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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
John R. Aubin, Seattle, WA (US);
Lance O. McCann, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander H. de Marne, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Terrence J. Rowe, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary Davis, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Cameron Devine, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tony Piaskowy, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth W. Latimer, III, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for sanding a surface includes a sanding tool, a robotic manipulator to move the sanding tool relative to the surface, and a control unit operatively coupled with the sanding tool and the robotic manipulator. The control unit is operable to: (1) move the sanding tool to a sanding position relative to the surface in which an abrasive surface is in contact with the surface and a sanding force is approximately normal to the surface; (2) set one or more sanding parameters corresponding to a model material removal rate; (3) monitor one or more of the sanding parameters; (4) determine an actual material removal rate, based on one or more of the sanding parameters being monitored; and (5) modify one or more of the sanding parameters until the actual material removal rate is approximately equal to the model material removal rate.