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Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Ken Krause, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Bruce E. Coldren, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Edward Roney, Novi, MI (US);

Steven Prehn, Dexter, MI (US);

Michael M. Sharpe, Orion, MI (US);

Claude Dinsmoor, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ken Krause, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Bruce E. Coldren, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Edward Roney, Novi, MI (US);

Steven Prehn, Dexter, MI (US);

Michael M. Sharpe, Orion, MI (US);

Claude Dinsmoor, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to a feature of the workpiece, generating a continuous three-dimensional path along the workpiece using data extracted from the image, and moving the tool along the path.


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