Automation equipment control system

One or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, responsive to being executed by a robot-specific computing device, cause the robot-specific computing device to perform operations comprising:

• storing, in a move command buffer of the robot-specific computing device, move commands to operate a robot, the move commands being:
• generated using a robot-independent computing device by translating robot instructions received at the robot-independent computing device into a form understandable by the robot-specific computing device;
• and
• communicated via a communication interface from the robot-independent computing device to the robot-specific computing device to enable the storing;
• and
• processing, by the robot-specific computing device, the move commands from the move command buffer in sequential order to operate the robot in a continuous manner, the processing performed using the move command buffer to enable continued operation of the robot while the robot-independent computing device is not operating.

A robot-specific computing device comprising:

• a digital signal processor (DSP), a move command buffer accessible to the. DSP and to a robot-independent computing device, and one or more modules that, responsive to being executed by the DSP, cause the DSP to perform operations including:
• storing, in the move command buffer, move commands to operate a robot, the move commands being:
• generated using the robot-independent computing device by translating robot instructions received at the robot-independent computing device into a form understandable by the robot-specific computing device;
• and
• communicated via a communication interface from the robot-independent computing device to the robot-specific computing device to enable the storing;
• and
• processing the move commands from the move command buffer in sequential order to operate the robot in a continuous manner, the processing performed using the move command buffer to enable continued operation of the robot while the robot-independent computing device is not operating.