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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2015
Applicants:

George Zhang, Windsor, CT (US);

Hui Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Jianmin He, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jianjun Wang, West Hartford, CT (US);

Inventors:

George Zhang, Windsor, CT (US);

Hui Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Jianmin He, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jianjun Wang, West Hartford, CT (US);

Assignee:

ABB Inc., Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40032 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/03 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system to optimize the parameters of a robot used in an assembly process. The assembly process is categorized based on its nature which may be cylindrical, radial and multi-stage insertion. The search pattern and search parameters are specified. The parameters are optimized and the optimized parameter set are verified and when a predetermined criteria such as assembly cycle time set and/or success rate is met the optimization process stops. When the optimization stops the verified parameters are used to cause the robot to perform the categorized assembly process. If the parameters do not meet the predetermined criteria, another round of optimization using the same or other parameters can be performed.


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