3m Innovative Properties Company

Jonathan B Arthur

Brett R Hemes

Thomas J Strey

Aaron K Nienaber

Nathan J Herbst

Lyle L Luppes

Karl W Bloedorn

Michael Alan Meis

Eric O Hemberg

Douglas D Fletcher

Jayant Chakravarty

Oscar M Hemberg

Daniel W Hennen

Dennis M Glass

Gene B Portelli

Christie L Vitale

Mark W Orlando

Brian E Brooks

Brian J Stankiewicz

Brian L Linzie

Craig G Markell

Marc Eberwein

Gilles J Benoit

Caroline M Ylitalo

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Nicholas A Johnson

Kevin D Landgrebe

Glenn E Casner

Ranjani V Parthasarathy

Maureen Ann Kavanagh

Steven P Floeder

Frederick J Arsenault

Chin-Yee Ng

Himanshu Nayar

Tyler W Olson

Peter O Olson

Katie Fraass Wlaschin

Federica Sgolastra

Christopher M Brown

Patrick G Zimmerman

Timothy J Clemens

Jeffrey P Adolf

Lori A Sjolund

Andreas Backes

John J Schmidt

Gregory P Moriarty

Peter J Schneider

Katri M Huikko

Miaoding Dai

Carter C Hughes

Joel S Graf

Cory D Sauer

Sarah M Mullins

Karim Z Mansour

Zachary M Schaeffer

Katherine L Sheely

Craig M Carlson

Scott L Barnett

Daniel M Bodily

Michael A Meis

A dual mounted end-effector system mounted on a motive robot arm for preparing an object surface is described. The system includes a first tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface and a second tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface. The system also includes a force control. The force control is configured to align, in a first state, with the first tool in position to contact and prepare the object surface and, in a second state, with the second tool in a position to contact and prepare the object surface.

Dual mounting for automated repair systems

A disc changing system for a robotic defect repair system is presented. The system has a first abrasive disc and a second abrasive disc. The first and second abrasive discs are coupled to a liner. The system includes an abrasive disc placement device configured to automatically: remove the first abrasive disc from the liner, transport the first abrasive disc to a robotic tool of the robotic defect repair system, and place the first abrasive disc on a backup pad coupled to the robotic tool. The system also includes an abrasive disc remover configured to automatically remove the first abrasive disc after receiving a removal signal. The system also includes a controller configured to send an instruction to the disc placement device to remove, transport and place the first abrasive disc, instruct the robotic tool to conduct an abrasive operation. The controller is also configured to send the removal signal. The controller is a processor and the instructions are stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executed by the processor.

Robotic paint repair

A defect detection and ranking system for a vehicle assembly line is provided. The system includes an image capture device that captures a plurality of images of a vehicle on the vehicle assembly line. The system also includes a defect detector that analyzes the plurality of captured images and, based on the analysis, detects a plurality of defects on the surface of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of defects has an associated x-y-z coordinate location, a defect type, and a defect severity. The system also includes a datastore containing a vehicle specification, for the vehicle on the vehicle assembly line, and a defect priority based on the vehicle specification. The system also includes a defect prioritization generator configured to: receive the plurality of defects from the defect detector, retrieve the vehicle specification and the defect priority, and apply the defect priority to the plurality of defects, and output a prioritized list of defects, wherein the prioritized list of defects. The defect prioritization generator outputs the prioritized list of defects to an output device associated with the vehicle assembly line.

Automated vehicle repair system

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.

Manufacturing a product using causal models

A repaired area on a work surface is presented. The repaired area includes a repairboundary. Within the repairboundary, the work surface has a repair texture and, outside of the repair boundary, the work surface has a work surface texture. The repaired area also includes a repair depth distribution within the repair boundary and a concealing feature. The repaired area is a result of a robotic repair executed on the work surface to remove a defect.

Robotic repair control systems and methods

A system includes a computing device a personal protective equipment (PPE) device. The PPE device is configured to be worn by a worker and includes and at least one physiological sensor configured to generate physiological data indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of a worker. The computing device is configured to determine a safety risk score for the worker based at least in part on the physiological data and a risk profile associated with the worker.

Personal protective equipment and safety management system having active worker sensing and assessment

Robot end effector

An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.

Air filter condition sensing

Devices, systems and methods for obtaining data representative of the condition of an air filter media of an air filter installed in a powered air-handling system, and for using such data to present an indication of the air filter media condition to a user. The devices, systems and methods use pressure information representative of at least a downstream pressure of the powered air-handling system.

The present invention is directed to systems, articles, and computer-implemented methods for assessing effectiveness of communication content and optimizing content distribution to enhance business objectives. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to computer-implemented methods for a computer-implemented method, comprising conducting an experiment using experimental content to determine effectiveness of communication content and executing, while conducting the experiment, a machine learning routine (MLR) using MLR content to enhance an effectiveness metric.

System and method for concurrently conducting cause-and-effect experiments on content effectiveness and adjusting content distribution to optimize business objectives

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Jonathan B Arthur