PLC and Robot ARM

Hello everyone,

I am a second-year PhD student focusing on "Advancing Industrial Automation through Industry 5.0" We are mainly working on leveraging AI tools with Industrial Automation.
Since I have no prior experience in Industrial Automation, nor in the AI tools (I have the basic knowledge), I wonder if someone who is an expert or has any experience in Industrial Automation could help me with how the PLC is used with the robot arm in the Industry. We have, in the university lab, a UR10e Robot Arm and a range of Siemens S7-1500 PLCs.

Thanks in advance, and I do appreciate any help whatsoever.