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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2024
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Steven B. Massey, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);

Kevin Gregory Pagano, Algonquin, IL (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B23K 37/0252 (2013.01); B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed example methods to generate a robotic welding program involve: generating a robotic welding program to weld a part using a collaborative robot welding system by manually manipulating the collaborative robot welding system to generate commands and robotic positioning information; automatically converting, using a processor, a first plurality of instructions of the robotic welding program for execution on the collaborative robot welding system to a second plurality of instructions to execute the robotic welding program on a non-collaborative type of robotic welding system; and performing the robotic welding program using the non-collaborative type of robotic welding system to weld the part using the second plurality of instructions.


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