Research: The Search for Intelligent CAD/CAPP/CAM/CNC Integration

May 31, 2004
Author(s)
Xun W. Xu, H Wang, Jian Mao, S T. Newman, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, John L. Michaloski
Since the first generation of NC machine tool was developed in 1950s, there have been many developments, which make today's NC machines completely unrecognisable from their early ancestors. These developments however are now being significantly limited by

Feature-Based Inspection and Control System

March 8, 2004
Author(s)
Thomas Kramer, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, Harry A. Scott
This report describes an architecture and software system for automatically performing process planning and control code generation for cutting and inspecting prismatic piece parts. This "Feature-Based Inspection and Control System" (FBICS) consists of

Expanding the Role of Finite State Machine Technology in Open Architecture Control

August 21, 2003
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, S Kolla
Modern machine control systems rely heavily on software to achieve system functionality. Until recently, control software?s primary purpose was to provide logic and sequencing of machine execution. With computer hardware now providing power and memory to