A wireless multi-robot network approach for industry 4.0 using RoBO2L

This research extends the Open-Source Toolbox RoBO2L with a network interface. The toolbox allows controlling of KUKA industrial robots with a remote PC running MATLAB, which provides the ability to connect external hardware to the robot more easily. For instance, 3D Cam Systems, like the Microsoft Kinect. With access to MATLAB toolboxes, the robot can be used for modern research projects combining industrial robotics with machine learning applications. Caused by the architecture of the robot system the connection between the robot controller and remote PC needs to be a direct UDP/IP connection, the network interface bypasses this disadvantage and opens new possibilities, like controlling multiple robots at once, maneuver wireless or remotely control it via the internet. The idea of this contribution is to add a second remote PC, managing a network of parallel working computers running RoBO2L.