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Syntax of robots programming languages are similar to computer programming languages (sucha as C, Basic, Pascal or Python). Below is a short list of popular robot languages. Please note that each robot manufacturer has its own language. There is no single common language for all robot types (like G-Code for CNC machines).
| KUKAKUKA is a manufacturer of industrial robots and solutions for factory automation. The KUKA Robotics Corporation has 25 subsidiaries worldwide, mostly sales and service subsidiaries, including in the United States,… More | KRL (KUKA programming language) |
| Comau | PDL |
| ABBABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology areas. It is ranked 341st in… More | RAPID (Robotics Application Programming Interactive Dialogue ) |
| Kawasaki | AS |
| Fanuc | KAREL |
| Universal robots | URScript |
Below is a comparison of the syntax of common instructions in different languages:
| Joint Move | Linear Move | Speed | Rounding | |
| ABB | MoveJ | MoveL | speeddata | zonedata |
| KUKA | PTP | LIN | VEL | APO_DIST |
| Fanuc | J | L | speed | CNT |
| Yaskawa | MOVEJ | MOVEL | VJ/V | PL |
