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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2006
Akihiro Yanagita, Orion Township, MI (US);
Jianming Tao, Troy, MI (US);
Tien L. Chang, Troy, MI (US);
Ho Cheung Wong, Troy, MI (US);
H. Dean Mcgee, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Chi-keng Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Sai-kai Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Nickel, Livonia, MI (US);
Hadi Akeel, Sterling, VA (US);
Akihiro Yanagita, Orion Township, MI (US);
Jianming Tao, Troy, MI (US);
Tien L. Chang, Troy, MI (US);
Ho Cheung Wong, Troy, MI (US);
H. Dean McGee, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Chi-Keng Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Sai-Kai Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Nickel, Livonia, MI (US);
Hadi Akeel, Sterling, VA (US);
Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A robot multi-arm control system includes robot controllers that communicate via a network to transmit synchronization information from a master controller to one or more slave controllers in order to coordinate manufacturing processes. The system accounts for the network communication delay when synchronizing the event timing for process and motion synchronization.