Systems and methods for automated sanding
AssigneeWichita State University
InventorsJeswin Joseph Chankaramangalam, Shawn Ehrstein
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Abstract
A sanding system for sanding a surface of a part includes a scanner and a sander. The scanner scans the part to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) surface model of the surface of the part to be sanded. The sander sands the surface of the part. The sander includes a sanding effector that engages and sands the surface of the part and a robot coupled to the sanding effector. The robot moves the sanding effector into engagement with and across the surface of the part based on the 3D surface model to sand the surface of the part.
Claims20
A sanding system for sanding a surface of a part, the system comprising:
- a scanner configured to scan the part to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) surface model of the surface of the part to be sanded;
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- a sander configured to sand the surface of the part, the sander including:
- a sanding effector configured to engage and sand the surface of the part;
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- a robot coupled to the sanding effector and configured to move the sanding effector into engagement with and across the surface of the part based on the 3D surface model to sand the surface of the part.
A method for sanding a surface of a part, the method comprising:
- scanning the surface of the part with a scanner to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) surface model of the surface of the part to be sanded;
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- sanding the surface of the part with a sanding effector of a sander, wherein the sanding includes moving the sanding effector with a robot of the sander into engagement with and across the surface of the part based on the 3D surface model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.