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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Edward Bosley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian Gerard Goodman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Thorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G05B 1/904 ; G05B 1/918 ; G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G05B 1/904 ; G05B 1/918 ; G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library. More particularly, an apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, includes at least one additional sensor to calibrate each gripper. Also described is a method for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, wherein one or more additional grippers are calibrated to reduce the effect of tolerances in the system.