Automated container cutting system and method
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsJames Benjamin Edwards, Paul Durkee
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Abstract
An automated container cutting system includes a cutting tool configured to cut a container and a force feedback sensor operatively connected to the cutting tool. The force feedback sensor is configured to measure resistive force exerted on the cutting tool. The automated container cutting system includes a processor communicatively coupled to the force feedback sensor. The processor is configured to receive resistive force data from the force feedback sensor and determine whether the cutting tool has penetrated through the wall of the container using the received resistive force data.
Claims20
A system for automated container cutting, the system comprising:
- a cutting tool configured to cut a container;
- a force feedback sensor operatively connected to the cutting tool, the force feedback sensor configured to measure resistive force exerted on the cutting tool;
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- a processor communicatively coupled to the force feedback sensor, the processor configured to:
- receive resistive force data from the force feedback sensor;
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- determine whether the cutting tool has penetrated through a wall of the container using the received resistive force data.
A computer-implemented method for automated cutting of containers, the computer-implemented method comprising implementing, by a processor, the following operations:
- tracking results of cuts to a plurality of containers of a first container type;
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- establishing a programmed cutting depth of a cutting tool for the first container type based on the tracked results.
An apparatus for automated container cutting, the apparatus comprising:
- a cutting tool configured to cut a container;
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- a force feedback sensor operatively connected to the cutting tool, the force feedback sensor configured to measure resistive force exerted on the cutting tool, the force feedback sensor communicatively coupled to a processor, wherein the processor receives resistive force data from the force feedback sensor that represents resistive force exerted on the cutting tool as the cutting tool pierces a wall of the container and determines whether the cutting tool has penetrated through the wall of the container using the received resistive force data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.