Enhanced Robotic Teaching Tool
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsCamille Doristine Carter, Daniel David Bloch
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Abstract
A device for aligning a robotic arm with an end-effector is provided. The device may include a spherical tool and a receiver. The spherical tool may include a spherical end portion and a distal base portion configured to releasably couple to the end-effector. The receiver may include a plurality of arms and a proximal base portion configured to releasably couple to the robotic arm. Furthermore, the arms may be configured to receive the spherical end portion and include one or more indicators configured to track alignment between the robotic arm and the end-effector.
Claims20
A device for aligning a robotic arm with an end-effector, comprising:
- a spherical tool having a spherical end portion and a distal base portion configured to releasably couple to the end-effector;
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- a receiver having a plurality of arms and a proximal base portion configured to releasably couple to the robotic arm;
- wherein the arms are configured to receive the spherical end portion and include one or more indicators configured to track alignment between the robotic arm and the end-effector.
A system for programming alignment of a robotic assembly, comprising:
- an end-effector having a tool-side connection base;
- a robotic arm having a machine-side connection base that is movable relative to the end-effector into one of a plurality of programmable poses;
- a spherical tool having a spherical end portion and a distal base portion configured to releasably couple to the tool-side connection base;
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- a receiver having a plurality of arms and a proximal base portion configured to releasably couple to the machine-side connection base;
- wherein the arms are configured to mateably receive the spherical end portion and include one or more indicators configured to indicate alignment between the robotic arm and the end-effector.
A method of aligning a robotic arm with an end-effector, comprising:
- providing a spherical tool having a spherical end portion and a distal base portion that is releasably coupled to the end-effector;
- providing a receiver having a plurality of arms, a plurality of indicators and a proximal base portion that is releasably coupled to the robotic arm;
- adjusting a pose of the robotic arm relative to the end-effector until the indicators indicate proper alignment;
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- programming the pose of the robotic arm when the indicators indicate proper alignment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.