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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Kinova Inc., Boisbriand, CA;
Louis-Joseph Caron L'ecuyer, Boisbriand, CA;
Jean-Francois Forget, Boisbriand, CA;
Jonathan Lussier, Boisbriand, CA;
Sébastien Boisvert, Boisbriand, CA;
Kinova Inc., Boisbriand, CA;
Abstract
A method for operating a vision guided robot arm system comprising a robot arm provided with an end effector at a distal end thereof, a display, an image sensor and a controller, the method comprising: receiving from the sensor image an initial image of an area comprising at least one object and displaying the initial image on the display; determining an object of interest amongst the at least one object and identifying the object of interest within the initial image; determining a potential action related to the object of interest and providing a user with an identification of the potential action; receiving a confirmation of the object of interest and the potential action from the user; and automatically moving the robot arm so as to position the end effector of the robot arm at a predefined position relative to the object of interest.