Effective Solution to Integrate and Control a Heavy Robot Driven by Hydraulic Actuators

This chapter addresses an effective technical solution for integrating and controlling a heavy robot of which all joints are driven by hydraulic actuators. The robot is designed to support workers for handling automatically hot and heavy workpieces among machines and components of a forging press shop floor. The controller of the robot is designed and integrated effectively since it is constructed mainly based on industrial PLC units, which also plays a role as a central control unit for inter-connecting all the components of the entire forging station. The control algorithm for the system integration is validated through functional tests and experiments that are carried out with a real forging shop floor at The Mechanical Company Ltd. No. 83, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.