Editing Industrial robot (section)

===Typical programming===
Most articulated robots perform by storing a series of positions in memory, and moving to them at various times in their programming sequence. For example, a robot which is moving items from one place (bin A) to another (bin B) might have a simple 'pick and place' program similar to the following:

''Define points P1–P5:''

# Safely above workpiece (defined as P1)
# 10&nbsp;cm Above bin A (defined as P2)
# At position to take part from bin A (defined as P3)
# 10&nbsp;cm Above bin B (defined as P4)
# At position to take part from bin B. (defined as P5)

''Define program:''

# Move to P1
# Move to P2
# Move to P3
# Close gripper
# Move to P2
# Move to P4
# Move to P5
# Open gripper
# Move to P4
# Move to P1 and finish

For examples of how this would look in popular robot languages see [[Robot software#Examples of programming languages for Industrial Robots|industrial robot programming]].