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公开(公告)号:US20190066455A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-28
申请号:US15991390
申请日:2018-05-29
申请人: Sensors Incorporated
发明人: David J. Kotula
IPC分类号: G08B3/10 , G06Q10/08 , G05B19/418
CPC分类号: G08B3/10 , G05B19/41815 , G05B2219/39102 , G06Q10/08 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/14
摘要: A system, including: a sensor that monitors containers as the containers move along a production line; a rejection device; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and the rejection device, wherein the controller is programmed to determine whether a container is associated with a match condition in response to a signal received from the sensor, the match condition reflecting that the container is associated with predetermined properties or characteristics, in response to a match condition, determine a pass result, and otherwise determine a fail result, determine a velocity of the production line, dynamically determine a correction amount for a reject position, track a position of the container on the production line, and in response to the fail result, outputs a signal to actuate the rejection device that removes the container from the production line based on the velocity of the production line, the dynamically determined correction amount, and the position of the container on the production line.
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公开(公告)号:US20180297205A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-18
申请号:US16011047
申请日:2018-06-18
申请人: MTM Robotics, LLC
发明人: Chace Howard Fadlovich , Robert Allen Brown , David James Whalen-Robinson , Michael Gary Woogerd , Eric J. Davis
CPC分类号: B25J9/1687 , B25J9/08 , B25J9/1612 , B25J11/005 , B25J15/0019 , B25J15/0057 , G05B15/02 , G05B19/402 , G05B19/41845 , G05B2219/31075 , G05B2219/31094 , G05B2219/50047 , Y02P90/04 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/16 , Y02P90/18 , Y02P90/185
摘要: A system and method for a self-contained modular manufacturing device having self-contained modular tools configured to collectively accomplish a specific task or function. In an embodiment, the modular device includes a housing that has a mount configured to engage a robotic arm or other form of maneuvering actuator (such a crane or gantry). The housing may provide a base by which additional modules may be mounted and coupled. The modular device also includes an interface configured to communicate with a remote control system capable of control the robotic arm. The modular device also includes one or more other modules that are configured to accomplish a particular task or function. Such modules are sometimes called end-effectors and work in conjunction with each other to accomplish tasks and functions. In a self-contained modular manufacturing device, individual processors disposed in the housing may be configured to control the functional tools (e.g., each end-effector) independent of the overall manufacturing control system.
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公开(公告)号:US20180232839A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15948974
申请日:2018-04-09
发明人: Ahti Heinla , Allan MARTINSON , Kalle-Rasmus VOLKOV , Andrew MACKS , Lindsay ROBERTS , Indrek MANDRE , Märt LIIVIK , Tiit LIIVIK , Ivo LIIVIK
CPC分类号: G06Q50/28 , G05B19/41895 , G05D1/0027 , G05D1/0061 , G05D1/0088 , G05D2201/02 , G06Q10/0832 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/18 , Y02P90/285 , Y02P90/60
摘要: A delivery method operates in a system with at least one server, at least one robot, and at least one delivery terminal. The method includes communicating a request for at least one delivery from the at least one delivery terminal to the at least one server and/or to the at least one robot; providing instructions from the at least one server to the at least one robot about the at least one delivery, the instructions comprising information about a final delivery location; loading the at least one robot with the at least one delivery to be transported; transporting the at least one delivery in the at least one robot to the final delivery location; and providing access to the at least one delivery in the at least one robot, preferably upon arrival at the delivery location. The present invention further relates to a system comprising at least one server adapted for at least: coordinating communication within the system, receiving/storing/sending data and/or performing computations; at least one robot operating autonomously or semi-autonomously and adapted to communicate with the at least one server in order to facilitate transport of a delivery by the robot to at least one recipient; and at least one delivery terminal communicating with the at least one robot and/or the at least one server.
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公开(公告)号:US10008078B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-26
申请号:US14827128
申请日:2015-08-14
申请人: SENSORS INCORPORATED
发明人: David J. Kotula
IPC分类号: G05B19/418 , G08B3/10 , G06Q10/08
CPC分类号: G08B3/10 , G05B19/41815 , G05B2219/39102 , G06Q10/08 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/14
摘要: A system, including: a sensor that monitors containers as the containers move along a production line; a rejection device; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and the rejection device, wherein the controller is programmed to determine whether a container is associated with a match condition in response to a signal received from the sensor, the match condition reflecting that the container is associated with predetermined properties or characteristics, in response to a match condition, determine a pass result, and otherwise determine a fail result, determine a velocity of the production line, dynamically determine a correction amount for a reject position, track a position of the container on the production line, and in response to the fail result, outputs a signal to actuate the rejection device that removes the container from the production line based on the velocity of the production line, the dynamically determined correction amount, and the position of the container on the production line.
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公开(公告)号:US20180174266A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15843861
申请日:2017-12-15
申请人: FANUC CORPORATION
发明人: Kentaro KOGA
IPC分类号: G06T1/00 , B65G47/71 , B25J9/16 , B65G43/08 , G05B19/418
CPC分类号: G06T1/0014 , B25J9/1679 , B25J9/1697 , B65G43/08 , B65G47/71 , G05B19/41815 , G05B19/4182 , G05B2219/39102 , G05B2219/39106 , G05B2219/39394 , G06K9/00771 , G06K2209/19 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/083
摘要: A robot system includes an image pickup apparatus that picks up images of a plurality of kinds of articles conveyed by a conveyor; an article controlling portion that controls time and a position of each of the plurality of kinds of articles being supplied onto the conveyor, to limit kinds of articles to be image-picked-up by the image pickup apparatus in advance; a detecting portion that detects the plurality of kinds of articles from among images picked up by the image pickup apparatus, on the basis of the kinds of articles limited in advance by the article controlling portion; and a robot that is configured to take out the plurality of kinds of articles detected by the detecting portion from the conveyor.
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公开(公告)号:US20180117869A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15791971
申请日:2017-10-24
发明人: Stephan Hoja , Oleg SCHLEGEL , Fabian LORZ
CPC分类号: B30B15/146 , B21D43/05 , B25J9/1682 , B30B15/148 , B30B15/26 , G05B13/047 , G05B19/41815 , G05B2219/32291 , G05B2219/32294 , G05B2219/39105 , G05B2219/45142 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/087 , Y02P90/20
摘要: A control device, a system and methods for optimizing and providing movement profiles, wherein the movement profiles serve for determining the movement of tools of a press and the movement of a receiving element for a workpiece of a transfer system, where transfer movement profiles are synchronized with one another via press movement profiles, the synchronization of the transfer movement profiles particularly occurs by chronologically shifting synchronization points via boundary conditions such that an offset of the press movement profiles can be determined via the synchronization, so that the workpiece can be processed as quickly as possible through the system.
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公开(公告)号:US20180081336A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15268851
申请日:2016-09-19
发明人: Naiqi Wu , Fajun Yang , Liping Bai , Mengchu Zhou , Zhiwu Li
IPC分类号: G05B19/042 , G05B19/29
CPC分类号: G05B19/29 , G05B19/41815 , G05B19/41865 , G05B2219/25419 , G05B2219/45031 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/20
摘要: A system and method of controlling a multi cluster tool system configured to process a semiconductor product includes a plurality of cluster tools arranged adjacent each other, a buffer module positioned between a pair of cluster tools, each cluster tool including a plurality of processing modules and a robot, the method of controlling a multi cluster tool system including receiving a plurality of system parameters from a user interface, wherein the system parameters correspond to one or more processing steps in a system cycle, wherein the system cycle is a cycle of processing the semiconductor product, determining a system schedule for defining the system cycle for processing a semiconductor product, the system schedule providing robot waiting times for each robot of each cluster tool, controlling, via a controller, the operation of each robot of each cluster tool based on the determined schedule.
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公开(公告)号:US20170095928A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-06
申请号:US14876603
申请日:2015-10-06
发明人: Chace Howard Fadlovich , Robert Allen Brown , David James Whalen-Robinson , Michael Gary Woogerd , Eric J. Davis
IPC分类号: B25J9/16 , G05B19/402 , G05B15/02 , B25J11/00
CPC分类号: B25J9/1687 , B25J9/08 , B25J11/005 , B25J15/0019 , B25J15/0057 , G05B15/02 , G05B19/402 , G05B19/41845 , G05B2219/31075 , G05B2219/31094 , G05B2219/50047 , Y02P90/04 , Y02P90/08 , Y02P90/16 , Y02P90/18 , Y02P90/185
摘要: A system and method for a self-contained modular manufacturing device having self-contained modular tools configured to collectively accomplish a specific task or function. In an embodiment, the modular device includes a housing that has a mount configured to engage a robotic arm or other form of maneuvering actuator (such a crane or gantry). The housing may provide a base by which additional modules may be mounted and coupled. The modular device also includes an interface configured to communicate with a remote control system capable of control the robotic arm. The modular device also includes one or more other modules that are configured to accomplish a particular task or function. Such modules are sometimes called end-effectors and work in conjunction with each other to accomplish tasks and functions. In a self-contained modular manufacturing device, individual processors disposed in the housing may be configured to control the functional tools (e.g., each end-effector) independent of the overall manufacturing control system.
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公开(公告)号:US09540188B1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-10
申请号:US15276084
申请日:2016-09-26
申请人: Humana Inc.
发明人: Michael Mahar , Atin Kapadia
CPC分类号: B65G51/42 , B65G43/08 , G05B15/02 , G05B19/41815 , G05B2219/45047 , G06F19/00 , G06F19/3456 , Y02P90/08
摘要: An improved pharmaceutical vial processing system and method groups vials on an automated dispensing line according to diverting needs. The improved pharmaceutical vial processing system and method allows vials to travel in close groups. A diversion algorithm determines when gaps between vials are needed to reduce the likelihood that a mechanical diverting device engages the wrong vial to a new location on the dispensing line. The diversion algorithm identifies each vial that needs to be diverted to a target location and employs a “neighbor analysis” to determine whether a gap between neighboring vials is needed before a vial destined for the target station encounters a diverter. Vials that are destined for locations beyond the target station remain grouped. Vials that are behind a vial destined for the target station are held to introduce a gap between the vial destined for the target station and the remaining vials.
摘要翻译: 改进的药物瓶处理系统和方法根据转移需要在自动分配线上组合小瓶。 改进的药物瓶处理系统和方法允许小瓶密集地行进。 转移算法确定了需要小瓶之间的间隙以减少机械转向装置将错误的小瓶接合到分配管线上的新位置的可能性。 转移算法识别需要转移到目标位置的每个小瓶,并采用“邻近分析”来确定在目的地为目标站的小瓶遇到分流器之前是否需要相邻小瓶之间的间隙。 注射到目标站以外的位置的小瓶保持分组。 在目的地为目标站的小瓶之后的小瓶被保持以在目的地为目标站的小瓶和剩余的小瓶之间引入间隙。
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公开(公告)号:US09465390B2
公开(公告)日:2016-10-11
申请号:US14538047
申请日:2014-11-11
申请人: Google Inc.
发明人: Julian Mason , Kurt Konolige
CPC分类号: G05D1/0246 , B65G1/1373 , G05B19/41815 , G05B2219/39129 , G05B2219/40605 , G05D1/0287 , Y02P90/08
摘要: Example methods and systems may provide for a system that includes a control system communicatively coupled to a first robotic device and a second robotic device. The control system may identify a collaborative operation to be performed by a first robotic device and a second robotic device that is based on a relative positioning between the first robotic device and the second robotic device. The control system may also determine respective locations of the first robotic device and the second robotic device. The control system may further initiate a movement of the first robotic device along a path from the determined location of the first robotic device towards the determined location of the second robotic device. The first robotic device and the second robotic device may then establish a visual handshake that indicates the relative positioning between the first robotic device and the second robotic device for the collaborative operation.
摘要翻译: 示例性方法和系统可以提供包括通信地耦合到第一机器人设备和第二机器人设备的控制系统的系统。 控制系统可以识别由第一机器人设备和第二机器人设备执行的协作操作,其基于第一机器人设备和第二机器人设备之间的相对定位。 控制系统还可以确定第一机器人装置和第二机器人装置的相应位置。 控制系统还可以启动第一机器人装置沿着从第一机器人装置的确定位置朝向第二机器人装置的确定位置的路径的移动。 然后,第一机器人装置和第二机器人装置可以建立视觉握手,其指示用于协作操作的第一机器人装置和第二机器人装置之间的相对定位。
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