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System Description Computer System
Product Manual 13
2 Computer System
The computer system is made up of three computers on two circuit boards. The
computers comprise:
- Main computer board –
contains the main computer of the robot and controls the entire robot.
- Robot computer board –
contains the I/O computer which acts as a link between the main computer,
the world around and the axis computer that regulates the velocity of the
robot axes.
To find out where the various boards are located, see Electronics unit on page 10.
The computers are the data processing centre of the robot. They possess all the func-
tions required to create, execute and store a robot program. They also contain func-
tions for coordinating and regulating the axis movements. Figure 12 shows how the
computer system communicates with the other units.
Figure 12 The interfaces of the computer system.
Main computer
I/O computer
Axis computer
I/O units
Disk drive
Teach pendant
Drive
units
Serial measurement
board
Main
computer
board
Robot
computer
board
Memory
board
Network I/O
computer