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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Otts, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40293 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40613 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4978 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53087 (2015.01);
Abstract
In a laser-based alignment system, a laser sensor tool, comprising a laser emitter and detector element can be gripped by a gripper unit of a robotic arm and used to automatically align the robotic arm with a work surface. A landmark on the work surface can be identified by scanning the work surface with the laser sensor in an X-Y plane. A center point of the landmark in the X-Y plane can be determined to align the gripper unit with the work surface in the X-Y plane. The robotic arm can be calibrated on a Z-axis by moving the gripper downward in a z-direction until the gripper unit contacts the work surface.