Systems and methods for instructing robotic operation

A system, comprising:

• at least one physical robot actor;
• and
• a control system configured to:
• receive a digital representation of at least one digital robot actor, wherein the digital representation comprises:
• (a) at least one robot definition corresponding to the at least one digital robot actor, wherein the at least one robot definition comprises at least one input-output (“IO”) device operable by the at least one digital robot actor;
• and
• (b) at least one sequence of robot operations for the at least one digital robot actor, wherein a sequence of robot operations for a digital robot actor comprises a plurality of robot movements and a plurality of IO triggers to activate one or more of the at least one IO device;
• determine a mapping between the at least one digital robot actor and the at least one physical robot actor,
• generate at least one robot-language-specific sequence of executable instructions for the at least one physical robot actor based on the at least one sequence of robot operations for the at least one digital robot actor;
• and
• transmit the at least one robot-language specific sequence of executable instructions to the at least one physical robot actor to execute in order to perform the at least one sequence of robot operations.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, a digital representation of at least one digital robot actor, wherein the digital representation comprises:
• (a) at least one robot definition corresponding to the at least one digital robot actor, wherein the at least one robot definition comprises at least one input-output (“IO”) device operable by the at least one digital robot actor, and
• (b) data indicating at least one sequence of robot operations for the at least one digital robot actor, wherein the at least one sequence of robot operations for a digital robot actor comprises a plurality of robot movements and a plurality of IO triggers to activate one or more of the at least one IO device;
• determining, by the computing device, a mapping between the at least one digital robot actor and at least one corresponding physical robot actor within a physical workcell;
• generating, by the computing device, at least one robot-language-specific sequence of executable instructions for the at least one physical robot actor based on the at least one sequence of robot operations for the at least one corresponding digital robot actor, and
• transmitting the at least one robot-language-specific sequence of executable instructions to the at least one physical robot actor to execute in order to perform the at least one sequence of robot operations within the physical workcell.