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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brett R. Hemes, Woodbury, MN (US);
Schoen A. Schuknecht, Hudson, WI (US);
Andrew K. Hartzell, Hudson, WI (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/144 (2014.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/142 (2015.10); B23K 26/144 (2015.10); B25J 9/1684 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39033 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40623 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a robotic manipulator with a stationary base, and an end effector actuated by the robotic manipulator, wherein the end effector is adjacent to a workpiece. A scanning laser head unit includes a laser and an optical train configured to move a laser beam over the workpiece. A control unit is configured to move the robotic manipulator such that movement of the end effector tracks movement of the laser beam.