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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;
Neil Delima, Scarborough, CA;
Manikandan Padmanaban, Chennai, IN;
Jagabondhu Hazra, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A chip breaking apparatus is provided. The chip breaking apparatus includes a robotic arm including a gripper, a cutter, an inspection element to produce an output indicative of machining tool operations and a processor receptive of the output from the inspection element. The processor is configured to analyze the output, determine from analysis results whether a chip is being generated from a surface by the machining tool operations and whether to cut the chip away from the surface and control the robotic arm and the gripper to grip the chip and control the cutter to cut the chip away from the surface based on an affirmative determination.