<s>
ORiN	B-Application
(	O
Open	O
Robot/Resource	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
Network	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
standard	O
network	O
interface	O
for	O
FA	O
(	O
factory	O
automation	O
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japan	O
Robot	B-Algorithm
Association	O
proposed	O
ORiN	B-Application
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ORiN	B-Application
Forum	O
develops	O
and	O
maintains	O
the	O
ORiN	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installation	O
of	O
PC	O
(	O
Personal	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
)	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
factory	O
has	O
increased	O
dramatically	O
recently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
types	O
of	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
production	O
management	O
systems	O
,	O
process	B-Operating_System
management	I-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
operation	O
monitoring	O
systems	O
and	O
failure	O
analysis	O
systems	O
,	O
have	O
become	O
vital	O
to	O
factory	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
application	O
is	O
installed	O
in	O
a	O
factory	O
and	O
if	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
resident	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineers	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
will	O
stop	O
,	O
the	O
cost-effectiveness	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
will	O
be	O
worsen	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
total	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
will	O
deteriorate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
cope	O
with	O
the	O
problem	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
industry	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
vertical	O
upstart	O
of	O
the	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
high	O
re-usability	O
of	O
both	O
hardware	B-Architecture
and	O
software	O
is	O
the	O
key	O
for	O
the	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
solve	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
ORiN	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
PC	O
application	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
platform	O
for	O
robot	B-Algorithm
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
,	O
ORiN	B-Application
became	O
a	O
manufacturing	O
application	B-Application
program	I-Application
platform	O
for	O
handling	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
resources	O
including	O
robots	B-Algorithm
and	O
other	O
FA	O
devices	O
like	O
programmable	B-Architecture
logic	I-Architecture
controllers	I-Architecture
(	O
PLC	O
)	O
and	O
numerical	O
control	O
(	O
NC	O
)	O
systems	O
,	O
or	O
more	O
generic	O
resources	O
like	O
databases	O
and	O
local	O
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
specifications	O
are	O
on	O
software	O
only	O
and	O
are	O
independent	O
from	O
hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
ORiN	B-Application
can	O
be	O
smoothly	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
existing	O
technologies	O
only	O
by	O
developing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
ORiN	B-Application
,	O
development	O
of	O
manufacture-independent	O
and	O
model-independent	O
application	O
becomes	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
utilizing	O
ORiN	B-Application
,	O
various	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
and	O
active	O
multi-vender	O
system	O
construction	O
by	O
third-party	O
companies	O
are	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
on	O
economy	O
side	O
,	O
increase	O
of	O
manufacturing	O
competitiveness	O
,	O
expansion	O
of	O
FA	O
market	O
,	O
advancement	O
of	O
software	B-Application
industry	I-Application
in	O
FA	O
,	O
and	O
creation	O
of	O
FA	O
engineering	O
industry	O
are	O
also	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
is	O
independent	O
from	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
all	O
ORiN	B-Application
specifications	O
are	O
for	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
(	O
Version	O
2	O
)	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
three	O
key	O
technology	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
these	O
three	O
key	O
standard	O
technologies	O
,	O
ORiN	B-Application
provides	O
following	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
project	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
standardization	O
activities	O
in	O
Japan	O
Robot	B-Algorithm
Association	O
(	O
JARA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
support	O
from	O
New	O
Energy	O
and	O
Industrial	O
Technology	O
Development	O
Organization	O
(	O
NEDO	O
)	O
,	O
ORiN	B-Application
system	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
1999	O
(	O
3	O
years	O
activity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Member	O
companies	O
of	O
JARA	O
participated	O
field	O
robot	B-Algorithm
connection	O
test	O
at	O
International	O
Robot	B-Algorithm
Exhibition	O
(	O
IREX	O
)	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
Version	O
1.0	O
was	O
formally	O
created	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
Forum	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2002	O
to	O
promote	O
and	O
advance	O
the	O
ORiN	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
Forum	O
member	O
companies	O
participated	O
various	O
ORiN	B-Application
field	O
application	O
tests	O
for	O
three	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
test	O
results	O
were	O
reflected	O
to	O
the	O
ORiN	B-Application
Version	O
2.0	O
(	O
created	O
in	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
application	O
was	O
proposed	O
as	O
an	O
annex	O
of	O
ISO20242-Part4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
SDK	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
kit	O
for	O
ORiN	B-Application
Version	O
1.0	O
,	O
including	O
RAO	O
,	O
standard	O
providers	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
original	O
RAO	O
providers	O
and	O
ORiN	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SDK	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
ORiN	B-Application
execution	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
Forum	O
distributes	O
the	O
SDK	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Forum	O
plans	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
distribution	O
and	O
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
SDK	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORiN	B-Application
2	O
SDK	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
kit	O
for	O
ORiN	B-Application
Version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
