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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Robotic Technologies of Tennessee, Llc, Cookeville, TN (US);
James Walter Beard, III, Cookeville, TN (US);
Stephen Lee Canfield, Cookeville, TN (US);
Stephen Giovanni Zuccaro, Cookeville, TN (US);
Nicholas Canfield, Cookeville, TN (US);
Robotic Technologies of Tennessee, LLC, Cookeville, TN (US);
Abstract
This patent defines a method for making robot programming more intuitive for tasks such as welding. The method further is an enhancement of manual guiding methods of robot positioning and can improve situations in which finer resolution or control of the robot end-effector is required. A motion sensor is mounted in series with the n−1 joint and in parallel with the njoint, where n is the number of degrees of freedom or number of joints of the serial manipulator. The motion sensor is further mounted directly in-line with the njoint and becomes part the opposing portion of the njoint. The motion sensor further is uniquely adapted to apply to non-spherical wrist robots. The motion sensor senses input movements by a robot operator and controls the output tool motion in a controlled manner with resolution defined by user input at the motion sensor.