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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Lincoln Global, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
David J. Muzilla, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Bruce J. Chantry, Solon, OH (US);
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for remotely controlling a robotic welding system over a long distance in real time are disclosed. One embodiment is a method that includes tracking movements and control of a mock welding tool operated by a human welder at a local site and generating control parameters corresponding to the movements and control. The control parameters are transmitted from the local site to a robotic welding system at a remote welding site over an ultra-low-latency communication network. The round-trip communication latency over the ultra-low-latency communication network is between 0.5 milliseconds and 20 milliseconds, and a distance between the local site and the remote welding site is at least 50 kilometers. An actual welding operation of the robotic welding system is controlled to form a weld at the remote welding site via remote robotic control of the robotic welding system in response to the control parameters.