In order to easily identify a specimen to be extracted because, for example, an item remains uninspected, from a rack 31 collected in a storage part 13 or the rack 31 taken out from the storage part, a camera of a smart device takes an image of the rack; and a calculation unit included in the smart device provides a mark, by AR technology, at the position of a specimen to be extracted. For example, the item that remains uninspected is identified on the basis of information about a combination of a rack ID and an identifier and information, which is received from an operation unit about specimens at respective positions. Thus, irrespective of a place or whether the specimen to be extracted is inside or outside of the device, the specimen to be extracted can be reliably specified from a plurality of specimen containers provided on a holder.

Integrated software systems and methods that can control the design, emulation, testing and production activities of a conveyor based system. In embodiments, the control system implements an object-oriented like environment into a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system and uses its software to define and control the operation of the PLC dynamically from a computer. In other embodiments, a hot backup method allows the conveyor system to continue to function on failure of one or more PLCs.

Example systems and methods may allow for closed-loop control of robotic operation. One example method includes receiving input data that identifies data sources to monitor and indicates adjustments to make in response to deviations by at least one of the data sources from at least one predicted state during subsequent execution of sequences of operations by robotic devices, receiving data streams from the data sources during execution of the sequences of operations by the robotic devices, identifying a deviation by one of the data sources from a predicted state for which the received input data indicates adjustments to the sequences of operations for the robotic devices, providing instructions to the robotic devices to execute the adjusted sequences of operations, and providing instructions to a second computing device to update a visual simulation of the robotic devices based on the adjusted sequences of operations.

The present invention is in the field of computer-implemented methods for determining the carbon footprint of a product in a production process in a production plant, in particular of a product in interconnected production processes. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for determining the carbon footprint of a product produced in production process of a production plant.

The present invention is in the field of computer-implemented methods for determining the carbon footprint of a product in a production process in a production plant, in particular of a product in interconnected production processes. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for determining the carbon footprint of a product produced in production process of a production plant.

The present invention is in the field of computer-implemented methods for determining the carbon footprint of a product in a production process in a production plant, in particular of a product in interconnected production processes. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for determining the carbon footprint of a product produced in production process of a production plant.

Example systems and methods may allow for use of a generic robot trajectory format to control a robotic process within a workcell. One example method includes receiving a digital representation of at least one digital robot actor, including at least one robot definition corresponding to the at least one digital robot actor and at least one sequence of robot operations for the at least one digital robot actor, determining a mapping between the at least one digital robot actor and at least one corresponding physical robot actor within a physical workcell, generating at least one robot-language-specific sequence of executable instructions for the at least one physical robot actor, and transmitting the at least one robot-language specific sequence of executable instructions to the at least one physical robot actor to execute in order to perform the at least sequence of robot operations within the physical workcell.

A robot simulation system includes a model placement part which places a three-dimensional container model in a virtual space and places three-dimensional workpiece models which have any postures at initial positions above the container model and a drop operation simulation part which simulates a drop operation in which the workpieces drop from the initial positions to the inside of the container by action of gravity. The robot simulation system is configured to create a bulk stacked state of workpiece models, based on the positions and postures of the workpiece models which are obtained as a result of simulation of the drop operation.

The present invention is in the field of computer-implemented methods for determining the carbon footprint of a product in a production process in a production plant, in particular of a product in interconnected production processes. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for determining the carbon footprint of a product produced in production process of a production plant.

A method may include generating visualizations each representative of operational parameters associated with industrial devices in an industrial system via a control system that controls operations of the industrial devices. The control system is communicatively connected to a first computing system and a second computing system. The method may also include receiving a request including credentials associated with a requester from the second computing system and determining rights to each of the visualizations. Additionally, the method may include identifying one or more of the visualizations based on the access rights and receiving a selection of the one or more of the visualizations from the second computing system. Moreover, the method may include transmitting the one or more of the visualizations to the first computing system that live streams the one or more of the visualizations to the second computing system.