TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPASS WELDING
    31.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240042614A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18101750

    申请日:2023-01-26

    CPC classification number: B25J9/1687 B25J11/005 B25J9/1697 B25J9/163

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, that provide for welding techniques for manufacturing robots, such multipass welding techniques for welding robots. For example, the welding techniques may enable generation of weld instructions based on a welding fill plan. The instructions may be generated based on a bead model or a table that indicates a wire feed speed, a travel speed, or a voltage. As another example, the techniques may enable generation of weld instructions based on the one or more dimensions of a seam. As another example, the techniques may enable generation of a joint model of a cross-section of a seam to be welded. The joint model may be generated based on a combination of a plurality of feature components to generate the joint model of the seam. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

    Reflection refuting laser scanner
    33.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10551179B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US16397428

    申请日:2019-04-29

    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to optical systems and methods for determining the shape and/or size of objects that include projecting a pattern of light onto the object. The pattern of light can be configured such that first-order reflections can be distinguished from second- and/or higher-order reflections, which can be rejected. Thus, even in instances in which the pattern of light is reflected onto the object multiple times, the original, or first-order, reflection can be detected, distinguished, and/or used for laser triangulation. In some embodiments, a pattern of light that does not have reflection and/or rotational symmetry is projected onto the object, such that second-order and/or higher-order reflections can be distinguished from the first-order reflection.

    SCAN PLANNING AND SCAN OPERATIONS FOR WELDING AN OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20240246179A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18419458

    申请日:2024-01-22

    CPC classification number: B23K37/0258 G05B19/4155 G05B2219/45104

    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for operation of an assembly robotic system. In one aspect, the assembly robotic system performs at least one of a first or second scan operation. In the first scan operation, one or more scan poses is selected from among a plurality of generated candidate poses. For each scan pose of the one or more scan poses, the controller initiates a scan operation associated with a region identified to include a seam associated with a feature of the object. As part of the second scan operation, for each candidate scan pose, a scan operation is simulated. Based on the generated simulated scan data, multiple scan poses are selected and a scan trajectory is generated for a scan operation. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

    ADJUSTABLE WORKPIECE CRADLES FOR A ROBOTIC WELDING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230390876A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18196040

    申请日:2023-05-11

    CPC classification number: B23K37/0538

    Abstract: An adjustable workpiece cradle for a welding system includes a support frame, an elongate flexible member coupled to the support frame and extending along a pathway that forms a concave receptacle configured to laterally receive an elongate workpiece for the welding system, and an adjustment module coupled to the flexible member, wherein the adjustment module includes a powertrain configured to selectably adjust the size of the concave receptacle formed by the pathway of the flexible member.

    AUTONOMOUS ASSEMBLY ROBOTS
    37.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230330764A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US17893657

    申请日:2022-08-23

    CPC classification number: B23K9/12 B25J9/0084

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for operation of an assembly robotic system. In one aspect of the disclosure, the assembly robotic system includes a tool coupled to a robot device and configured to be selectively coupled to a first object. The assembly robotic system also includes a welding tool, one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the tool to couple the tool to the first object based on the sensor data, control the robot device to bring the first object into a spatial relationship with a second object, and generate a weld instruction to cause the weld tool to weld a seam formed between the first and second objects. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

    MANUFACTURING CELLS HAVING MODULAR SUPPORT PLATFORMS

    公开(公告)号:US20230302590A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US17689829

    申请日:2022-03-08

    CPC classification number: B23P21/004

    Abstract: A transportable manufacturing cell including a robotic arm extending between a base and a terminal end, a tool attached to the terminal end of the robotic arm, a positioner unit including a positioner extending between a base and a connector, the connector configured to secure a workpiece to the positioner, a sensor unit including one or more sensors, a controller configured to control the operation of the robotic arm and the tool attached to the robotic arm, and a support platform assembly including a free-standing first platform and a separate and distinct free-standing second platform, wherein the robotic arm and the sensor unit are each mounted to the first platform and the positioner unit is mounted to the second platform.

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