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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2020
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Aaron K. Nienaber, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Brett R. Hemes, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Strey, River Falls, WI (US);
Christie L. Vitale, Hudson, WI (US);
Nathan J. Herbst, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jonathan B. Arthur, Hudson, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A dual mounted end-effector system mounted on a motive robot arm for preparing an object surface is described. The system includes a first tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface and a second tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface. The system also includes a force control. The force control is configured to align, in a first state, with the first tool in position to contact and prepare the object surface and, in a second state, with the second tool in a position to contact and prepare the object surface.