Kuka Systems Corporation North America

Thomas Jon Nieman

Timothy James Marx

Thomas William French

Scott McIsaac

Craig Richard Nilson

Jason Edmunn Messner

Aaron K Kinsella

Kenneth Michael Boulan

A system for automatically handling components to be assembled onto a product on an assembly line includes a carriage that is movable to and between a first, retracted position spaced from the assembly line, and a second position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line. A manipulator on the carriage supports a component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product. The manipulator may be arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and may be pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position, such that a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for processing when the carriage is in the first position, and is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position.

System and method for automated assembly of components

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Shelby Township, MI, United States of America

Thomas Jon Nieman