Based on application requirements and project specifi­cations engineers are required to use or select a wide range of motion control hardware. In the past this required unique software to be created for each application even though the functions are the same. The PLCopen motion standard provides a way to have standard application libraries that are reusable for multiple hardware platforms.

The suite of PLCopen Motion Control Specifications consists of:
Part 1 - Function Blocks for Motion Control
Part 2 - Extensions (in the new release 2.0 merged with Part 1)
Part 3 - User Guidelines
Part 4 - Coordinated Motion
Part 5 - Homing Procedures
Part 6 - Fluid Power Extensions

Currently PLCopen is enhancing the Coordinated Motion specification for 6-axes Robots.

You will find more information on PLCopen Motion control on our website: https://plcopen.org/technical-activities/motion-control.