公开(公告)号：US20210073445A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17103606

申请日：2020-11-24

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Evan Patrick Atherton ,  David Thomasson ,  Maurice Ugo Conti ,  Heather Kerrick ,  Nicholas Cote

IPC: G06F30/23 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: A robotic assembly cell is configured to generate a physical mesh of physical polygons based on a simulated mesh of simulated triangles. A control application configured to operate the assembly cell selects a simulated polygon in the simulated mesh and then causes a positioning robot in the cell to obtain a physical polygon that is similar to the simulated polygon. The positioning robot positions the polygon on the physical mesh, and a welding robot in the cell then welds the polygon to the mesh. The control application captures data that reflects how the physical polygon is actually positioned on the physical mesh, and then updates the simulated mesh to be geometrically consistent with the physical mesh. In doing so, the control application may execute a multi-objective solver to generate an updated simulated mesh that meets specific design criteria.

公开(公告)号：US10768606B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15613070

申请日：2017-06-02

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Evan Patrick Atherton ,  David Thomasson ,  Maurice Ugo Conti ,  Heather Kerrick ,  Nicholas Cote ,  Hui Li

IPC: B22D23/00 ,  B23K9/04 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  B33Y50/00

Abstract: An agent engine allocates a collection of agents to scan the surface of an object model. Each agent operates autonomously and implements particular behaviors based on the actions of nearby agents. Accordingly, the collection of agents exhibits swarm-like behavior. Over a sequence of time steps, the agents traverse the surface of the object model. Each agent acts to avoid other agents, thereby maintaining a relatively consistent distribution of agents across the surface of the object model over all time steps. At a given time step, the agent engine generates a slice through the object model that intersects each agent in a group of agents. The slice associated with a given time step represents a set of locations where material should be deposited to fabricate a 3D object. Based on a set of such slices, a robot engine causes a robot to fabricate the 3D object.

公开(公告)号：US20200030986A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16588972

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Evan Patrick Atherton ,  David Thomasson ,  Maurice Ugo Conti ,  Heather Kerrick

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F3/03 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: A motion capture setup records the movements of an operator, and a control engine then translates those movements into control signals for controlling a robot. The control engine may directly translate the operator movements into analogous movements to be performed by the robot, or the control engine may compute robot dynamics that cause a portion of the robot to mimic a corresponding portion of the operator.

公开(公告)号：US20180173192A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15384236

申请日：2016-12-19

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Evan Patrick Atherton ,  David Thomasson ,  Maurice Ugo Conti ,  Heather Kerrick

IPC: G05B19/402

CPC classification number: G05B19/402 ,  G05B19/188 ,  G05B2219/37582 ,  G05B2219/39004

Abstract: A robot is configured to assist an end-user with creative tasks. While the end-user modifies the work piece, the robot observes the modifications made by the end-user and determines one or more objectives that the end-user may endeavor to accomplish. The robot then determines a set of actions to perform that assist the end-user with accomplishing the objectives.