AMPLE (Automated Manufacturing Programming Language Environment) Version 0.1 Prototype: The HWS (Horizontal Workstation) Implementation

摘要

The Automated Manufacturing Programming Language Environment (AMPLE) system is being developed within the Center for Manufacturing Engineering of the National Bureau of Standards to provide a uniform programming language environment for the construction of control interfaces to industrial manufacturing processes; and to provide an integrated system of software tools for translating product design and process planning specifications into equipment-level control programs. Work on the AMPLE project has been surrounded by a larger and more comprehensive project which investigates the design of advanced automated manufacturing systems. The project, embodied in the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) of the National Bureau of Standards, has provided an invaluable source of empirical data and practical experience. In the report the modules of the implementation of the AMPLE Version 0.1, prototype for the Horizontal Workstation System (HWS) will be described.