Object oriented programming for motion control

A novel motion control concept utilizing a graphical user interface and icons to represent motion functions is presented. This graphical motion control language allows free-form motion programming by simply connecting the icons to conceptualize the application in block diagram form. Motion and process details can be filled in later. Once the diagram is complete, it is converted into a text file in the native language of the particular motion controller to be used and downloaded for execution. An example is presented which illustrates the complete implementation of a typical motion control application using a graphical development environment such as GML.<>