Robotic assembly of a mesh surface
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsEvan Patrick Atherton, David Thomasson, Maurice Ugo Conti, Heather Kerrick, Nicholas Cote
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AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsEvan Patrick Atherton, David Thomasson, Maurice Ugo Conti, Heather Kerrick, Nicholas Cote
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A robotic assembly cell is configured to generate a physical mesh of physical polygons based on a simulated mesh of simulated triangles. A control application configured to operate the assembly cell selects a simulated polygon in the simulated mesh and then causes a positioning robot in the cell to obtain a physical polygon that is similar to the simulated polygon. The positioning robot positions the polygon on the physical mesh, and a welding robot in the cell then welds the polygon to the mesh. The control application captures data that reflects how the physical polygon is actually positioned on the physical mesh, and then updates the simulated mesh to be geometrically consistent with the physical mesh. In doing so, the control application may execute a multi-objective solver to generate an updated simulated mesh that meets specific design criteria.
A computer-implemented method for operating an assembly cell of robots to assemble a mesh, the method comprising:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to operate an assembly cell of robots to assemble a mesh, by performing the steps of:
A system for operating an assembly cell of robots to assemble a mesh, including:
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