MODULAR ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

A modular digital robot control includes an electronic arm interface board for performing robot arm control dependent functions, an electronic torque processor board with paired microprocessors for operating the respective torque control loops for the robot joint motors, and an electronic servo control board with paired microprocessors for operating position and velocity control loops for the respective joint motors, said electronic boards being interfaced together by a digital bus. A system resource facility is provided for supporting communication between the microprocessors of the various boards and with input/output devices and other systems. A motion program which uses trajectory planning and interpolation to generate position commands in accordance with predefined moves set forth in a robot program is stored on the servo control board in a basic control configuration or is stored on an additional system control board in an expanded control configuration. A communication interface for the paired microprocessors of each board includes first and second memory banks which are cross-switched at a control sampling rate to provide a coordinated exchange of information between its respective pair of microprocessors.