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System Description

2 Computer System

The computer system is made up of three computers on two circuit boards. The

computers comprise:

- Main computer board –

- Robot computer board –

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.

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contains the main computer of the robot and controls the entire robot.

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

Main computer

Axis computer

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Serial measurement

I/O computer

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