Patent ID: 7984009

Claim:
An apparatus to select a motor controller, comprising: an input device comprising: a mechanism condition input device configured to input motor elements and machine elements as mechanism conditions; a command setting device configured to set an operation pattern of one of combinations of the motor elements and the machine elements as conditions of use; and the mechanism condition input device comprising: a calculator configured to calculate at least one of physical quantities including a position, a velocity, an acceleration, a jerk, and a force that are generated in accordance with the set operation pattern of the motor elements or the machine elements and in accordance with the machine elements; an output device configured to output a selection result of the motor controller; an evaluation device configured to evaluate whether the motor controller or a machine system is usable based on at least one of the physical quantities calculated by the calculator and a predetermined threshold; and a selection calculation device configured to select a motor controller based on the conditions of use set by the command setting device, a characteristics database of the motor controller, and an evaluation result evaluated by the evaluation device.