Open sesame.(Enhanced Machine Controller program for development of open-architecture robot and machine controls)
MetlFax, June, 1999 by McKenna, Matthew
Open-architecture controllers, open-source software trailblaze the next generation of manufacturing computing
Manufacturing computing owes much of its speedy technological development to Richard Johnstone.
In the late 1970s, Johnstone, a division head of manufacturer Kearny & Trecker, Milwaukee, WI, was instrumental in developing the Diagnostic Communication System (DCS), a machining center diagnostic system that conducted computer-to-computer troubleshooting on the phone. The basis of the DCS was to make a computer speak directly to the computer control of the machine tool without a human intermediary.
Johnstone attested that the computer would be the common language between manufacturers in Japan and the United States. Indeed, Johnstone...
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