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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jerald A. Hull, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37571 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39045 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40613 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera on a robotic arm end effector is used to locate a workpiece coordinate system transformation in rotation and translation with respect to the end effector coordinate system by successively measuring an offset between a target affixed to the workpiece and its expected location. The target reflects energy from a light beam provided by a light beam source. A beam splitter is used to align the light beam with a line of sight of the camera.