Integrating two industrial robots into a coordinated system

Abstract The scheme of integrating two industrial robots into a coordinated system is discussed in this paper. The scheme makes full use of the original computer systems of individual robots and needs a minimum addition of new hardware and software resources. The integrated system, however, is flexible for both coordinated and independent motions of the industrial robots. As a result, the scheme is suitable for research institutions as well as industries to coordinate existing robots at a moderate expense and without losing independent motion capabilities of individual robots. To present the scheme, the algorithm of the coordinated motion, the hardware of the integrated system and the design of the operating system are discussed in the paper.

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