This chapter presents sliding mode approach for controlling DC-DC power converters implementing proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers commonly used in industry. The core design idea implies enforcing sliding mode such that the output converter voltage contains proportional, integral and derivative components with the pre-selected coefficients. Traditionally, the method of pulse wid...

• The Shewhart control charts, used for monitoring industrial processes, are the most popular tools in Statistical Process Control (SPC). They are usually developed under the assumption of independent and normally distributed data, an assumption rarely true in practice, and implemented with estimated control limits. But in general, we essentially want to control the process mean value and the p...

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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...

In this paper an adaptive multiagent robotic assembly system is presented. State of the art industrial equipment is utilized to perform various assembly tasks in a highly unstructured environment without the need for central control. The emphasis is given to the developed methods that address particular issues in such robotic assembly systems. Close collaboration and intertwined work with human...

Industrial Additive Manufacturing technologies are increasingly being employed in manufacturing environments, yet there has been little consideration of these in terms of manufacturing systems. This paper explores the important concept of control for Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems, drawing upon data achieved in twelve case studies to identify four feasible control architectures. Usin...

This document provides guidance on how to secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS), including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), while addressing their unique performance, reliability, and safety requirements. The document provides an overview of ICS and...

Ind~~strial feedback motion controllers are hmed using inanual loopshaping, according to certain design r~des. This controller tuning serves as a benchmark for robust control research as applied to optical and magnetic disk drive storage systems. The design and implementation of robz~st controllers for the focus servo of a compact disk and the tmcking servo of a hard disk mechanism is investiga...

or arobotic manipulator, the impact of the end-effector on the F environment occurs in the transition from unconstrained (free) motion to constrained motion. Contact force at impact is difficult to control and oscillatory behavior (or, worse still, instability) can easily occur. Several kinds of models have been proposed to explain impact-force behavior. For instance, in [ 171 a rigid, six-degr...