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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony M Williams, Iver, GB;
Jonathan Mortimer, Malvern, GB;
Samuel G Schiro, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364468 ; 36447411 ; 395 83 ; 395901 ; 901-8 ;
Abstract
A material processing cell comprises two controlled units (106, 110). The first is a main manipulator having an exchangeable end effector, for carrying out a wide range of operations. The second controlled unit is a power operations manipulator, having an exchangeable end effector for carrying out a range of operations requiring the application of high forces. Each of the controlled units includes a dedicated unit control device including a processor. Each unit control device is in communication with a system controller (122, 123), thus allowing the controlled units to carry out their operations simultaneously.