Numerical control program execution by robot
US9063535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/36232
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and a method for converting a machine tool program in NC programming language to permit a robot controller to execute the program. A robot controller converts the NC program into robot language according to a conversion configuration table, and uses the converted language as pseudo program data internally stored in a data memory within the robot controller. Each M-code (Miscellaneous code) in the NC program is executed as a sub-program call using the robot language. The content of the sub-programs can be freely defined and programmed by the user and, therefore, can be customized for the specific application.
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