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Due to the highly [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] nature of robot [[software]], most manufacturers of robot hardware also provide their own software. While this is not unusual in other automated [[control systems]], the lack of standardization of programming methods for robots does pose certain challenges. For example, there are over 30 different manufacturers of [[industrial robots]], so there are also 30 different robot programming languages required. Fortunately, there are enough similarities between the different robots that it is possible to gain a broad-based understanding of robot programming without having to learn each manufacturer's proprietary language.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://coro.etsmtl.ca/blog/?p=529|title=The future of robot off-line programming|date=2015-10-25|newspaper=CoRo Blog|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref>

One method of controlling robots from multiple manufacturers is to use a [[Post processor]] and [[Off-line programming (robotics)]] software. With this method, it is possible to handle brand-specific robot programming language from a universal programming language, such as [[Python (programming language)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robodk.com/offline-programming|title=Offline programming - RoboDK|last=RoboDK|website=www.robodk.com|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> however, compiling and uploading fixed off-line code to a robot controller doesn't allow the robotic system to be state aware, so it cannot adapt it's motion and recover as the environment changes. Unified real-time adaptive control for any robot is currently only possible with [[Actin_(software)|Actin]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energid.com/actin|title=Actin® Real-Time Adaptive Online Robot Control|last=Energid|website=www.energid.com/actin|access-date=2018-07-30}}</ref>

Some examples of published robot programming languages are shown below.

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* [http://www.inl.gov/adaptiverobotics Adaptive Robotics Software at the Idaho National Laboratory]

===On-line Control===

*[[Energid_Technologies|Energid Technologies]] develops and sells the [[Actin_(software)|Actin SDK]] which is a robotics toolkit, optimization engine, and constraint-management system written in C++ that uses Jacobian-based kinematics to optimize performance over all types of robots. Since Actin is sold as an [[Software_development_kit|SDK]], it can be white labeled or OEMed into other robot control software packages. This approach allows users to develop control of a known system in an offline mode through a GUI and then let Actin handle the high-level online control to stream constantly updated joint-level commands to the robot/controller in real time to avoid collisions by adapting to sensed environmental changes.

==See also==

{{Portal|Robotics|Software}}