Remote robotic welding with a handheld controller
AssigneeSisu Devices LLC
InventorsRussell Aldridge, Jacob Robinson
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to robotic point capture and motion control. A robotic device may synchronize one or more first axes of the robotic device with one or more second axes of a handheld device. The device may determine a welding path using the handheld device. The device may perform a weld by the traversing of an end effector of the robotic across the welding path, wherein the end effector comprises a welding tip.
Claims20
A robotic device, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least
- one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- determine a starting point and an ending point associated with a welding path;
- indicate the starting point by a first button press on a handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to a starting position associated with the starting point;
- indicate the ending point by a second button press on the handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to an ending position associated with the ending point;
- traverse an end effector of the robotic device from the starting point to the ending point, wherein a welding tip is attached to the end effector;
- and
- perform a weld using the welding tip as the end effector is traversing across the welding path.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- determining a starting point and an ending point associated with a welding path;
- indicating the starting point by a first button press on a handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to a starting position associated with the starting point;
- indicating the ending point by a second button press on the handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to an ending position associated with the ending point;
- traversing an end effector of a robotic device from the starting point to the ending point, wherein a welding tip is attached to the end effector;
- and
- performing a weld using the welding tip as the end effector is traversing across the welding path.
A method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, a starting point and an ending point associated with a welding path;
- indicating the starting point by a first button press on a handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to a starting position associated with the starting point;
- indicating the ending point by a second button press on the handheld device after the handheld device has moved in space to an ending position associated with the ending point;
- traversing an end effector of a robotic device from the starting point to the ending point, wherein a welding tip is attached to the end effector;
- and
- performing a weld using the welding tip as the end effector is traversing across the welding path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.