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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.4.617

Development of the Educational V-Factory system combining Virtual Reality  

Seo, Kyeong-Jun (Department of Mechanical&Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University)
Yun, Jung-Ho (PHOS Control Co., LTD.)
Nam, Ki-Seon (PHOS Control Co., LTD.)
Kim, Sung-Gaun (Department of Mechanical&Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.4, 2018 , pp. 617-622 More about this Journal
Abstract
In industries such as automobiles and semiconductors, a lot of components are produced using PLCs based on an automatic production system. Therefore, an educational platform is needed to provide training in the use of PLCs in the industrial sites. Conventional educational systems, in which PLCs are employed to control sensors and actuators, have been continuously developed. However, these systems present their circuits only in 2D on the screen, which makes it difficult to understand them during the learning process. To overcome these disadvantages, we propose an educational V-Factory system capable of providing PLC training using virtual reality. In addition, thousands of sensors and actuators can be controlled by the V-Factory system through the proposed virtual I/O driver. The motion of the automatic production system can be visualized using virtual reality.
Keywords
Education platform; PLC(Programmable Logic Controller); VR(Virtual Reality); V-Factory system; Virtual I/O driver;
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