A robotic device management service obtains a request from a client device to cause a fleet of robotic devices operating at a remote facility to perform a set of tasks. In response to obtaining the request, the robotic device management service stores the request in a queue associated with the fleet of robotic devices. A distribution device at the facility queries the queue to obtain the request and, in response to obtaining the request, schedules performance of the set of tasks by the fleet of robotic devices.

A control device includes a main storage device that stores a user program and program packages in a nonvolatile manner; a main memory having a package management module arranged therein; and a processor. The package management module performs a deployment process for selecting, from the program packages, a package to be deployed based on a version of the user program, and arranging, from the package to be deployed, a version of a program compatible with the version of the user program in the main memory.

A system program monitors a numerical controller executing a useful program controlling a machine. The numerical controller determines target values for position-controlled axes and controls the position-controlled axes in accordance with the target values. The numerical controller stores resources and determines whether, and optionally to which extent, the resources are enabled or disabled. Enabling or disabling the resources specifies how many processor cores are enabled for use, or how many processor threads are enabled for use, or to what extent a processor cache or a processor main memory are enabled for use, or which hardware components of the numerical controller are enabled for use, or to what extent use of external computing power is permitted. The numerical controller determines the target values for the position-controlled axes using only the enabled resources.

A configuration element is presented on a configuration display view for configuring a graphic element object. The graphic element object is to be instantiated on a process control display view, and corresponds to a process entity in a process plant. The configuration element object has a set of properties for an attributed of the graphic element object and includes a link to a configuration display object from which the configuration display view is instantiated. The instantiation of the configuration element object includes a visual representation of the set of properties for the attribute of the graphic element object, and a link to the graphic element object to send data corresponding to a property configured in the configuration element from the set of properties. The configured property corresponds to at least one configured attribute of the graphic element.

A system program monitors a numerical controller executing a useful program controlling a machine. The numerical controller determines target values for position-controlled axes and controls the position-controlled axes in accordance with the target values. The numerical controller stores resources and determines whether, and optionally to which extent, the resources are enabled or disabled. Enabling or disabling the resources specifies how many processor cores are enabled for use, or how many processor threads are enabled for use, or to what extent a processor cache or a processor main memory are enabled for use, or which hardware components of the numerical controller are enabled for use, or to what extent use of external computing power is permitted. The numerical controller determines the target values for the position-controlled axes using only the enabled resources.

Methods and apparatus to provide a role-based user interface are disclosed herein. An example system disclosed includes a display device to depict a user interface. The example system also includes a processor. The example processor is to receive object information for an object in a process control system during a session, determine a user role based on the session, determine whether the object information is qualifying information based on the user role, and display the object information via the user interface when the object information is qualifying information.

A system for data collection and organization from computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools comprising: a CNC machine configured to machine a plurality of parts; a data collection platform configured to receive program data, wherein the data collection platform is in communication with the CNC machine; and a controller comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a set of program instructions, wherein the at least one processor executes the program instructions so as to carry out operations, the operations comprising: receiving program data through the data collection platform, wherein the program data includes a set of instructions; machining, based on the set of instructions, the plurality of parts; and sending, to the data collection platform, machine data gathered during the machining process.

A data distribution program causes a server apparatus to execute a process of distributing project data to a terminal apparatus that writes the project data to a device among a plurality of devices included in an apparatus. The data distribution program causes the server apparatus to execute: receiving a distribution request for the project data from the terminal apparatus; identifying a related device that is another device constituting one apparatus together with the device to which the project data designated in the distribution request is written; identifying the related device that requires update of project data based on a version of the project data designated in the distribution request and a version of the project data written in the related device; and transmitting, to the terminal apparatus, the project data designated in the distribution request and the project data to be written to the related device identified.

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing sets of compatible firmware versions (e.g., cross-compatibility solution) for flashing (e.g., programming or re-programming) different devices of a network of devices (e.g., an industrial automation system) when using a flashing application. Providing the compatible firmware versions of such network of devices may facilitate flashing the devices with compatible firmware, based on a topology of the network of devices, to prevent functional errors in the network of devices. The present systems and methods may also be applicable to determining and providing cross-compatibility solution between different firmware, as well as software, used by different devices of a network of devices. That said, although embodiments described herein are with respect to providing sets of compatible firmware versions for firmware associated with devices of a network, it should be appreciated that similar systems and methods may provide sets of compatible software versions associated with various devices of a network.

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of industrial control system file synchronization are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment is an industrial control system comprising an industrial controller and a first and second computing device. The second computing device includes a second non-transitory memory device structured to store both a file set and synchronization instructions, and includes a processing device configured to execute the synchronization instructions so as to classify a subset of files from the second file set by identifying files transferred to the second computing device from the industrial controller, classify a sub-subset of files from the subset of file using a set of synchronization rules, classify a set of synchronization files from the sub-subset of files, and transfer the set of synchronization files from the second computing device to the first computing device.