Efficient robotic defect correction system and method

Abstract

A multi-track conveyor system may include an input track. A multi-track conveyor system may include an output track. A multi-track conveyor system may include a plurality of tracks coupling the input track and the output track, wherein one of the tracks includes a workstation configured to repair the defect on the article of manufacture. Vehicles with high numbers of defects that exceed the system throughput design can be held and prioritized over vehicles which meet the system design criteria to maintain throughput. During times when the system is starved and/or during non-production hours, vehicles with higher numbers of defects can then be processed. In this way, such vehicles do not impede the repair progress of other vehicles along the conveyor system.

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