AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ROBOT TO AUTOMATICALLY SELECT WHICH PROGRAM CODE TO BE EXECUTED NEXT

摘要

An industrial robot including a manipulator and a robot control unit are disclosed, wherein the manipulator includes a plurality of joints that are moved under the control of the control unit, and the control unit includes a storage medium including program code for controlling the motions of the robot when executed by the control unit. The control unit is configured to automatically select which part of the program code to be executed next based on the position of the robot. A method for controlling the robot is also disclosed.