1. A robot control system, comprising: a robot; a first control means including a controller connected to said robot and executing a control program, said robot being operated in accordance with control system parameters specified in said control program; means for monitoring actual performance data of said robot during the operation of said robot; and a second control means connected to said controller and to said means for monitoring, said second control means being responsive to said actual performance data for automatically applying optimization routines to a kinematic/dynamic simulator to modify said control system parameters in said control program in real-time while said robot is operated by said controller.