Since 1999, the Japan Robot Association (JARA) has been implementing standardization of the network interface for robot controllers (ORiN: Open Robot Interface for the Network). At the 1999 International Robot Exhibition, industrial robots from 13 Japanese robot manufacturers, having different specifications and structures, were connected to each other via a communication network using the ORiN application programming interface (API), and applications for production system management and 3D robot motion monitoring were demonstrated.In this paper, we introduce the objectives and an outline of ORiN technologies, the current activities, and the schedule and plan toward realizing a de facto standard.
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