Automated coating system having smart end-effector tool

An end-effector tool mounted on a motive robot arm to apply a coating onto an object surface, the tool comprising:

• an applicator configured to apply a coating onto an object surface;
• one or more first sensors configured to detect a working state of the applicator, while the applicator applies the coating onto the object surface;
• one or more second sensors configured to detect a travelling state of the tool, while the tool is travelling under a locomotion of the motive robot arm along the object surface;
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• a tool control circuit configured to:
• receive analog signals from the one or more first sensors and the one or more second sensors;
• execute an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert the analog signals to digital signals;
• implement digital signal processing (DSP) to process the digital signals to generate travelling state information with respect to the end-effector tool, wherein the traveling state information comprises at least one of displacement information between the applicator and the object surface or mapping information of the object surface;
• update one or more locomotion parameters associated with the locomotion of the motive arm along the object surface, the one or more locomotion parameters including one or more of position information, orientation information, velocity information of arm sections and/or joints of the end-effector tool, or a speed of a moving base of the end- effector tool;
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• adjust the locomotion of the motive arm along the object surface as defined by the updated one or more locomotion parameters such that a trajectory of the applicator along the object surface reflects the updated one or more locomotion parameters.