1. Multitasking Emergency Stop Computer Integrated Manufacturing
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2. Multitasks Multitasking Creating Multiple Tasks
Presentation Name
Course Name
Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name
Multitasks
Multitasking
Allows multiple operations to occur during the same time window
Task main coordinates all tasks
Creating Multiple Tasks
Example: An emergency stop switch ends all operations within a system
Task name (code within task) e.g., task e_stop
Task main (code within task main)
The operations for each program tasks with multitasks are executed during the same time window but not simultaneously. Each task is performed for a small amount of time in quick succession, resulting in near simultaneous execution.

3. Sample Task “task e_stop()”

4. Task Definition
Task Definition declares that a task exists, indicates its name, and specifies its operation
Task Definition is entered above task main and follows the same structure as task main

5. Task Call and Control Call and run code from task main
startTask(taskname);
stopTask(taskname);
stopAllTasks(); //ends all tasks, including task main

6. References
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy. (2011). ROBOTC. Retrieved from Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy. (2011). ROBOTC. Retrieved from