6th RIA/NIST Workshop on Open Architecture Control in Robotics
Tuesday 4 June 2002
Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
219 Kay Industrial Drive
Orion, MI
248-409-2000
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Agenda [MS-Word 97]
Minutes [MS-Word 97]
Attendees [MS-Word 97]
At this workshop we finalized the RIA R15.04 Technical Report
on Wave 1 standards; discussed how to market the technical report
so that it would be used in procurements; and discussed estimates
of open architecture benefits. Jim Gilsinn of NIST gave a presentation
on real-time Ethernet performance measures.
Presentation material:
Real-Time Ethernet Performance Measures [MS-PowerPoint,
242K, PDF,
85K]
5th RIA/NIST Workshop on Open Architecture Control in Robotics
Wednesday 9 January 2002
FANUC Robotics North America
3900 W. Hamlin Road
Rochester Hills, MI 48309-3253
248-377-7000
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Agenda [MS-Word 97]
Map to FANUC [PDF, 474K]
Minutes [MS-Word 97]
Attendees [MS-Word 97]
At this workshop we discussed
the RIA R15.04 Technical Report on Wave 1 standards, and the roadmap
for future revisions incorporating the next waves. Also discussed:
recent Ethernet work by GM; XML work related to robotics in the
semiconductor manufacturing area, and IAONA. See the links below
for background information.
Presentation material:
Ethernet/IP Workshop Update [MS-PowerPoint,
551K]
Ethernet/IP Workshop Overview [MS-PowerPoint,
499K]
What is Ethernet/IP [MS-PowerPoint,
581K]
GM's Future Architecture and Vision [MS-PowerPoint,
62K]
Kuka Demo Cell [MS-PowerPoint,
479K]
Robot Support for Ethernet/IP at GM [MS-PowerPoint,
620K]
Fanuc's update on Waves 1-3 [MS-PowerPoint,
149K]
Background on RIA R15.04-1
Technical Report on Robot Communication
At the 4th working group meeting in
January 2001, RIA agreed to revive the R15.04 Communications and
Information Committee for the purpose of issuing an RIA Standard
or Technical Report covering the use of first-wave standards (Ethernet,
TCP/IP, FTP) in robot controllers. At subsequent committee meetings,
the members decided that a technical report was more suitable,
and has issued a draft that will be reviewed at this meeting.
RIA R15.04-1 Technical Report
on Robot Communications [PDF, 23K]
Background on XML, courtesy
of Dave Faulker (Cimetrix)
The SMT industry is doing a complete set of standards using XML
to deal with many aspects of moving data throughout the enterprise.
This work is being done through the IPC organization, with assistance
from NEMI (National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative) and
Georgia Tech. The IPC-25XX standards are designed to foster application
integration and electronic commerce through data and information
interchange standards based on XML. A summary of the new standards
can be found at webstds.ipc.org.
The Georgia Tech website webstds.gatech.edu
is also very useful.
Of particular interest to our
robotics industry and open architecture controls are the following:
- IPC-2501 Framework Standard [no electronic copy yet]
- IPC-2541 Shop Floor Communications Standard [PDF,
3 MB]
- IPC-2546 Sectional Requirements for Shop Floor Electronic
Assembly Equipment Communication [PDF,
2.7 MB]
- IPC-2547 Sectional Requirements for Shop Floor Electronic
Inspection and Test Equipment Communication [PDF,
2.4 M
Ethernet/IP Implementer's Workshop
Planning Seminar
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Conference Room 116-81, Manufacturing B Building
General Motors Technical Center
Warren, MI
General Motors Controls, Robotics,
and Welding, in cooperation with the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association
(ODVA), has agreed to host a planning seminar for, and the initial
meeting of, the ODVA EtherNet/IP Implementers Workshop. Rockwell
Automation and Pyramid Solutions have agreed to co-sponsor this
planning seminar with General Motors. Future EtherNet/IP Implementers
Workshop meetings are expected to be managed by the ODVA EtherNet/IP
Enablers Special Interest Group.
At the seminar, General Motors
will talk about its future control system network architecture
and EtherNet/IP implementation vision. Other speakers will provide
an overview of EtherNet/IP, discuss the EtherNet/IP Implementers
Workshop objectives, discuss the Workshop organization, and discuss
the requirements for Workshop participation.
Although General Motors is particularly
interested in having its key suppliers be involved, any ODVA member
company with an interest in providing or supporting EtherNet/IP
products is welcome to attend and participate in this planning
seminar.
To reserve a place at the seminar,
please R.S.V.P. to Gary Workman at (810) 602-9918 or email him
at Gary.C.Workman@GM.COM
Invitation [MS-Word,
73K]
Background [MS-Word,
23K]
4th RIA/NIST Workshop on Open Architecture Control in Robotics
Friday, June 8, 2001
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Rosemont Hotel and Convention Center
Chicago, IL
This workshop began with an update
from three RIA committees, for simulation/off-line programming,
performance, and the R15.04 Communication and Information Committee
that was revived after our last workshop at FANUC in January.
The Communication committee presented the draft Technical Report
that was based on the "Wave 1" communication requirements from
GM's GRS-1 document. Plans for revisions based on Waves 2 and
3 were discussed in the afternoon, following the committee updates.
Minutes [MS-Word,
30 Kb]
Near-Term Objectives Workshop Open Architecture Control in Robotics
Monday, January 29, 2001
FANUC Robotics North America
Rochester Hills, MI
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Agenda[MS-Word 97:
PDF]
GM Global Common Technical Specification
for Production Robots, Section 10: Communication Requirements
[PDF]
This workshop will focus on progress
in near-term objectives for open architecture control in robotics.
At the meeting, we will discuss field experiences with standardization
in robotics, hear updates on standards-based commercial offerings,
and devise plans for validation testing and future work. The standards
under consideration are those "first wave" standards (for
factory data network interfaces) that were discussed at previous
RIA/NIST workshops in Orlando and Ypsilanti. These include Ethernet
(copper, fiber optic), switched Ethernet, BOOTP, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP,
FTP, HTTP, HTML, XML, SNMP/MIB-II, NTP, and other standards that
have near-term potential for reducing robotics integration costs
Attendees List [MS-Word
97: PDF]
Preregistration [MS-Word
97: PDF]
Fanuc Presentation [PowerPoint:
PDF]
Rockwell Presentation [PowerPoint:
PDF]
GM Presentation [PowerPoint:
PDF]
Proceedings of the earlier workshops are here:
February 2000, Orlando, Florida
June 2000, Ypsilanti, Michigan
As background for the next technical
meeting, here are the reports solicited at the Ypsilanti workshop,
at which participants volunteered "war stories," field experiences
integrating existing standards in a robot environment.
NTP (Network Time Protocol), Report
from General Motors - [HTML:
MS-Word97:
PDF]
httpd (HyperText Transfer Protocol server), Report from Fanuc
Robotics - [HTML:
MS-Word97:
PDF]
FTP (File Transfer Protocol),
Report from General Motors - [HTML:
MS-Word97:
PDF]
RIA Annual Forum
November 1 - 3, 2000
Portofino Bay Hotel
Orlando, FL
NIST Presentation Material:
Open Architecture Controls: The Key to Interoperability [HTML;
PDF, 18 M; PPT,
265 KB]
Near-Term Objectives Workshop Open Architecture
Control for Robotics
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
Marriott Eagle Crest Conference Resort
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Announcement [HTML;
MS-Word 97, 26
KB]
Agenda [HTML;
MS-Word 97, 20
KB]
Proceedings [PDF,
8.2 MB]
Open Architecture in Metrology Automation Workshop
May 2-3, 2000
NIST
Gaithersburg, MD
Proceedings [PDF, 12.3 MB]
Open Architecture Control for the Robotics
Industry
February 9-10, 2000
Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel
Orlando, FL
Announcement [MS-Word
97, 21 KB]
Agenda [MS-Word,
20 KB]
Proceedings [PDF,
4.6 MB]
