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Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) is a very helpful and valuable work tool for the simulation of manufacturing systems. It can be used in both industrial and academic/researcher fields allowing the system's behaviour to be learnt and tested. VR provides a low-cost, secure and fast analysis tool. It also provides benefits, which can be reached with many different system configurations. The work presented in this paper reviews some of the most recent developments that have been made in this way and proposes a general methodology for the creation of virtual environments applicable to manufacturing systems. The application samples of this procedure are focused on flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), in which the economic and safety problems are heightened.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the Virtual Reality Group members of the Materials and Aerospace Production Department, especially Pedro Murcia for the 3D modelling developments. They also wish to thank the Spanish Commission of Science and Technology (Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología española) for the financial support of the research project ‘Modelling and Simulation of Production Processes by Virtual Reality Tools' (DPI2000-1419), which has made this work possible.