Robot control data processing apparatus

• US 4,503,507 A
• Filed: 06/16/1982
• Issued: 03/05/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Takeda, Kenji, Arai, Yoshinao
• Primary Examiner(s): Ruggiero, Joseph F.
• Application Number:
  US06/389,077
• Time in Patent Office: 993 Days
• Field of Search: 364/513, 364/474, 364/478, 364/468, 364/469, 364/191-193, 364/131-134, 318/568, 414/730, 219/79, 219/80, 219/125.1, 29/701, 901/6-8
• US Class Current: 700/249
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/40936 Defining geometry with a high level language
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4182 manipulators and conveyor only
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32252 Scheduling production, machining, job shop
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36035 Special language, task programming, oop object oriented programming
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A robot control data processing apparatus comprises a robot control data dividing processor for dividing robot control data adapted for monitoring and controlling robots into a plurality of operation elements and storing the robot control data in units each forming an operation element, and a robot control data editing processor for selectively combining and editing one or more of the plurality of the divisional operation elements. The robot control data is prepared by teaching the robots in operation and/or programming a robot oriented language.

Claims

1. A robot control data processing apparatus comprising:

robot control data dividing processor means for dividing robot control data, which is provided for monitoring and controlling robots, into a plurality of operation elements and for storing the robot control data in units each comprising an operation element; and

robot control data editing processor means coupled to said robot control data dividing processor means for selectively combining and editing one or more of the plurality of said operation elements for each robot to be controlled.

2. A robot control data processing apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising work allotment processor means for determining a work allotment for each of the robots in accordance with the work loading condition of the plurality of robots, hand or finger tool mounting conditions and the work precedence relation of the robots between the operation elements and for controlling said robot control data editing processor means so that said combining and editing of operation elements is effected on the basis of said work allotments.

3. A robot control data processing apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said robot control data dividing processor means comprises storage means for storing the data comprising each operation element, said storage means having storage regions for storing at least start condition data for starting the operation of each operation element, end condition data issued at the time of ending the operation, and operation data.

4. A robot control data processing apparatus according to claim 3, further including means for updating said end condition data of each operation element by analyzing condition data included in the operation data for each operation element when said robot control data dividing processor means divides the robot control data.

5. A robot control data processing apparatus according to claim 4 wherein for combining and editing a predetermined one of the operation element data prepared by division of the robot control data by said robot control data dividing processor means, said robot control data editing processor means comprises means for comparing the start condition data of a predetermined operation data with the end condition data of a preceeding edited operation element data and inserts condition data in said predetermined operation data based on the difference resulting from said comparison.