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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Fanuc America Corporation, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Isaac Eckert, Grand Blanc, MI (US);

Gordon Geheb, Hartland, MI (US);

Bradley Q. Niederquell, Troy, MI (US);

Yi Sun, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Jason Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Rick E. Wunderlich, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

FANUC AMERICA CORPORATION, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/06 (2013.01); G05B 23/0264 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robot data transfer method includes the step of collecting data from each of a plurality of robots in a multi-robot production facility in real-time. The data collected from the robots is then transferred in real-time from a controller of each of the robots to a first data collection device. Within the first data collection device, the data is buffered using a multi-segment queueing mechanism. The queueing mechanism is configured with a retention policy. The data is then transferred to a second data collection device based on the retention policy of the queueing mechanism of the first data collection device. The second data collection device analyzes the data and determines whether maintenance or optimization is necessary for any of the robots.


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