3m Innovative Properties Company

Nathan J Herbst

Aaron K Nienaber

Jonathan B Arthur

Brett R Hemes

Christie L Vitale

Mark W Orlando

Gilles J Benoit

Brian E Brooks

Nicholas A Johnson

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Joseph B Eckel

Glenn E Casner

Maureen Ann Kavanagh

Frederick J Arsenault

Steven P Floeder

Orlin Bruce Knudson

Thomas J Strey

Himanshu Nayar

Peter O Olson

Tyler W Olson

Erin D Spring

Marc Eberwein

Patrick G Zimmerman

Christopher M Brown

Timothy J Clemens

Jeffrey P Adolf

John W Henderson

Lori A Sjolund

Andreas Backes

Gregory P Moriarty

Peter J Schneider

Cory D Sauer

Sarah M Mullins

Miaoding Dai

Carter C Hughes

Daniel M Bodily

Zachary M Schaeffer

Scott L Barnett

Rufus C Sanders

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

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

Robot end effector

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Nathan J Herbst