Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Ontario Die International Inc.

Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Nir Rikovitch

Ryan Christopher Gariepy

Roydyn Clayton

Andrew Dobson

William John Alexander Torrens

Paul Sajecki

Trevor Sean Barnwell

Petr Piro

Tin To Chan

Robert Gordon Hurley

Agustin Daniel Perez Paladini

Jordan Lloyd

Robert Amirault

Systems and methods for flexible conveyance in an assembly-line or manufacturing process are disclosed. A fleet of self-driving vehicles and a fleet-management system can be used to convey workpieces through a sequence of workstations at which operations are performed in order to produce a finished assembly. An assembly can be transported to a first workstation using a self-driving vehicle, where an operation is performed on the assembly. Subsequently, the assembly can be transported to a second workstation using the self-driving vehicle. The operation can be performed on the assembly while it is being conveyed by the self-driving vehicle.

Systems and methods for flexible manufacturing using self-driving vehicles

A system for forming a metal strip into a die having a predetermined shape through a series of forming operations is described herein. The system includes a base configured to support the metal strip as the metal strip undergoes the series of forming operations; a feeding device configured to advance the metal strip between each forming operation of the series of forming operations and grip the metal strip during each forming operation; a bending device configured to bend a portion of the metal strip extending from the feeding device as one of the series of forming operations; a forming head configured to house a pair of forming tools and provide features to the portion of the metal strip extending from the feeding device as one of the series of forming operations using the one or more forming tools; a robotic arm configured to selectively provide the one or more forming tools to the forming head; and a computing unit in communication with the robotic arm and configured to transmit a control signal to cause the robotic arm to retrieve the pair of forming tools and provide the pair of forming tools to the forming head.

Systems, apparatus and methods for forming metal strips into dies

Systems and methods of determining a difference of position between a malleable object and a target shape are described herein.

Systems and methods of determining a difference of position between a malleable object and a target shape

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Nir Rikovitch