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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin A. Szarski, Canterbury, AU;
David Michael Bain, Ashburton, AU;
Phillip J. Crothers, Hampton East, AU;
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45066 (2013.01); Y10S 901/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a robotic device for moving an inspection tool, a scanner coupleable to the robotic device such that the robotic device is configured to automatically move the scanner to collect data associated with a surface of the object, and a computer system configured to determine a surface profile associated with the surface of the object based on the data, and generate a tool path for inspecting the object using the inspection tool based on the surface profile.