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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Genesh Kalbavi, Rochester, MI (US);
Gordon Geheb, Hartland, MI (US);
Min-ren Jean, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gerald A. Ross, Rudyard, MI (US);
Jason Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Rick Wunderlich, Canton, MI (US);
Genesh Kalbavi, Rochester, MI (US);
Gordon Geheb, Hartland, MI (US);
Min-Ren Jean, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gerald A. Ross, Rudyard, MI (US);
Jason Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Rick Wunderlich, Canton, MI (US);
Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for picking and packing applications is provided. The system includes a plurality of robots and a plurality of robot controllers. Each robot controller includes a load re-balance subsystem, a load balance subsystem, a robot state change detector subsystem, a communicator subsystem, and a motion control subsystem. Each of the robot controllers is interconnected and in communication with one another via the communicator subsystems. Each of the robots has a workload that may be selectively balanced. A method for balancing the workloads of the robots using built-in processors which run motion control is also provided.