Virtual commissioning of automatic machines: performance evaluation and robotic integration

This thesis pertains to the virtual commissioning process executed for an Automatic machine, the E-contiuous for TELEROBOT to test the Controller Software of the said machine’s Motion controller. It also looks at how this virtual commissioning process and results affected the real machine, while focusing on the benefits of the particular platform used, and its ability to capture all necessary behavior of the real machine model into the virtual one. The process was divided into three main stages and then the model was passed through each stage to obtain the final model which was tested and results posted. Also integration of industrial manipulators into virtual environment mainly for experimental analysis and virtual commissioning was looked at to obtain data on the feasibility of these robots for specific functions. Finally, there was the discussion of the future possibilities of virtual commissioning and what could yet be achieved.