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Orin(Open Robot Interface for the Network)の概要 Open Robot Interface for the Network ORiN(Open Robot Interface for the Network) Open Network Interface between PC and Robot Controller JARA: Japan Robot Association TC for Robot Open Network Interface Development ORiN accelerates to introduce the Networked Robots powered by IT into manufacturing system Objective To provide standard methods for accessing robot system information in developing a multi-vendor robot-task executing system Merits ・Allow robot-data exchange on PCs ・Application provided by third parties ・Low cost multi-vendor system development ・ISO proposal Global standard Design and Implementation of ORiN Design policy Implementation policy Vender acceptable and useful standard PC technology of the states of art (1) Loose standardization (1) De-facto standard platforms - allow various types of robot specifications - Hardware:PCs designed for MS Windows OS: MS Windows 95/98/NT4.0 (2) Expandability - allow vender unique option (2) Distributed object model(DCON) - Network transparency (3) Modularity of network protocols - Language independence - applicable to robots in the market - use standard network protocol (3) Extended Markup Language(XML) - Standard framework for defining vendor unique (4) Separation of specifications specification and implementation - OOP technology (4) Internet Technology - HTTP, XML, SOAP Windows PC Windows PC Application Application Application layer Mfg. System Mfg. System Motion Monitor management Management Standard Interface Proxy Kernel layer DCOM Server ＲＡＯ RRD RAO: Robot Access Object Provider Correction Data RRD: Robot Resource Definition Provides the unified access mngmnt mngmnt caching B Co. Defines vendor specific robot method to robot data based on robotA Co. Async. Event models(XML format) DCON Access modelrobot control report logging model Provider layer Provider B Co. RAP RAP: Robot Access Protocol A Co. Proxy Provider Provider Vender dependent interface Provider General communication protocol to absorb differences such as between PC and Robot, using communication protocols XML, HTTP, SOAP technology B Co. Windows Web Controller Controller Server A Co. Windows, WindowsNT are the trade-marks of Microsoft Corp. Prvdr Controller Controller Ethernet is the trade-mark of Xerox . Implemented by each vender r JAVA is the trade-mark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Robots in the market ©Copyright 2001 JARA: Japan Robot Association Open Robot Interface for the Network ORiN Project Members TC for Robot Open Network Interface Development Chair: Hideo Matsuka(Sanno Inst.) Co-chair: Makoto Mizukawa (Shibaura Inst.) ORiN project is being conducted in the program Secretariat “Standardization of Communication Interface for JARA: Japan Robot Association Members Observers Open Robot used for such as Manufacturing * Exhibitor Neutral Robot makers *DENSO CORP. , *YASKAWA Electric. Co., Software houses: System” which is consigned to JARA by NEDO organizations Fuji Software ABC Co. *KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Ltd. , since Aug. in 1999. *Mitsubishi Electric Co. , Organizations: Univ. of Tokyo, *FANUC Ltd., * Kobe Steel, Ltd., Tokyo Univ., ＭＳＴＣ NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development JSPMI, SEIKO EPSON Corp., NTT MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Matsushita Industrial Equipment Co. Ltd. , TOYODA Machine Works Ltd. , ORiN Applications *TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. , NACHI-FUJIKOSHI Co. , No. Application Examples Objective Production Control System Quantitative data analysis and TQC of the 1 Production control system facilities Tuning-up, Confirmation, Remote 2 Robot motion monitor & simulator maintenance and Training Mobile accessing to the fields. 3 Facility maintenance system rapid recovery and problem solving Production control and motion 4 Remote operation control and synchronization control File management on the robot Automatic user data backup 5 controller Automatic system program upgrade Remote maintenance using the Internet 6 RAP (Robot Access Control) technology Motion Monitor ORiN Demonstration in the “2001 International Robot Exhibition” JARA Booth 6 Manufacturer’s Maintenance by i-mode Ethernet Tokyo Big-site 5 robots are connected by simulator Schedule 1999： Prototyping and Evaluation ・ORiN evaluation kit ver.0.5 ・Demonstration in the 1999 International Robot Exhibition 2000： ORiN spec. Ver. 0.5, Open spec ・Demonstration in major exhibitions and conferences 2001： ORiN spec. Ver. 1.0, Open spec: ・Standardization promotion, Draft proposal to ISO ・Demonstration in the 2001 International Robot Exhibition How to Get Specification and Software Evaluation Kit - Please contact ORiN project members about the software demonstrated in the ‘2001 International Robot Exhibition’. Evaluation kit will be provided from each robot manufacturers. - Specification (ｖｅｒ. 1.0) will be disclosed in JARA WEB site. For more Information JARA: Japan Robot Association TEL 03-3434-2919 FAX 03-3578-1404 e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.jara.jp/ ©Copyright 2001 JARA: Japan Robot Association .
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