In the present invention, a usage function is selected on the basis of information on a CNC device, and a machining program is generated. A post-processor comprises: a machining command input unit into which a machining command is inputted; a CNC information acquisition unit for acquiring option information of the CNC device or information pertaining to specifications thereof; a machining target input unit where machining target information is inputted; an available function determination unit for determining a function available for machining on the basis of the option information or the information pertaining to specifications; a machining program generation unit for generating at least one machining program where at least one function that has been determined to be available is used, or where a function is not used, on the basis of the machining command; a machining simulation unit for simulating a machining result on the basis of the machining program; a machining simulation result assessment unit for assessing a machining simulation result in accordance with a machining target; and a machining program output unit for selecting and outputting a machining program on the basis of the assessment of the machining simulation result.

A method of generating a control program, wherein the method includes: executing an application by the first robot manipulator, at the same time, determining trajectory data and/or wrench data, determining robot commands from a stored time series, the robot commands being principal elements of the control program for the robot manipulator without relation to design conditions of a first robot manipulator, and generating the control program for a second robot manipulator based on the stored robot commands and based on the design conditions of the second robot manipulator.

A method for programming a robot for carrying out an activity, wherein the robot is equipped with a programmable control unit and the robot programs are created using a standard program generator, wherein the program generator converts one or more sequences of keywords into valid program code for the programmable control unit so the program generator, when converting the keywords in the respective sequence, retrieves information in a programming rulebook, from which the generator receives the program code appropriate for the respective robot type in the predefined syntax, and wherein the program generator combines the received program code sections to form a complete program code.

This method includes a step for the extraction of robot control program creation data (12, 15) from an animation program (2) displaying an assembly sequence for the manufacturing of an assembled product with a plurality of parts, a step for the addition of predetermined robot control data (16) to the robot control program creation data (12, 15), and a step for the creation of a robot control program relating to the assembly operations of the assembled product using the robot control program creation data (12, 15) and the predetermined robot control data (16). A robot control program for manufacturing an assembled product a plurality of parts can be easily generated.

A control system 1 includes a first controller, and a second controller. The second controller includes a program storage module that stores two or more coordinate conversion programs, and a control processing module 240 that acquires program designation information for designating one of two or more coordinate conversion programs from the first controller. Additionally, the control processing module may acquire a first operation command in the coordinate system for the first controller from the first controller, and convert the first operation command to an operation target value of two or more joint axes of a multi-axis robot using the coordinate conversion programs according to the program designation information. Driving power according to the operation target value may be output to the joint axes.

The present invention relates to a control system for controlling operation of a numerically controlled machine tool (100), the system comprising a back-end control device (300) and a front-end control device (200) communicably connected to the back-end control device (300). The back-end control device (300) comprises a numerical controller (310), a programmable logic controller (320), a first communication interface (330) being communicably connected to the numerical controller (310) and the programmable logic controller (320), and an interface server module (410) of a second communication interface (400) being communicably connected to the first communication interface (330). The front-end control device (200) comprises an interface client module (420a) of the second communication interface (400) being adapted to communicably connect to the interface server module (410), second processing means (210) for executing a second operating system (213), a basic module application (211), and a plurality of control applications (212a-212g), the basic module application (211) being for accessing data in the numerical controller (310) and the programmable logic controller (320) via the one or more interface client modules (420a), the interface server module (410) and the first communication interface (330), a display unit (230) for displaying one or more control screens to a user, an input unit (240) for receiving control input operations from the user, and a first human-machine interface (250) being communicably connected to the display unit (230) and the input unit (240), and including a first graphical user interface (251) for controlling the one or more control screens displayed on the display unit (230) and for processing control input operations of the user.

This method includes a step for the extraction of robot control program creation data from an animation program displaying an assembly sequence for the manufacturing of an assembled product with a plurality of parts, a step for the addition of predetermined robot control data to the robot control program creation data, and a step for the creation of a robot control program relating to the assembly operations of the assembled product using the robot control program creation data and the predetermined robot control data. A robot control program for manufacturing an assembled product with a plurality of parts can be easily generated.

An engineering tool coordination device includes a first tool interface configured to acquire first data having a first data format usable to an engineering tool, a data converter configured to convert the first data into second data usable to the control program, the second data having a second data format, a program provider configured to provide the second data to the control program, a second tool interface configured to acquire a first test request having a first test request format from the engineering tool, a test converter configured to convert the first test request into a second test request executable in the control program, the second test request having a second test request format, and a test manager configured to cause to execute an operation test program in the control program and to operate an operation test using the second data on a basis of the second test request.

A method for programming a robot for carrying out an activity, wherein the robot is equipped with a programmable control unit and the robot programs are created using a standard program generator, wherein the program generator converts one or more sequences of keywords into valid program code for the programmable control unit so the program generator, when converting the keywords in the respective sequence, retrieves information in a programming rulebook, from which the generator receives the program code appropriate for the respective robot type in the predefined syntax, and wherein the program generator combines the received program code sections to form a complete program code.

A robotic program of an industrial robot is simulated. Inputs on a robotic program of a robot are received. The robotic program of the robot is represented with a neutral representation modeled with a neutral language. Specific code portions of the robotic program in the neutral representation are mapped with corresponding specific code portions of a native representation modeled with a native language of the at least one robot. The robot program in simulated in one of the neutral representation and the native representation. Corresponding code portions of the neutral representation and of the native representation of the robotic program are synchronized via the mapping.