Control program generation apparatus, control program generation method, and program

A control program generation method for generating, with a computer, a control program for an automated manufacturing machine including a plurality of actuators, the method comprising:

• reading an action chart describing an operation of the automated manufacturing machine, the action chart including a plurality of subperiods into which an operation period from a start to an end of the operation of the automated manufacturing machine is divided, the action chart including a plurality of element actions included in the operation of the automated manufacturing machine, each of the plurality of element actions indicating an action with an inherent degree of freedom of a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators, the plurality of element actions being assigned to the plurality of subperiods;
• analyzing the action chart to extract, from the action chart, the plurality of element actions and the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions;
• and
• generating the control program to cause the automated manufacturing machine to operate by referring to correspondences between the plurality of element actions and a plurality of program elements each stored in a manner associated with a corresponding element action of the plurality of element actions to perform the corresponding element action, converting the plurality of element actions described on the action chart into the plurality of program elements and combining the plurality of program elements together in an order of the plurality of subperiods.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to implement a method for generating a control program for an automated manufacturing machine including a plurality of actuators, the program causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

• reading an action chart describing an operation of the automated manufacturing machine, the action chart including a plurality of subperiods into which an operation period from a start to an end of the operation of the automated manufacturing machine is divided, the action chart including a plurality of element actions included in the operation of the automated manufacturing machine, each of the plurality of element actions indicating an action with an inherent degree of freedom of a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators, the plurality of element actions being assigned to the plurality of subperiods;
• analyzing the action chart to extract, from the action chart, the plurality of element actions and the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions;
• and
• generating the control program to cause the automated manufacturing machine to operate by referring to correspondences between the plurality of element actions and a plurality of program elements stored in a manner associated with a corresponding element action of the plurality of element actions to perform the corresponding element action, converting the plurality of element actions described on the action chart into the plurality of program elements, and combining the plurality of program elements together in an order of the plurality of subperiods.