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Sánchez Salmerón, Antonio JoséAuthorValera, ACorresponding AuthorSanchez, AAuthorRicolfe-Viala, CAuthorZotovic, RAuthorVallés, MAuthor

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Industrial Robot Programming and UPnP Services Orchestration for the Automation of Factories

Publicated to:International Journal Of Advanced Robotic Systems. 9 123- - 2012-10-11 9(), DOI: 10.5772/51373

Authors: Valera, A; Gomez-Moreno, J; Sanchez, A; Ricolfe-Viala, C; Zotovic, R; Valles, M

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Automat & Informat Ind - Author

Abstract

The integration of equipment and other devices built into industrial robot cells with modern Ethernet interface technologies and low-cost mass produced devices (such as vision systems, laser scanners, force torque-sensors, PLCs and PDAs etc.) enables integrators to offer more powerful and smarter solutions. Nevertheless, the programming of all these devices efficiently requires very specific knowledge about them, such as their hardware architectures and specific programming languages as well as details about the system's low level communication protocols. To address these issues, this paper describes and analyses the Plug-and-Play architecture. This is one of the most interesting service-oriented architectures (SOAs) available, which exhibits characteristics that are well adapted to industrial robotics cells. To validate their programming features and applicability, a test bed was specially designed. This provides a new graphical service orchestration which was implemented using Workflow Foundation 4 of. NET. The obtained results allowed us to verify that the use of integration schemes based on SOAs reduces the system integration time and is better adapted to industrial robotic cell system integrators.

Keywords

Computer visionEquipment testingEthernet interfaceHardware architectureIndustrial robotic cell programmingIndustrial roboticsIndustrial robotsInformation servicesIntegration schemeLanguagesLaser scannerLow levelMarking machinesPlug-and-play architectureRobot programmingRobotic systemsRobotic systems adapted to smesService orchestrationService oriented architecture (soa)Service oriented architecturesService-oriented architecturesSpecific knowledgeSupportSystem integrationVision systems

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Advanced Robotic Systems, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Robotics, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.7, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-26, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 6
  • Scopus: 8

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-26:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 18.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 18 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Valera Fernández, Ángel) and Last Author (Vallés Miquel, Marina).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Valera Fernández, Ángel.