Method of checking the accuracy of a drilling robot
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJack Attwell, Anthony Jackson, Ian Moore
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Abstract
A method of checking the accuracy of a robot is disclosed providing a component; fitting a tool jig to the component; using the tool jig to guide a stamp tool against the component to create a first mark on the component representative of a calibrated drilling location; removing the tool jig; providing a robot, the robot including an end effector holding a marking tool; operating the robot according to a program to manoeuvre the marking tool against the component to create a second mark representative of a robot drilling location; and comparing the position of the first mark to the position of the second mark to measure a distance between the first mark and the second mark.
Claims16
A method of checking the accuracy of a robot, the method comprising:
- providing a component;
- fitting a tool jig to the component;
- using the tool jig to guide a stamp tool against the component to create a first mark on the component representative of a calibrated drilling location;
- removing the tool jig;
- providing a robot, the robot including an end effector holding a marking tool;
- operating the robot according to a program to manoeuvre the marking tool against the component to create a second mark representative of a robot drilling location;
- and
- comparing the position of the first mark to the position of the second mark to measure a distance between the first mark and the second mark.
A system for checking the accuracy of a robot, comprising:
- a component;
- a first mark on the component;
- a tool jig for fitting to the component;
- a stamp tool arranged to interact with the tool jig, the stamp tool comprising a raised profile for creating the first mark on the component, the first mark representative of a calibrated drilling location;
- and
- a robot including an end effector holding a marking tool, the marking tool configured to create a second mark representative of a robot drilling location on the component upon removal of the tool jig.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.