A Fast and Safe Industrial WLAN Communication Protocol for Factory Automation Control Systems

Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems

The security of industrial automation and control systems becomes increasingly critical as different networks are connected and systems are integrated in a collaborative manufacturing environment. For industrial automation and control systems the potential impact of an attack may be more serious than for computer systems in general. Users of industrial automation and control systems need to pay...

The interfacing technology of PC-based Factory Automation systems - Industrial Automation and Control: Emerging Technologies, 1995., International IEEE/IAS Conference

FA equipment's such as Numerical Control [3,4] machine tools, industrial robots, aiid other automated machinery are used to save energy and promote automation , which allow for high productivity and also produces quality products . The aforementioned FA equipment's is becoming more technical with the application of servo motor and motion control technologies [5 ,6,7] . Rolf Johansoon presents a...

Designing Gesture-Based Control for Factory Automation

We report the development and evaluation of a gesture-based interaction prototype for controlling the loading station of a factory automation system. In this context, gesture-based interaction has the potential to free users from the tedious physical controls but it must also account for safety considerations and users’ perceptions. We evaluated the gesture interaction concept in the field to u...

Cybersecurity for Industrial Automation & Control

Education in Industrial Automation in an Innovative Learning Factory

Education courses on automation usually address the development of a control system considering only simplified theoretical frameworks and using nominal simulations in order to verify the correctness of the developed control solution. This approach contrasts with industrial practice where automation systems are usually developed on the basis of the engineers experience and directly tested on th...