INTEGRATED SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY

摘要

Virtual material handling systems can be used to drive the operation of real material handling systems for purposes such as testing and validation of the components of the real material handling systems. The real material handling system, in turn, can provide data regarding system operation which may be fed back to the virtual material handling system to control its function.

主权项

1. A machine comprising:
a computer, the computer configured with computer executable instructions to perform operations to:
1. simulate a virtual material handling system operating with one or more virtual objects wherein operating with one or more virtual objects comprises moving the one or more virtual objects from one location to another, wherein the virtual material handling system is equivalent to a real material handling system comprising a plurality of sensors operable to provide data regarding operation of the real material handling system;2. generate data regarding the simulated operation of the virtual material handling system;3. provide a logic engine configured to receive data regarding operation of one or more material handling systems taken from the group of material handling systems consisting of:
i. the real material handling system; andii. the virtual material handling system;and, based on that data, generate one or more commands;4. provide the one or more commands generated by the logic engine to the real material handling system and the virtual material handling system;5. provide a subset of the data regarding operation of the real material handling system to the virtual material handling system; and6. modify the simulated operation of the virtual material handling system to match the operation of the real material handling system as indicated by the subset of the data regarding operation of the real material handling system.