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AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsLars E. Blacken, Heiko Hoffmann, Damien O. Martin, Jeffrey McCaskey, Bradley J. Mitchell
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A method, system and computer program product are provided for automated insertion of a wire contact into an insertion hole of a connector. Methods include: controlling a robot having an end-effector to position a wire contact proximate to a connector using a wire gripper and a separator device of the end-effector; controlling the robot to advance the separator device between two or more wires previously connected to the connector; controlling the robot to align the wire contact with a insertion hole of the connector; controlling the robot to advance the wire contact toward the insertion hole of the connector and at least partially insert the wire contact into the insertion hole; controlling the robot to release the wire contact from the wire gripper; and controlling the robot to withdraw the wire gripper and the separator device from between the two or more wires previously connected to the connector.
A system for automated insertion of a wire contact into a designated wire contact insertion hole of a connector, the system comprising:
A method for automated insertion of a wire contact into a designated wire contact insertion hole of a connector, the method comprising:
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one non-transitory memory and computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.