CONTROL METHOD FOR MACHINES, INCLUDING A SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA SIGNAL AND GUI

摘要

The invention describes a method for controlling a group of machines such as robots 10, 11, 12, or pick and place machines to pick up an item from a first position and place the item in a second position. Information from a sensor 7 about the location of the first position 3 is provided to a control member 40 which sends a message from a master process to all machines. The message comprises a list of all first positions. The machines dynamically and adaptively handle each of the first positions and inform the master process when each first position is handled. The master process in turn informs all machines that a given first position has been handled. A system, a computer program and a graphical user interface are also described.