Control for laser cutting head movement in a cutting process

A computer-implemented method for calculating control instructions for controlling a cutting head of a laser machine for cutting a set of contours in a workpiece in order to separate work parts from the workpiece, comprising the method steps of:

• reading an encoded cutting plan which is a sequence of geometrical contours which stand for the work parts including holes in the work parts;
• continuously determining a state by means of a set of sensor signals, wherein the state comprises a state of the laser machine, a state of the cut work parts, and a state of the workpiece to be cut;
• providing a computer-implemented decision agent, which dynamically calculates an action for the machining head to be taken next and based thereon providing control instructions for executing the cutting plan by accessing a trained model with the encoded cutting plan and with the determined state
• wherein the model receives as input the state in form of a multi-layer image, preferably a multi-layer image matrix, and the encoded cutting plan and provides as output the action to be forwarded to a machine controller on the laser machine for being executed next.