Method for controlling the operation of at least one machine (1), which is in particular configured to carry out pick-and-place or singulation tasks on objects (2), wherein the machine (1) comprises at least one functional device that comprises at least one functional element for carrying out at least one task, wherein the operation of the machine (1) is controlled on the basis of control information in order to carry out the at least one task, wherein the control information is generated on the basis of a plurality of task parameter types (APT) that relate to the operation of the machine (1) in order to carry out the task, wherein the task parameter types (APT) are stored on at least one data storage device (10) in a linked manner on the basis of predefined links specific to the task parameter types.

A laser cutting device includes a control unit configured to control operations of a laser machining robot and a laser oscillator. Machining condition tables are stored in memory of the control unit. Each of the machining condition tables includes data of a laser power output and a duty, a usable range of a cutting speed of cutting a workpiece, the usable range being set based on a speed range in which a laser cutting robot can move with given tracking accuracy, and an effective range of the cutting speed and the laser power output that are set so that a cut surface of the workpiece meets given finishing conditions. The control unit is configured to select one of the machining condition tables so that the cutting speed and the laser power output meet given conditions, and control cutting of the workpiece based on the selected machining condition table.

An articulated robot includes an arm, an actuator, a storage device, and a control device. The storage device stores the correction parameter for correction accuracy required for each of the multiple work regions, which are segmented as the regions in which work on the work target object is performed in the movable region of the robot arm. When the work is instructed with designation of the target position, the control device acquires, from the storage device, a correction parameter corresponding to a work region to which the designated target position belongs, among the multiple work regions. Then, the control device controls the actuator by correcting the target position using the acquired correction parameter.

Laser cutting device includes control unit that controls operations of laser machining robot and laser oscillator. A plurality of machining condition tables are stored in memory of control unit. Each of the machining condition tables carries data of laser power output and its duty, a usable range of a cutting speed of cutting work, the usable range being set based on a speed range in which laser cutting robot can move with given tracking accuracy, and an effective range of the cutting speed and the laser power output that are set so that a cut surface of work meets given finishing conditions. Control unit selects a machining condition table from the plurality of machining condition tables so that the cutting speed and the laser power output meet given conditions, and controls cutting of work based on the selected machining condition table.

An articulated robot includes an arm, an actuator, a storage device, and a control device. The storage device stores the correction parameter for correction accuracy required for each of the multiple work regions, which are segmented as the regions in which work on the work target object is performed in the movable region of the robot arm. When the work is instructed with designation of the target position, the control device acquires, from the storage device, a correction parameter corresponding to a work region to which the designated target position belongs, among the multiple work regions. Then, the control device controls the actuator by correcting the target position using the acquired correction parameter.

The invention relates an apparatus for analysing movement of an arrangement made of a plurality of bodies assigned to a platform, of which at least one is provided with a drive, in particular of the hexapod type or of the articulated arm type, having means for vibration analysis and/or force analysis. According to the invention, the apparatus has in a modular construction a vibration analysis module for analytically determining natural vibration modes of the bodies and/or of the platform in respect of at least one of the following variables: frequency, centre of rotation of the torsional component of the vibrations, axis of rotation of torsional vibration, displacement vector of a Cartesian vibration, amplitude ratio of the vibrations in relation to one another, and/or a force analysis module for analytically determining the acceleration forces and/or weights and/or torques, occurring on a predetermined trajectory, in respect of the bodies and/or the platform.

A numerical control device includes an NC program storing unit, a parameter change unit configured to change parameter based on parameter change operation by an operator, a parameter change monitoring unit configured to detect change of the parameter by monitoring the parameter change unit and output command for starting the NC program based on the change of the parameter, and an NC program execution unit configured to execute the NC program based on command from the parameter change monitoring unit.