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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
3d Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
William D. Macy, Woodland Park, CO (US);
Ryan Luke Alejo, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Nathan D. Eversole, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
3D SYSTEMS, INC., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Abstract
Applied within an automated robotic manufacturing system that includes additive manufacturing capabilities, methods and enabling devices are disclosed for achieving precise multi-dimension positional alignment among a plurality of diverse took that are involved in collaboratively constructing a solid object. The enabling devices according to various embodiments include an automatically deployed contact sensing probe and a tool center point sensor that detects contact with tools in multiple axes. At least one disclosed method advantageously utilizes both sensing devices in complement.