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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2009
Carl Frederick Johnson, Belleville, MI (US);
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Feng Ren, Canton, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Carl Frederick Johnson, Belleville, MI (US);
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Feng Ren, Canton, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for incrementally forming a workpiece. A first manipulator is configured to move a first tool in multiple directions along a first surface of a workpiece. A second manipulator is configured to move a second tool in multiple directions along a second surface of the workpiece. The first and second tools move along first and second predetermined paths of motion and exert force to form the workpiece.