Designing High Performance Factory Automation Applications on Top of DDS. (22nd April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Calvo, Isidro; Pérez, Federico; Etxeberria-Agiriano, Ismael; de Albéniz, Oier García
• Is Part Of: International journal of advanced robotic systems. Volume 10:Number 4(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-04-22
• Subjects: Factory Automation -- Robot Programming -- Industrial Communications -- Middleware -- DDS; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robotics; Periodicals; 629.892
• DOI: 10.5772/56341
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1729-8806

Abstract

DDS is a recent specification aimed at providing high-performance publisher/subscriber middleware solutions. Despite being a very powerful flexible technology, it may prove complex to use, especially for the inexperienced. This work provides some guidelines for connecting software components that represent a new generation of automation devices (such as PLCs, IPCs and robots) using Data Distribution Service (DDS) as a virtual software bus. More specifically, it presents the design of a DDS-based component, the so-called Automation Component, and discusses how to map different traffic patterns using DDS entities exploiting the wealth of QoS management mechanisms provided by the DDS specification. A case study demonstrates the creation of factory automation applications out of software components that encapsulate independent stations.