PINROB: A Portable API for Industrial Robots

: This paper describes a software architecture for industrial robots used in manufacturing equipment. In order to achieve software portability, the application software is dissociated from the low-level robot controller software. The interaction between these two pieces of software is achieved by a portable application programming interface (API) for industrial robots. We discuss the requirements for such an API, and propose a design called PINROB.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: ADAEUROPE
• Authors: Michael González Harbour, R. Gómez Somarriba, Alfred Strohmeier, J. Jacot
• Keywords: ADAEUROPE 1998, Industrial Robots, Robot Controller Software, Software Engineering, Software Portability