A method for dynamically compensating angle errors when operating a machine tool that includes at least one fixture for a workpiece, in or on which a workpiece can be secured, at least one toolholder, in or on which a tool, in particular a drill, can be secured and can be rotationally driven by a rotational drive of the toolholder. The rotational drive including at least one horizontal drive by which the toolholder — for purposes of machining the workpiece —can execute movements in at least one horizontal plane of the machine tool. The machine tool further includes at least one vertical drive by which the toolholder can execute movements in a vertical direction of the machine tool, and at least one controller to which the rotational drive, the horizontal drive, and the vertical drive are functionally assigned.

An edge device interface system and method for monitoring, recording, and calculating control and response signals generated by and between an injection molding system including an injection-molding machine and a robotic handling device. The edge device interface system of the invention includes an edge device interposed between the connector of the injection-molding machine and the connector of a robotic handling device using standardized connectors. The edge device interface system may be interposed between the connector of the injection-mailing machine and the connector of a robotic handling device to emulate the function of either device as desired. The edge device interface system and method utilizes data observed both from standardized connectors and auxiliary inputs to provide insight into molding process steps and equipment, including what components of the injection molding system that may be contributing to any molding process instability or inefficiency, and for generating signals for real-time adjustment of the molding process.

A multi-scale data acquiring and processing device and method for an aluminum oxide production process. The device includes a production index and variable configuring module, a data acquiring module, a data storing module, a main control module, a display module, a data processing module and a data transmitting module. The main control module is used for emitting a command, acquiring production indexes and variables generated in the aluminum oxide production process by different process control devices, and is used for performing unified processing, storage and display on the data, and further the data is transmitted through a transmitting module to systems or devices using the data.

Systems and methods for allocating computing environments for completing an RPA (robotic process automation) workload are provided. A request for completing an RPA workload is received. A number of computing environments to allocate for completing the RPA workload is calculated based on a selected one of a plurality of RPA autoscaling strategies. The calculated number of computing environments is allocated for allocating one or more RPA robots to complete the RPA workload. The computing environments may be virtual machines.

A method, apparatus, and system for manufacturing a composite part. A set of reference locations is identified for a set of fiducial markers on a composite ply from a ply shape model for the composite part. The set of fiducial markers is created at the set of reference locations on the composite ply. The composite ply is cut to have a shape defined by the ply shape model.

A sheet material machining system includes a sheet material machining machine which is configured to machine a workpiece to produce a machined workpiece that includes a plurality of products and a residual material. The machined workpiece is configured to be placed on a sorting table. The plurality of products are configured to be placed on a temporary placement table. At least one product among the plurality of products are configured to be placed on a discharge table. A carrier includes an attracting actuator and a mobile actuator. The order management processor is configured to control the carrier and includes a storage configured to memorize a layout of the plurality of products in the workpiece. The plurality of products are associated with an attracting order.

A control system includes: a robot controller configured to control a robot to execute a plurality of tasks included in a process for a workpiece in a real space; and circuitry configured to: control a virtual robot to execute the plurality of tasks in a virtual space; collect a real execution record from the real space during execution of each of the plurality of tasks by the robot; collect a virtual execution record from the virtual space during execution of each of the plurality of tasks by the virtual robot; and extract, from the plurality of tasks, one or more inconsistent tasks for which the real execution record and the virtual execution record are inconsistent with each other.

A numerical controller includes a coordinate management unit that updates machine origin offset data indicating a positional relationship between a machine origin of a machine tool and a machine origin of a robot depending on movement of the machine origin of the machine tool or the machine origin of the robot; and an interference check processing unit that detects interference between the machine tool and the robot on the basis of a position of a first interference definition area and a position of a second interference definition area, and the updated machine origin offset data.

An integrated simulation system includes a first simulation device which executes a simulation of a first program, a second simulation device which executes a simulation of a second program, a start timing setting section which sets start timing for the correlated first program and second program so as to verify the presence or absence of malfunctions caused by a start order of the correlated first program and second program, and a program starting section which issues commands to the first simulation device and the second simulation device to start the correlated first program and second program at the set start timing by a single starting operation.

A robot control system provided in a machining system including a robot and a machine tool. The robot control system includes a robot controller controlling the robot, a portable teach pendant connected to the robot controller, and a communication network adapted to connect the robot controller to a machine tool controller controlling the machine tool. The teach pendant includes a display section configured to display information relating to the robot and the machine tool. The robot controller includes a processing section configured to obtain information relating to the machine tool from the machine tool controller through the communication network, make the display section of the teach pendant display a machine tool-related screen in accordance with a given screen program, and make the machine tool-related screen of the display section of the teach pendant display the information, as obtained, relating to the machine tool.