Fanuc America Corporation

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation

Ken Krause

Jason Tsai

Yi Sun

Gordon Geheb

Judy Evans

Rick E Wunderlich

Ganesh Kalbavi

Ashok Prajapati

Claude Dinsmoor

Isaac Eckert

Don Kijek

Michael Sharpe

Edward Roney

Bruce E Coldren

Steven Prehn

A robot monitoring system for monitoring and analyzing robot related data and displaying the data on a smart device is provided. The robot monitoring system comprises at least one robot in local communication with at least one robot controller. The at least one robot controller has local processing power for monitoring, gathering, and analyzing data related to the at least one robot. The data analysis results are formatted into a message file that is communicated to a storage system. The message file may then be retrieved by a smart device having software running thereon for displaying the results of the data analysis.

System to monitor/analyze robot related information and display on a smart device

A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to a feature of the workpiece, generating a continuous three-dimensional path along the workpiece using data extracted from the image, and moving the tool along the path.

Method of controlling a robotic tool

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Ken Krause