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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Carlos Martinez, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge, Ellington, CT (US);
William Eakins, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Heping Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory Rossano, Enfield, CT (US);
Steven West, Howell, MI (US);
Carlos Martinez, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge, Ellington, CT (US);
William Eakins, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Heping Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory Rossano, Enfield, CT (US);
Steven West, Howell, MI (US);
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A robot for picking one or more parts () randomly distributed in a bin (), this robot comprising a moveable arm (), a computing device () connected to said robot for controlling motion of said moveable arm and a tool () connected to said moveable arm for picking one or more of said parts from said bin,—said robot using said picking tool by itself or another tool () mounted on the robot or grasped by the picking tool to stir one or more of said one or more randomly distributed parts in said bin when said computing device determines that a predetermined event requiring stirring of said parts has occurred.