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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

May. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;

Inventor:

Masataka Koike, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:

FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41 (2006.01); G05B 19/414 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4141 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33119 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control device comprises a plurality of command application units, a plurality of platform units, and a shared memory. The command application units are each provided with a command mediation method designation unit that outputs, to the platform unit, identification information pertaining to a platform unit to be subject to cooperative control and a mediation method classification. The platform units are each provided with: an inter-platform communication unit that transmits a command value, the identification information, and the mediation method classification between the platform units via the shared memory; and a command mediation unit that acquires the command value, the identification information, and the mediation method classification from all platform units to be subject to cooperative control, mediates the command values on the basis of the identification information and the mediation method classification, and outputs the mediated command values to the shared memory.


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