Automated additive manufacturing production systems and methods
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHadi Atwi, Richard Moore
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Abstract
An automated additive manufacturing production (AAMP) system includes one or more AAMP system stations disposed in an environment and configured to perform one or more AAMP routines, where each AAMP system station from among the one or more AAMP system stations includes a door. The AAMP system includes one or more robots configured to autonomously travel within the environment and a controller comprising an application program interface (API) configured to communicably couple the one or more robots and the one or more AAMP system stations, where the one or more robots are configured to command, via the API, the one or more AAMP system stations to selectively position the door and initiate the one or more AAMP routines.
Claims19
An automated additive manufacturing production (AAMP) system comprising:
- one or more AAMP system stations disposed in an environment and configured to perform one or more AAMP routines, wherein each AAMP system station from among the one or more AAMP system stations includes a door;
- a plurality of robots configured to autonomously travel within the environment;
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- a controller comprising an application program interface (API) configured to:
- select one or more robots from among the plurality of robots to initiate the one or more AAMP routines based on a digital model of the environment, wherein the digital model indicates respective distances between the plurality of robots and the one or more AAMP system stations, and wherein one or more first distances between the selected one or more robots and the one or more AAMP system stations are less than at least one of (i) a threshold distance and (ii) a second distance between a second robot of the plurality of robots and the one or more AAMP system stations;
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- communicably couple the selected one or more robots and the one or more AAMP system stations, wherein:
- the selected one or more robots are configured to command, via the API, the one or more AAMP system stations to selectively position the door and initiate the one or more AAMP routines based on the digital model of the environment and system operation data, wherein the system operation data respectively corresponds to each AAMP system station from among the one or more AAMP system stations.
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