kammerdi@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Troy Kammerdiener) (01/18/91)
I am working on the initial stages of design for a robot programming language
and am looking for a compiler target language. My research has made me aware
of a standard being prepared by the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
called IRDATA (Industrial Robot DATA). The idea is to have IRDATA form the
interface between a standardized set of robot capabilities and the control
software for specific robot controllers or other hardware. This sounds
terrific, and since I have no interest in reinventing the wheel on low-level
control issues, such a tool could save me considerable time and effort.
The problem is that my best information on IRDATA comes from _Programming
Languages for Industrial Robots_ by C. Blume and W. Jakob, 1986. It gives a
short introduction extracted from a document called "VDI-Standard 2863, Part 1
(1963)". Does this mean the *year* 1963? That would seem odd in light of the
fact that the book says that work started on IRDATA four years prior to the
book's writing. So can anyone answer any of the following questions:
1. How old is IRDATA, and is it still viable?
2. What robot controllers are IRDATA drivers availiable for? Have any
simulators been done for IRDATA code?
2. How can I get detailed specifications for IRDATA? (And does anyone
have such information availiable for transmission over Internet?)
3. Can anyone provide me with the Internet or Bitnet addresses for
Christian Blume or Wilfried Jakob (or other useful information about
these authors)?
3. Are there any other similar efforts of which I should be aware?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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