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KAREL(ID:7476/)

GMFanuc 

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Country: United States
Designed 1986
Sammet category: Specialised Languages

Robotics language developed by GMFanuc
Named for Capek, who first used the term Robot (The paper is anoblique reference to Rorem's Univeral Robots, the Capek play)

Position motion with point-topoint move commands (MOVE TO, MOVE NEAR, MOVE AWAY, MOVE ABOUT, MOVE RELATIVE, MOVE AXIS).
- Continuous path motion with MOVE ALONG motion command.  
- Programmable acceleration and deceleration.

Version 2 and 3 as well
Related languages
KAREL → K2   Implementation
References:
  • Fuller, James (1998) Fuller, James "ROBOTICS: Introduction, Programming, and Projects" Prentice-Hall
  • Lapham, John (1999) Lapham, John "The Introduction of a Universal Robot Programming Language" Industrial Robot Volume 26 1999, page 17 Extract: Introduction Extract: Problems with language obsolescence
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