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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Applicants:
Daniel Cookson, Rowley, MA (US);
Andrew Wallace, Needham, MA (US);
James Griffith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Cookson, Rowley, MA (US);
Andrew Wallace, Needham, MA (US);
James Griffith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
RETHINK ROBOTICS, INC., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/08 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 15/0483 (2013.01); B25J 15/0491 (2013.01); G05B 19/128 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31095 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39468 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49304 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50338 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Robots capable of accommodating dynamic replacement of end effectors load and run software that allows the end effector to be operated without change to the main control program. The driver may be dynamically linked and run during program execution when the corresponding end effector is detected. Typically, the robot controller will store a library of drivers, and load the appropriate driver when a new end effector is detected.