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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Samuel F Pedigo, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Veniamin Tereshchuk, Lynnwood, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for robot control. One embodiment is a method for coordinating operations of robots performing work on a part. The method includes assigning a group of robots to a part, initiating work on the part via the group of robots, determining that a robot within the group is unable to continue performing work at a first location of the part, removing the robot from the group while other robots of the group continue performing the work, adding a functioning robot to the group at a second location that the robot is scheduled to occupy, and continuing work on the part via the group of robots.