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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Biao Zhang, West Hartford, CT (US);
Remus Boca, Simsbury, CT (US);
Carlos W. Morato, Avon, CT (US);
Carlos Martinez, South Windsor, CT (US);
Jianjun Wang, West Hartford, CT (US);
Zhou Teng, Hartford, CT (US);
Jinmiao Huang, Vernon, CT (US);
Magnus Wahlstrom, Västerås, SE;
Johnny Holmberg, Hallstahammar, SE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A robot is configured to perform a task on an object using a method for generating a 3D model sufficient to determine a collision free path and identify the object in an industrial scene. The method includes determining a predefined collision free path and scanning an industrial scene around the robot. Stored images of the industrial scene are retrieved from a memory and analyzed to construct a new 3D model. After an object is detected in the new 3D model, the robot can further scan the image in the industrial scene while moving along a collision free path until the object is identified at a predefined certainty level. The robot can then perform a robot task on the object.