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US 11,733,036 B2Granted
Adaptive manufacturing system
AssigneePaR Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles J. Habermann, Dean R. LaValle, Thomas E. Marrinan
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Abstract
A system and method for processing a flexible part comprising holding the flexible part securely in an unconstrained position using a holder; and controlling a positioner to process the flexible part based on a comparison of a shape and/or position of the flexible part in the unconstrained position with design specifications of the part not in the unconstrained position.
Claims27
A system for processing a flexible part, comprising:
- a holder configured to hold the flexible part securely in a secured unconstrained processing position;
- an end effector configured to process the flexible part when held by the holder in the secured unconstrained processing position;
- at least one positioner configured to support the holder or the end effector for movement;
- a storage device storing specifications of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position stored on a computer readable medium of the storage device;
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- a controller configured to access the storage device to obtain information of the flexible part in a shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position, and to control the positioner to process the flexible part while in the secured unconstrained processing position by comparing a difference in shape due to a flexibility of the flexible part in the secured unconstrained processing position with a shape of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position when the flexible part has a different shape.
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A system for processing a flexible part comprising:
- a holder configured to hold the flexible part securely in unconstrained processing position;
- an end effector configured to process the flexible part when held by the holder in the secured unconstrained processing position;
- at least one positioner configured to support the holder or the end effector for movement;
- a memory configured to store information of the flexible part in a shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position;
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- a controller configured to access the memory to obtain the information of the flexible part in the shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position, and to process the flexible part with the end effector in the secured unconstrained processing position by controlling the positioner and the end effector based on a comparison of a difference in shape due to a flexibility of the flexible part in the secured unconstrained processing position with the information of the flexible part in the shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.