CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION LINE REJECT SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190066455A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US15991390

    申请日:2018-05-29

    发明人: David J. Kotula

    IPC分类号: G08B3/10 G06Q10/08 G05B19/418

    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.

    Method and system for autonomous or semi-autonomous delivery

    公开(公告)号:US20180232839A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15948974

    申请日:2018-04-09

    IPC分类号: G06Q50/28 G05D1/00

    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.

    Continuous production line reject system and method

    公开(公告)号:US10008078B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-26

    申请号:US14827128

    申请日:2015-08-14

    发明人: David J. Kotula

    IPC分类号: G05B19/418 G08B3/10 G06Q10/08

    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.

    Pharmaceutical vial processing system and method
    9.
    发明授权
    Pharmaceutical vial processing system and method 有权
    药瓶加工系统及方法

    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.

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G05B15/02 B65G51/42

    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。

    Position-controlled robotic fleet with visual handshakes
    10.
    发明授权
    Position-controlled robotic fleet with visual handshakes 有权
    位置控制机器人车队与视觉握手

    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.

    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。