An approach to design and develop reconfigurable control software for highly automated production systems

The current work outlines a comprehensive development approach to support the realisation of innovative reconfigurable factory control software from the preliminary design to its deployment in the shop floor. The proposed method consists of three major steps: control conceptual design, application development and evaluation of solution robustness. The innovation features of the proposed control development approach rely upon the integration of reconfiguration policies in the distributed automation infrastructures based on standard IEC 61499. The benefits of the proposed approach have been assessed with regard to an industrial application dealing with the manufacturing of personalised footwear goods.

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