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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Miguel A. Saez, Clarkston, MI (US);
John P. Spicer, Plymouth, MI (US);
James W. Wells, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Abell, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Muhammad E. Abdallah, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A component assembly system comprises a first robot arm having a first end-of-arm tool mounted thereon and adapted to grasp a first subcomponent; a second robot arm having a second end of arm tool mounted thereon and adapted to grasp a second subcomponent. A system controller is adapted to control the first and second robot arms and first and second end-of-arm tools to position the first and second subcomponents relative to one another. A first interlocking mechanism is mounted onto the first end-of-arm tool and a second interlocking mechanism is mounted onto the second end-of-arm tool, wherein the first and second interlocking mechanisms engage one another and lock the first end-of-arm tool to the second end-of arm tool, thereby locking the first and second subcomponents into an initial position relative to one another.