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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kirk Douglas Skaggs, Kent, WA (US);
Lee Dwayne Lepper, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/19 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/19 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0261 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32001 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of performing automated operations on a workpiece by at least one autonomous device is provided. The method includes sensing, by a first of the at least one autonomous devices, a guidance pattern positioned on the workpiece along a first path. The method also includes traversing, by the first autonomous device, along the first path by following the sensed guidance pattern, to a first path location that is within a detection distance of a first precision target indicator positioned on the workpiece.