PLC stands for Pro­gram­ma­ble Log­ic Con­troller. This minia­ture indus­tri­al com­put­er inter­faces robot sys­tem com­po­nents, mak­ing sure every­thing runs smoothly.

While not nec­es­sary for every robot work­cell, a PLC is rec­om­mend­ed for many robot sys­tems, espe­cial­ly those that are more com­plex. A valu­able inter­fac­ing com­po­nent, PLCs man­age the com­mu­ni­ca­tions between con­trollers, part posi­tion­ers, robots, safe­ty periph­er­als, and more.