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RAPID is a high-level programming language used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with the S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superseding the ARLA programming language.

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• See also
• External links
• Further reading

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

See also

• KUKA Robot Language
• G-code

External links

• "Programming in Rapid (Reference)"
• "ABB RobotStudio Manual (With Rapid Reference)"

Further reading

• ABB Robotics Products AB, RAPID Reference Manual

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