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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Biao Zhang, West Hartford, CT (US);
Jianjun Wang, West Hartford, CT (US);
Yixin Liu, New Britain, CT (US);
Saumya Sharma, Hartford, CT (US);
Jorge Vidal-Ribas, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES;
Jordi Artigas, Barcelona, ES;
Ramon Casanelles, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A system and method for predicting the location at which a feature that is being tracked during a robotic assembly operation will be located within one or more images captured by a vision device. A vision device can be mounted to a robot such that the location of the vision device as the robot moves can be known or determined. In the event of an interruption of the tracking of the feature by the vision device as the corresponding workpiece is moving, the location of the feature relative to a vision device can be predicted, such as, via use of current or past historical movement information for the feature and/or the associated workpiece. Using the predicted location of the feature and the known location of the vision device, the location at which the feature will be located in an image(s) captured by the vision device can be predicted.