ROBOT PROGRAMMING APPARATUS FOR CREATING ROBOT PROGRAM FOR CAPTURING IMAGE OF WORKPIECE

A robot programming apparatus includes a virtual space creation unit for creating a virtual space that expresses a work space in three dimensions; a target portion designation unit for designating a target portion whose image is to be captured by an image pickup device, on a workpiece model arranged in the virtual space; a position determination unit for determining at least one position of the image pickup device for capturing the image of the target portion in the virtual space; a position storage unit for storing the at least one position of the image pickup device; and an image pickup program creation unit for creating an image pickup program to be taught to a robot so that the image pickup device captures the image of the target portion according to the at least one position of the image pickup device stored in the position storage unit.