RAPID
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RAPID is a high-level programming language
used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superceeding the ARLA
programming language.
Features in the language include:
High-level programming language
A high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. In comparison to low-level programming languages, it may use natural language elements, be easier to use, or be from the specification of the program, making the process of...
used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superceeding the ARLA
Arla
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programming language.
Features in the language include:
- Routine parameters:
- Procedures - used as a subprogram.
- Functions - return a value of a specific type and are used as an argument of an instruction.
- Trap routines - a means of responding to interrupts.
- Arithmetic and logical expressions
- Automatic error handling
- Modular programs
- Multi tasking