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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Michael J Saylor, Carlisle, MA (US);
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Abstract
An interface for enabling an application program to control the movement of objects within a robotics workstation, the workstation including a plurality of objects, the plurality of objects being members of a group of objects, the interface including a module for representing a model of the workstation, the model including a representation of the locations of objects within the workstation; a module for processing a command from the application program, the command identifying a first object of interest, a second object of interest and a desired movement, the first and second objects of interest being selected from among the plurality of objects, the processing module including a module for identifying a robot that connects the first and second objects of interest within the model; and a module for sending a motion command to the identified robot.