1989 Volume 1989 Issue 1 Pages 267-273
In this text we discuss the idea of the distributed control using the Independent Intelligent Actuators the new building blocks in machine. automation. We show the merits of such a system and easiness of using. We then discuss the system structure on the levels of programming, controlling, communication and hardware and we show the specification of the Independent Intelligent Actuator. After these discussions we examine the practical implementation of the Independent Intelligent Actuator and the in-machine communication system in depth. We show some experimental results on the areas of controlling and communication. Finally we discuss the overall system.