Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable assembly work station
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Application No.: US14674687Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US09815155B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Yhu-Tin Lin , Jeffrey A. Abell , John Patrick Spicer
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: B23P21/00
- IPC: B23P21/00 ; G05B19/418 ; B25J5/00 ; B25J9/00 ; B25J15/04 ; B25J19/02

Abstract:
A reconfigurable autonomous workstation includes a multi-faced superstructure including a horizontally-arranged frame section supported on a plurality of posts. The posts form a plurality of vertical faces arranged between adjacent pairs of the posts, the faces including first and second faces and a power distribution and position reference face. A controllable robotic arm suspends from the rectangular frame section, and a work table fixedly couples to the power distribution and position reference face. A plurality of conveyor tables are fixedly coupled to the work table including a first conveyor table through the first face and a second conveyor table through the second face. A vision system monitors the work table and each of the conveyor tables. A programmable controller monitors signal inputs from the vision system to identify and determine orientation of the component on the first conveyor table and control the robotic arm to execute an assembly task.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160288280A1 RECONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLY WORK STATION Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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