Collaborative Robotic System
AssigneeSouthwest Research Institute
InventorsBenjamin R. Greenberg, Brian C. Swenson
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Abstract
A robotic system to facilitate simultaneous human laborer and robotic tasks on an article. The system includes data acquisition from a non-point cloud camera and implementation by a mid-tier consumer grade workstation. Nevertheless, a motion plan may be carried out by the robotic aid in a manner that allows for “on-the-fly” adjustment to a second motion plan to avoid collision with the laborer during the performed tasks.
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A robotic system for collaborative operation with a human at a worksite, the system comprising:
- at least one non-point cloud camera to acquire visual data at the worksite;
- a movable robotic aid to facilitate a first task at the worksite according to a first motion plan, the first task different from a second task facilitated by the human at the worksite;
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- a mid-tier consumer grade workstation with a processor to direct the robotic aid according to the first motion plan and to attain the visual data in substantially real-time, the processor to develop and adjust an adoptable second motion plan for the first task during the directing and the attaining based on human positioning during the tasks.
A worksite facility for assembling an article of manufacture, the facility accommodating:
- at least one mounted non-depth camera to acquire joint position data of at least one human laborer at the facility;
- a movable robotic aid to facilitate a first task at the worksite according to a first motion plan, the first task different from a second task facilitated by the laborer at the facility;
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- a mid-tier consumer grade workstation with a processor to direct the robotic aid according to the first motion plan and to attain the joint position data in substantially real-time, the processor to develop and adjust an adoptable second motion plan for the first task during the directing and the attaining based on the data during the tasks.
A method of collaborative interaction between a human laborer and a robotic aid at a worksite, the method comprising:
- manipulating an article of manufacture by the laborer;
- manipulating the article by the robotic aid according to a first motion plan;
- developing a second motion plan for the robotic aid based on laborer joint positioning information acquired from a non-point cloud camera;
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- implementing the second motion plan with a processor of a mid-tier consumer grade workstation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.