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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
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);
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);
Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
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.